Remembering Migration: Oral Histories and Heritage in Australia

Kate Darian-Smith · Paula Hamilton

Aug 2019 · Springer

About this ebook

This book provides the first comprehensive study of diverse migrant memories and what they mean for Australia in the twenty-first century. Drawing on rich case studies, it captures the changing political and cultural dimensions of migration memories as they are negotiated and commemorated by individuals, communities and the nation.

Remembering Migration is divided into two sections, the first on oral histories and the second examining the complexity of migrant heritage, and the sources and genres of memory writing. The focused and thematic analysis in the book explores how these histories are re-remembered in private and public spaces, including museum exhibitions, heritage sites and the media. Written by leading and emerging scholars, the collected essays explore how memories of global migration across generations contribute to the ever-changing social and cultural fabric of Australia and its place in the world.

About the author

Kate Darian-Smith is Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Law and Education at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She has researched and published widely on Australian cultural history; memory studies and oral history; histories of war, media and migration; and heritage.

Paula Hamilton is Visiting Professor of History at the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She researches and publishes on oral history and memory studies, and also works as a public historian.