Vietnamese Banner
1999-01-01/1999-12-31
Migration Museum
Adelaide, Australia
This banner is part of the museum's Community Banners project, 'Memories and Dreams'. It is symbolic of Vietnamese immigrants' experiences in South Australia.
The Vietnamese people are children of the Dragon and the Fairy, which is symbolised by the crane. They honour artistic endeavours (Chua Mot Cot, the One-Pillar Pagoda) and achievements of the mind (Van Mieu, the Temple of the Learned Ones). They cherish values such as purity (the lotus flower) and integrity (the bamboo).
Their tragic sea journeys from persecution are represented by a man looking for friendly shores, while his wife nurses their young child. The Vietnamese refugees finally find freedom (the blue sky) in their new country (the colour of desert), where they fulfil their dreams (the fans).
- Title: Vietnamese Banner
- Date Created: 1999-01-01/1999-12-31
- Location: Adelaide, South Australia
- Provenance: The Migration Museum asked the Vietnamese Community in SA Inc to make a banner which visually represented the cultural migration of the Vietnamese to South Australia. The idea was to have a banner which could be used and displayed by the Museum on the occasion of the official unveiling of a plaque commemorating the settlement of the Vietnamese in South Australia. This event took place in the Migration Museum courtyard, on Sunday 18 April 1999, at 2.00pm. The plaque was unveiled by the Premier Mr John Olsen. More information regarding the nature of the Vietnamese migration experience can be found in the object file. The banner was designed and made in the early months of 1999. It was designed by Tran Quoc Hung, made by Cynthia Dowler Gallery and coordinated by Phan Van Hung, Nguyen Thi Tam, the Vietnamese Community in SA Inc.
- Subject Keywords: Vietnamese
- Rights: History Trust of South Australia, CC-0, photographer: Migration Museum
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