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South Australia’s Multicultural Story

The Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Multicultural Affairs division in collaboration with the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Resear...

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From Across the Seas: Migration to South Australia, 1861 – 2011

From Across the Seas is a short video providing an overview of migration to South Australia from 1861 to 2011. A  valuable pre-visit or post visit ac...

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If walls could speak: 5 stories from the Destitute Asylum eBook

If walls could speak is a multi-modal resource which features primary sources and is designed as an inquiry into the lives of 5 people who relied upo...

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Curators table

The Curator’s Table

The material in the Curator’s Table website centres on South Australia’s unique history focusing on World War I: The German experience. The sugges...

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82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide

Daily 10am — 5pm
Closed Christmas Day

What’s happening at the @migration_museum

  • British Migrants: Instant Australians? has finally arrived from @immigrationmuseum_melb. Have you visited yet? Between 1947 and 1981 nearly 1.5 million Britons migrated to Australia, seduced by promises of sun, surf and a better life. Most of the newcomers came on assisted passages, part of the Australian Government’s pursuit of a white, British, nation. This group of migrants were simultaneously everywhere and invisible, expected to become ‘instant Australians’. But the reality of migration is never that simple. This exhibition, developed by Museums Victoria, explores the personal experiences and historical and contemporary impacts of British migrants in the postwar decades. The exhibition features stories told by  children, teenagers and families, labourers, adventurers, returnees, musicians, and even a snake dancer – brought to life through compelling digital animation. The exhibition’s historical and personal narrative threads are drawn together with contributions by multicultural and Indigenous commentators and academics to provide the basis for a conversation about British migration and its contemporary meanings, relevance and ongoing impacts. Museums Victoria and the History Trust of South Australia wish to acknowledge that this exhibition was developed on the lands of the Boonwurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples and is shown on the lands of the Kaurna people. We recognise First People’s continuation of cultures and connections to Country, in the face of over two centuries of migration.
  • We are thrilled to be hosting the Fringe performance , A Migrant Son , starring the immensely talented Michaela Burger . A wonderful production with live band , choir and delicious food and drink on site . We rate it 10 stars . Don’t miss it . Two more shows tonight and Sunday . #ADLfringe #MichaelaBurger1 #Adelaide#Greek#caberet#theatre
  • Another great Palestinian Culture Day here at Migration Museum . Lovely people , music, dance , displays and the food !! A great day all round .
  • We're very excited to be hosting Palestinian Cultural Day on the 9th February 11am-4pm. Come enjoy a day of dance, music and everything Palestinian!

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