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Booklet - 'White Australia: Reform?', 6 Jul 1964
Booklet with orange cover, entitled 'White Australia: Reform?'. This issue published 6 July 1964. One of series of Current Affairs Bulletin published fortnightly by the Deptment of Tut ...
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Newsletter - 'White Australia News', No.12, National Action, circa 1988
Alternative Name(s): Leaflet Grey photocopied newsletter titled 'White Australia News, no.12, 'Fitzgerald Immigration Enquiry A Fraud'. Published by National Action, a right-wing org ...
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Booklet - B.M. Snedden, 'The Migrant & Human Rights', Good Neighbour Council of Victoria, ...
Booklet entitled 'The Migrant and Human Rights' by the Hon. B.M. Snedden, Minister for Immigration. The booklet contains the text of an Address given by Snedden at the 16th State Confer ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 10 -
Leaflet - 'Racial Discrimination and Prejudice', 1975
Leaflet, single folded page, titled 'Racial Discrimination and Prejudice', with a photo of Minister for Immigration Al Grassby on front. Provides information in a 'frequently asked qu ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 4 -
Booklet - R.E. Armstrong, 'Integration: A Task for all Australians', 1973
Booklet with orange cover entitled 'Integration: A Task for all Australians', published in 1973. Address to Good Neighbour Council of South Australia AGM by R.E. Armstrong, Secretary, D ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 9 -
Booklet - M.J.R.MacKellar, 'Towards A Population Policy for Australia', 1976
Blue-covered booklet entitled 'Towards A Population Policy for Australia', published 1976. Contains an address to Stable Population Forum, Adelaide, 9/8/1976 by Hon M.J.R.MacKellar, Mi ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 9 -
Booklet - Andrew Theophanous, 'Towards a Fairer Immigration System for Australia', 1992
Red-covered booklet titled 'Towards a Fairer Immigration System for Australia'. Paper prepared by Dr Andrew Theophanous, Chair of Government Caucus Immigration, Local Government and Eth ...
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Booklet - Human Rights Commission, 'The Australian Citizenship Act 1948', 1982
Blue-covered booklet entitled 'The Australian Citizenship Act 1948', published in 1982. The booklet is a review by the Human Rights Commission of the 1948 Australian Citizenship Act, pe ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 9 -
Booklet - Human Rights Commission, 'Proposal for Amendments to the Racial Discrimination A ...
Blue-covered booklet entitled 'Proposal for Amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act', November 1983. Review by the Human Rights Commission of the 1975 Racial Discrimination Act, per ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 9 -
Poster - 'Multiculturalism, Our Nation Was Built On It', circa 1987-1995
Large poster with gloss finish, featuring jar of Vegemite, with the text 'Multiculturalism / Our Nation Was Built On It / Spread it Around!.' Probably made for the Federal Government' ...
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Embroidered Panel - Hmong Community, Paj Ntaub Tib Neeg, Victoria, 1992
Embroidered panel made by members of the Hmong Community in Victoria. It was presented to Mr Andrew Reeves, Director Human Studies Division, by the Hmong Community, in appreciation for ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Artwork - Run for your Life, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the period immediately after the fall of Saigon, when Mai's family made their first escape attempt. They escaped at the urging of Mai's father wh ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Banner - Hmong Community, Tiger Story, Victoria, 1990
Embroidered banner made by members of the Hmong community in Victoria, in 1990. It tells the story of a tiger who steels a man's identity. The Victorian Hmong community developed after ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Suitcase - Red Vinyl, Vietnam, 1978
This red vinyl suitcase was used by Cuc Lam, on her journey from Vietnam to Melbourne in 1978. In it she carried the few possessions brought to Australia by herself and her husband. Cuc ...
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Watch - TELDA, Women's, Gold, circa 1968
TELDA women's watch belonging to Cuc Lam, a Vietnamese refugee. The watch was given to her as a keepsake by her older sister when she passed her school exams. It was one of the few meme ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 4 -
Photograph - Cuc Thi Lam, Vietnam, pre 1978
Photo showing Cuc Thi Lam (nee Tran), taken in Vietnam. Cuc Lam escaped from Vietnam in May 1978, with her husband, and spent time in a refugee camp in Malaysia before gaining a refugee ...
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Photograph - Tran Family, Vietnam, pre 1978
Photograph of Cuc Lam's sister's family, taken in Vietnam. It shows Hien Thi Tran (Cuc's sister), Hai Van Tran (Cuc's brother in law) and Hoang Thien Tran (her nephew, who drowned in Cu ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Shorts - Draw-String, Floral Cotton, circa 1978
Pair of floral cotton draw-string shorts worn by Huu Minh when he escaped from Vietnam in 1978. Huu wore these shorts to disguise himself as a fisherman during the escape. Huu and his w ...
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Shorts - Draw-String, Green Striped Cotton, circa 1978
Pair of green striped cotton draw-string shorts worn by Huu Minh when he escaped from Vietnam in 1978. Huu wore these shorts to disguise himself as a fisherman during the escape. Huu an ...
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Shirt - Collarless, Brown, Vietnam, circa 1978
Collarless brown shirt worn by Cuc Lam in May 1978 during her escape from Vietnam. Cuc wore this shirt with a pair of black pants to disguise herself as a fisherman during her escape. ...
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Shirt - Cuc Lam, Collared, Blue, 1978
Blue collared shirt made by Vietnamese refugee Cuc Lam. Cuc purchased the material to make this blue shirt, so that she wouldn't appear too drab when she arrived in Australia. Cuc escap ...
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Pouch - Pink Silk, Vietnam, pre 1978
Pink silk pouch used by Cuc Lam when she escaped from Vietnam in May 1978. Cuc used this pouch to keep the few personal mementos she brought with her safe during the boat ride from Viet ...
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Watch - ACCRO, Men's, Metal, circa 1950s
ACCRO men's watch which belonged to Huu Minh, a Vietnamese refugee. It was one of the few personal possessions he brought with him on his journey to Australia. Huu escaped from Vietnam ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Reel of Cotton - Brown Variegated Thread, circa 1990
Cotton reel used by Nyabana Riek for embroidering, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. Nyabana ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Reel of Cotton - Blue Variegated Thread, circa 1990
Cotton reel used by Nyabana Riek for embroidering, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. Nyabana ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Reel of Cotton - Purple Variegated Thread, circa 1990
Cotton reel used by Nyabana Riek for embroidering, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. Nyabana ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Reel of Cotton - Crimson Variegated Thread, circa 1990
Cotton reel used by Nyabana Riek for embroidering, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. Nyabana ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Earrings - Africa, Stone, 1995
Pair of earrings bought by Nyabana Riek in Nairobi, Kenya as an African keepsake just before coming to Australia in 1995. Nyabana Riek was born in 1977 in southern Sudan. In 1986 when s ...
From: Nairobi, Kenya Images: 2 -
Bag - Africa, Leather & Straw, 1995
Leather and straw bag bought by Nyabana Riek in Nairobi, Kenya as an African keepsake just before coming to Australia in 1995. Nyabana Riek was born in 1977 in southern Sudan. In 1986 w ...
From: Nairobi, Kenya Images: 1 -
Necklace - Sudan, Remnant, Plastic & Wool, circa 1980
String of four beads, which are the remains of a childhood necklace from southern Sudan owned Nyabana Riek. It one of the few possessions she retained during her nine year journey from ...
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Top - African, Printed, Cotton, circa 1994
African printed cotton top, part of a traditional African two piece dress. It was bought by Nyabana Riek in Nairobi, Kenya and worn by her upon her arrival in Melbourne in 1995. Nyabana ...
From: Nairobi, Kenya Images: 3 -
Skirt - African, Printed, Cotton, circa 1994
African cotton printed skirt, part of a traditional African two piece dress. It was bought by Nyabana Riek in Nairobi, Kenya and worn by her upon her arrival in Melbourne in 1995. Nyaba ...
From: Nairobi, Kenya Images: 2 -
Sampler - Nyabana Riek, Couch Cover, Crochet, circa 1990
Sampler made by Nyabana Riek for a couch cover (head rest) in Ethiopia, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Sampler - Nyabana Riek, Bedspread, Embroidered, circa 1990
Sampler made by Nyabana Riek for a bedspread in Ethiopia, circa 1990. It is one of the few possessions she retained from the seven years she spent living in refugee camps in Ethiopia. N ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Letter - W Maloney to Robert Salter & Rudolph Brill, 8 Nov 1938
Letter from W. Maloney to Robert Salter and Rudolph Brill, dated 8 November 1938. The letter provides instructions that the men need to following in order to obtain permission to bring ...
From: North Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Trunk - Canvas & Wood, circa 1900s
Wooden trunk brought out to Australia by Robert Salter, a Jewish refugee who migrated to Australia from Austria, in 1938, just before the German annexation of Austria. Robert had used t ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 5 -
Letter - PW Masterson to Robert Salter, 21 Jul, 1938
Letter from P. W. Masterson to Robert Salter, dated 21 July 1938. Robert migrated to Australia from Austria, fleeing Vienna just before the German annexation of Austria in 1938. He had ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 3 -
Letter - W Maloney to Robert Salter, 16 Jan 1940
Letter from W. Maloney to Robert Salter, dated 16 January 1940. The letter congratulates Robert Salter on the finalising of his parents' admission to Australia. Robert fled Vienna just ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Letter - TH Garrett to Dr W Maloney, 9 Jan 1940
Letter from T.H. Garrett to Dr W. Maloney, dated 9 January 1940. It relates to the granting of Australian visas for Robert Salter parents'. Salter migrated to Australia from Austria, fl ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 3 -
Receipt - Department of the Interior to Mr Brill & Mr Salter, 24 Jan 1940
Receipt for Mr Brill and Mr Salter, dated 24 Jan 1940. This receipt for 13 shillings was issued by the Department of the Interior for cablegram costs. This receipt relates to the letter ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 4 -
Telegram - To Robert Salter, 2 Sep 1938
Telegram to Robert Salter dated 2 September 1938. It informs him that both his applications seeking permission to remain in Australia have been declined, but that the decision may be re ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 6 -
Letter - Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter, 22 Dec 1938
Letter from Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter dated 22 December 1938. Anna thanks Robert Salter for his Christmas gift and sends her best wishes for his reunion with his fiancée. Robert mi ...
From: Carlton, Australia Images: 3 -
Envelope - Telegram to Robert Salter, 2 Sep 1938
Envelope for a telegram addressed to Robert Salter dated 2 September 1938. The telegram informs Robert that both his applications seeking permission to remain in Australia have been dec ...
From: Sydney, Australia Images: 6 -
Envelope - Letter, Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter, 22 Dec 1938
Envelope for a letter from Anna Hardmack to Robert Salter dated 22 December 1938. Anna thanks Robert Salter for his Christmas gift and sends her best wishes for his reunion with his fia ...
From: Carlton, Australia Images: 1 -
Postcard - SS Nieuw Zeeland, 1938
Ship postcard from the SS Nieuw Zeeland, which was kept as a souvenir by Robert Salter, of his journey from Austria to Australia. Robert Salter fled Vienna just before the German annexa ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 6 -
Letter - Aileen Cartwell to Mrs Ida Salter, 22 Dec 1939
Letter from Aileen Cartwell to Mrs Ida Salter, wife of Robert Salter, dated 22 December 1939. The letter informs Mrs Salter that steps have been taken to rectify the cancellation of vis ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 3 -
Menu - TMS 'Dempo', 14 Aug 1938
Ship menu from the TMS Dempo dated 14 August, kept as a souvenir by Robert Salter, of his journey from Austria to Australia. Robert Salter fled Vienna just before the German annexation ...
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Map - SS Nieuw Zeeland, Batavia to Melbourne, 1938
Map from the SS Nieuw Zeeland kept as a souvenir by Robert Salter, of his journey from Austria to Australia. Robert Salter fled Vienna just before the German annexation of Austria in 19 ...
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Menu - TMS 'Dempo', 27 Jul 1938
Ship menu from the TMS Dempo dated 27 July, kept as a souvenir by Robert Salter, of his journey from Austria to Australia. Robert Salter fled Vienna just before the German annexation of ...
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Letter - Mr Jones to Robert Salter, 1 Jun 1939
Letter from Mr. Jones to Robert Salter, dated 1 June 1939. The letter informs Robert that landing permits for his parents, Marcus and Gisela Salter, have been approved and are enclosed. ...
From: Canberra, Australia Images: 3
