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MIGRATION MUSEUM FOUNDATION

The Migration Museum Foundation is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, since it was first established in October 2000.

The Foundation established the Settlement Square Project whereby the contributions made by immigrants to South Australia could be recognised.

In the past ten years more than 1,800 immigrants who arrived from 1836 to the present have been acknowledged with pavers engraved with their name, country of origin and date of arrival in SA. The pavers form a tree of life pattern in the bricks of the courtyard of the Migration Museum.

Settlement Square has become a significant statement of the many different migration stories of South Australians who have been honoured and remembered in a very special and permanent way.

With the Festive Season approaching, the Foundation invites all South Australians to pay tribute to their forebears, with a paver at the Settlement Square. It will be a special emotional gift that will be cherished and remembered forever.

History of the Museum

The Migration Museum is located at 82 Kintore Ave, Adelaide.

It was opened in 1986 and it was the first museum of its kind established in the world.

Since that time, the Migration Museum has been documenting, collecting and preserving the stories of immigrants who have settled in Australia.

The Museum has become an important repository for the cultural heritage and traditions of the many immigrants who have settled in South Australia.

It continues to collect and interpret the settlement history of South Australia through the active participation and support from the many different community groups.

The Migration Museum continues to attract excellent visitor numbers, as well as visitors from overseas and other States of Australia. In addition, nearly 20,000 students visit the museum every year.

The Migration Museum has devised a series of programmes and exhibitions to assist the various community groups exhibit their cultural heritage and traditions in the museum’s galleries.

In October 2000, through the assistance of the Hon Julian Stefani OAM JP, the Settlement Square Project was launched with the kind support of the former Governor of South Australia, Sir Eric Neal AC CVO.

The Migration Museum Foundation was established in conjunction with the Settlement Square Project. To date, the Foundation has raised more than $550,000.00, to assist the ongoing work of the Migration Museum.

The Foundation offers a unique opportunity to honour and pay tribute to all migrants, in a very special and public manner.

The Settlement Square Project has been developed in the central courtyard of a heritage listed precinct in the centre of the City of Adelaide. More than 1,800 immigrants have been recognized in the Settlement Square of the Migration Museum.

Pavers bearing their names, place and country of origin and date of arrival, have been laid in an attractive tree of life pattern in the courtyard of the Migration Museum.

A computer database has been created, to record the migration story of each person represented on the pavers. The story and details of each person can be accessed by visitors to the Museum.

The Adelaide City Council provided the generous sum of $50,000.00, for the production of the bronze monument. The monument is dedicated as a tribute to all migrant settlers to South Australia and represents the typical image of a migrant family arriving in Australia.

For further details, Contact: Ms Christine Finnimore – 82077570, email: migration@history.sa.gov.au or Hon Julian Stefani OAM JP – 0418824707.

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