SBS's Lisbet Vester Fraser went to a Danish church ceremony in Poowong East in Gippsland, Victoria, where she met Heather Olsen, who is married to a fourth-generation Olsen of Danish heritage and is the mother of Michelle.
Heather has created a tradition that when they meet in the Poowong Community Hall, she recites poems by Wilbur Olsen, who was her father in law, born in 1910, died ten years ago - in 1996. In this interview, she recites a sample of one of his poems. Before that, she tells a little about her own background and about the local community with Danish roots in Poowong East.
The interview is in English language.
Danish pioneers of Poowong Source: SBS Danish
Names of the first Danish settlers in Poowong Source: SBS Danish