Items tagged refugees in MV Collections
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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 -
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 -
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 -
Artwork - War in Vietnam, Thomas Le, Ink Wash Drawing, 1998
Ink Wash Drawing by Thomas Le, made in Melbourne. The artwork depicts what life was like for many families living in Vietnam during the war, fleeing from persecution, seeing loved ones ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Artwork - Escape Foiled, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the initial attempts of Mai's husband's family to escape and the lengths Mai went to, carrying a crippled woman on her back for two years, to ens ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Artwork - Settling in Australia, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the journey of of Mai's family to Australia and shows their first few months here. It is one of a series of illustrations commissioned by the Imm ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Artwork - The Escape, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the first stage of Mai's escape from Vietnam: gathering other people, leaving with her children, a man's fear at being captured and being transfe ...
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Artwork - Success & Home, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the successes of Mai and her daughter Tan. It is one of a series of illustrations commissioned by the Immigration Museum used to tell the story o ...
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Artwork - Rescue, Thomas Le, Pencil Drawing, circa 1998
Pencil Drawing by Thomas Le. It depicts the rescue of Mai Ho and her fellow refugees by a British oil rig. It is one of a series of illustrations commissioned by the Immigration Museum ...
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