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Cultural Diversity Collection
Image: Cambodian Figurine - Campanologist
Source: Museum Victoria
The Cultural Diversity Collection is a cross-collection of objects encompassing all of the History and Technology collections, both conceptually and practically, and considers cultural diversity in its broadest sense.
The only specific collections belonging to this wider collection are those not the current focus of other History and Technology collections. Some of the most important are gay and lesbian material, youth culture, ageing, homelessness, cultural affirmation and discrimination, sociology and social work, and volunteerism.
Cultural diversity encompasses all individual or community variations in our society, relating to self-definition and the definitions applied by others. It includes ethnicity, nationality, race, descent or ancestry, physical appearance and ability, language, age, health, location, political belief or activity, economic status, employment, industrial activity, gender and gender identity, sexual activity, marital status, religious belief or activity, ideologies and personal associations.
Significant items
- Australian Children's Folklore Collection, regarded as one of the largest and most significant of its kind in the world.
- Psychiatric Services Collection, including more than 800 objects recording the history of pre-1950s psychiatric institutions in Victoria.
- Pentridge Prison collection, including 182 objects documenting the prison's structure and functions; and collections from several manufacturing organisations.
- Immigration and Artistic Practice Collection.
- Cambodian figurine collection.
- Italian Historical Society Collection.
- Cohen and Steinberg retail collections.
- Immigration documents.
- Postwar Hungarian community objects.
Items per page: 10 50 (showing 1 - 10) 20 items
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Badge - Celtic Club, Victoria, Australia, 1903-1904
Celtic Club Badge made in Melbourne, circa 1903. The badge was presented to an unknown recipient by President of the Celtic Club, Mr Fox, for zeal in 1903-4. The Celtic Club was founde ...
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Bank Note - Bank of Victoria Limited, Issued to Henry Hahn, Sixteen Pounds, Seventeen Shil ...
Bank note issued by the Bank of Victoria Limited, Kyneton on 7 March 1905 and signed by Ellen Luigg. It was issued to Henry Hahn for a sum of sixteen pounds, seventeen shillings and six ...
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Bank Note - 10 Bristol Pounds, Bristol, England, 2012
One of a souvenir set of four Bristol Pounds, uncirculated, first print edition, issued in September 2012, by the Bristol Pound Community Interest Company (CIC). Expires September 30, 2 ...
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Bank Note - 5 Bristol Pounds, Bristol, England, 2012
One of a souvenir set of four Bristol Pounds, uncirculated, first print edition, issued in September 2012, by the Bristol Pound Community Interest Company (CIC). Expires September 30, 2 ...
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Charm - China, circa 1820s-1880s
Chinese copper good luck charm with relief pattern of a goat on one side and dots on the other.
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Medal - Member's Badge, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Victoria, Australia, 1912-1929
Australia Victoria Melbourne Chinese Chamber of Commerce Member's Badge (AD) Mint: not recorded Other Details: Chinese Chamber of Commerce Member's badge. The Chinese Chamber of Commer ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Medal - SBS Radio Souvenir, Australia, 2000
Australia 2000 (AD) SBS Radio Souvenir Medal, 25 years. Other Details: SBS Radio Souvenir medal, minted in 2000. SBS Radio was set up in 1975 by the Commonwealth Government to promote t ...
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Medal - Valuable Service, Scottish Comunn na Feinne Society of Geelong, Victoria, Australi ...
Australia Victoria Geelong Comunn na Feinne Valuable Service Medal 1877 (AD) Mint: not recorded Awarded to: Mackay, J.S. Other Details: This silver medal was awarded to the honorable se ...
From: Geelong, Australia Images: 2 -
Medal - Royal Visit of Prince of Wales to Bendigo, Australia, 1920
Gilt medal with hanging loop, featuring bust of the Prince of Wales in military uniform. Issued in 1920 to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales to Bendigo. The medal was minted ...
From: Bendigo, Australia Images: 4 -
Medal - Australian Natives' Association (ANA), Australia, circa 1910
Aluminium and brass medal featuring outline of Australia in aluminium with the inscription in cast relief 'WHITE AUSTRALIA'. Australia is held within a brass circle, inscribed 'AUSTRALI ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2
