Poles-A-Part
| An exhibition on the settlement of Poles
in Canberra & surrounding regions. Their transformation from refugee,
displaced person, émigré and veteran to Canberra citizen
- from their arrival in 1948 to the present. It will explore the waves
of Polish migration to Australia; their routes, settlement and contribution
to Canberra and surrounding regions.
It will take a look at what is most dear to them - their language, culture, traditions and customs including Poland and now Canberra and the surrounding regions. This exhibition will use objects - taken from the Polish community - to tell the various stories, supplemented by photographs and documents. It will be a snapshot of their community and ethnic identity.
A Calendar of Events contains the entire program of associated events available for downloading. The events include:
Jointly organised by the Polish Historical Institute in Australia & the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Location & times of exhibition Opening hours of exhibition Please note: Canberra Museum and Gallery is closed every Monday.
Acknowledgements Special thanks to the following: The Director, Polish Historical Institute in Australia, Wanda Horky for proposing and realising her idea for the Poles-A-Part exhibition. To Margaret McCurdy, Coordinator, for planning and managing exhibition and to her assistant Anna Skurowski for their team effort in collecting, identifying and documenting the artefacts. To Teresa Wojkowska for fundraising, editing and translating the documents and texts. To Wolfgang Fahndrich for printing the artefact photographs for the in-house objects register and to Wojciech Edward Horky for his wide ranging support. To Iona Walsh from Art+Design for the exhibition graphic design. To Andrew Stawowczyk Long and his assistant for the Online exhibition version.
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