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Screen (9 of 10) ...Building ethnic coalitions ...
 


A meeting of new immigrants in the 1970s
Artist: Andrew Hill


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...Building ethnic coalitions - Listen to Professor Andrew Jakubowicz discuss the events and issues surrounding this topic. Read text commentary
Archival Images: Acland Street, St Kilda - Acland Street, St Kilda, in the 1970s. The street demonstrates the mixture of ethnic groups, side by side, in this Melbourne suburb - Chinese, Dutch, Jewish. - More ...
Archival Images: NSW Ethnic Community groups on the march - Ethnic community groups on the march in Sydney, 29 April 1995. - More ...
Artworks: A meeting of new immigrants in the 1970s - Centre Detail - A detailed look at the centre piece of the artwork, A meeting of new immigrants in the 1970's. - More ...
Artworks: A meeting of new immigrants in the 1970s - Whole Image - A closer detailed look at the overall artwork "A Bitter Song" project. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
Victorian Ethnic Communities' Council - Giovanni Sgro briefly speaks on the Ethnic Communities Council and The Good Neighbour Council. - More ...

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Victorian Ethnic Communities' Council - Bruna Pasqua speaks on the establishment of the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria. - More ...

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Victorian Ethnic Communities' Council - Des Storer talks about bringing people together and education. - More ...

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NSW Ethnic Communities Council - Franca Arena speaks on the launch of the Ethnic Communities Council. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
NSW Ethnic Communities' Council - Professor Manuel Aroney talks on the great things that the Ethnic Communities' Council has done. - More ...

Audio Interviews:
NSW Ethnic Communities' Council - Stepan Kerkyasharian, on the Ethnic Community leaders. - More ...
Documentary Excerpts: Quiet Revolution (Excerpt) - This is a documentary excerpt from Walter Lippmann, convenor and first chairman of the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria, Speaking about inaugural meeting in July 1974, from the Quiet revolution. - More ...
Interviews: Quiet Revolution (Excerpt) - Premier Neville Wran of NSW, speaking in the early 1980s about the Ethnic Communities Councils. - More ...
Miscellaneous Documents: Notes on the Definition of “Ethnic” - In 1975, the deputy chairperson of the NSW Ethnic Communities’ Council, Vladimir Menart, discusses the different meanings of the word “ethnic”, and underlines the importance of a shared understanding of the term as a basis for the Council’s functioning. - More ...
 
...Building ethnic coalitions ...