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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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