Items tagged refugees in MV Collections
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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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