Migration history day at the National Library

Overview

Join this full-day seminar on Australia's migration history, featuring panel discussions, presentations from current and former National Library Fellows and a keynote address from author Alice Pung. This event is presented in association with the 'Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories' exhibition.

Alice Pung is an award-winning author, the writer-in-residence at Janet Clarke Hall, the University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.

Dr Mei-fen Kuo is a lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Culture and History at Macquarie University. Over the past decade, she has dedicated her research efforts to the field of Chinese diaspora history in Australia. She is the author of 'Making Chinese Australia: Urban Elites, Newspapers & Chinese-Australian Identity During Federation and Unlocking the History of the Australasian Kuo Min Tang.'

Dr Vannessa Hearman is a Senior Lecturer in History at Curtin University. She coordinates the History program and lectures in History and International Relations. She is a historian of Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia and Timor-Leste (East Timor).

Salvatore Rossano is a musician, an ethnomusicologist and a composer. His career has thus far united his passion for musical research and performance. Salvatore has been an ambassador for Italian folk music since he migrated to Australia in 2013, when he formed the group ‘Santa Taranta’.