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Cultural Diversity Collection
Image: Cambodian Figurine - Campanologist
Source: Museum Victoria
The Cultural Diversity Collection is a cross-collection of objects encompassing all of the History and Technology collections, both conceptually and practically, and considers cultural diversity in its broadest sense.
The only specific collections belonging to this wider collection are those not the current focus of other History and Technology collections. Some of the most important are gay and lesbian material, youth culture, ageing, homelessness, cultural affirmation and discrimination, sociology and social work, and volunteerism.
Cultural diversity encompasses all individual or community variations in our society, relating to self-definition and the definitions applied by others. It includes ethnicity, nationality, race, descent or ancestry, physical appearance and ability, language, age, health, location, political belief or activity, economic status, employment, industrial activity, gender and gender identity, sexual activity, marital status, religious belief or activity, ideologies and personal associations.
Significant items
- Australian Children's Folklore Collection, regarded as one of the largest and most significant of its kind in the world.
- Psychiatric Services Collection, including more than 800 objects recording the history of pre-1950s psychiatric institutions in Victoria.
- Pentridge Prison collection, including 182 objects documenting the prison's structure and functions; and collections from several manufacturing organisations.
- Immigration and Artistic Practice Collection.
- Cambodian figurine collection.
- Italian Historical Society Collection.
- Cohen and Steinberg retail collections.
- Immigration documents.
- Postwar Hungarian community objects.
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Prayer Book - Hungarian, Catholic, circa 1871
Hungarian, Catholic prayer book, printed circa 1871. It was brought to Australia by Margaret Szlavik when she immigrated with her family in 1957. The book has been passed down through t ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Arabic Text, ...
Brochure with Arabic text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a complai ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Bahasa Malays ...
Brochure with Bahasa Malaysian text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Chinese text, ...
Brochure with Chinese text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a compla ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Cocos Malay t ...
Brochure with Cocos Malay text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a co ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Croatian text ...
Brochure with Croatian text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a compl ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Greek text, 1 ...
Brochure with Greek text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a complain ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Italian text, ...
Brochure with Italian text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a compla ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Lao text, 198 ...
Brochure with Lao text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a complaint. ...
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Leaflet - 'The Racial Discrimination Act and You', Human Rights Commission, Maltese text, ...
Brochure with Maltese text providing information about human rights, obtaining assistance from the Commission, lodging complaints and a fear-off form for completion for lodging a compla ...
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