14 September 2007 - 28 November 2007
Nation Focus Gallery

Explore stories from the diverse regional communities of Lightning Ridge
and Robinvale

Migration has played a major role in Australia's history. This exhibition explores the stories of 14 people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds who live in two distinctly different parts of the country: the opal-mining town of Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, and the Murray River town of Robinvale in Victoria.

Community members worked with curator Mary Hutchison to select objects and stories relating to their migration experience. These collaborations resulted in two exhibitions — at the Lightning Ridge Historical Society in August 2006 and at Robinvale Leisure Centre in June 2007 — combined here as Migration Memories: Researching Migration in Regional Australia.

Mary, the contributors and the Lightning Ridge and Robinvale communities welcome you to their exhibition and invite you to share in their stories.

About the research project

Migration Memories was developed with the assistance of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant. Project partners are the Research School of Humanities at the Australian National University and the National Museum of Australia.

Photos: Jenni Brammall, Jo Sheldrick