NSW Migration Heritage Centre: ‘Education’


Education kits

There are supporting primary and secondary education kits available from the Museum of the Riverina website. Through this exhibition and education kits students will discover a variety of aspects of the Chinese Australian migrant experience including work, leisure, family life, religion and race relations. In doing so students will develop an appreciation for both the [...]



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1815 Parramatta Sunday School Banner

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The banner has historical value as a rare fabric banner from convict era Parramatta.



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1865 Sydney Heads, Eugene Von Guérard

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Discover the 1865 painting of the entrance to Port Jackson titled Sydney Heads by German artist Eugene von Guérard.



Dunera Boys Hay Internment Camp Collection c.1941

1941 Dunera Boys Hay Internment Camp Collection

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Discover the collection of objects from the German and Austrian refugees who transported to Australia on the SS Dunera and were later interred at Hay internment camp during World War Two.



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1948 Emigration Poster

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The poster has historic value as evidence of post World War 2 mass migration and the attempt by the Australian government to build the nation’s population with European migrants.



1960 Thai Language Engineering Text Books

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The text books have historic value as evidence of the changing nature of Australian relations with Asia, Britain and the United States.




Community Relations Commision Powerhouse Museum