Hopes and fears : Australian migration stories
Hansen, Guy2024
Book
Stories of migration are very much part of the Australian experience. In most homes in Australia, you will find a bookcase, mantelpiece or shelf with a display of family photos. Intimate galleries chronical the individuals, both young and old, who populate the family tree. Sometimes the images reach back two or three generations, perhaps depicting a relative who embarked on a long and difficult journey to Australia. This treasured portrait testifies to how that journey helped make possible the life their family has today. Why they decided to leave their home? What it was like to arrive in a strange new country? What were the hopes and fears that motivated them to recast their lives in such a dramatic way? The history of migration to Australia consists of many individual stories of those who made the journey to Australia and their struggle to start a new life. To understand this history, you need to interrogate the evidence left from the past. The Hopes and Fears exhibition showcases a fascinating selection of these many and varied records from Australia's migration history.
Main title:
Hopes and fears : Australian migration stories / [authors, Dr Guy Hansen [and 5 others]].
Author:
Hansen, Guy, authorNational Library of Australia, host institution, issuing body
Imprint:
Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia Publishing, [2024]©2024
Collation:
95 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour), colour maps, colour facsimiles ; 24 cm
Notes:
Catalog of the exhibition, "Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories," held at National Library Of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 26 July 2024 - 2 February 2025.
ISBN:
9781922507648 (paperback)
Dewey class:
304.894325.1
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
479362