1. Migrant histories, national memory and regional collections Dr Jessie Lymn
I want to acknowledge that I live, work and study on the unceded land of the Wiradjuri Nation, and pay my respect to elders past present and emerging who are working to, amongst many things, revitalise their language, culture and heritage.
School of Information Studies Research Seminar Series
20 March 2019

2. Today’s session A work-in-progress discussion
Bringing two of my research areas together
Work towards a research paper on regional collaborations

3. Setting the scene #1
Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Linkage grant ($340k) announced in 2018
Key partners:
RMIT & Deakin Universities
NLA, SLSA, SLV, SLNSW

4. Setting the scene #2 CSU Teaching and Learning Grant 2018:
‘Using a virtual visit to a real-world destination and workplace to enhance learning and teaching’
Development of teaching resource including virtual tour using 3D technology

5. Why Bonegilla?

6. Why Bonegilla?
From 1947 to 1971 over 300,000 migrants to Australia passed through the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
A defining time in Australia’s immigration history
The site is nationally significant, having been added to the National Heritage Register in 2007, and was the largest and longest-lasting reception centre in post-war Australia,
MAMA & LibraryMuseum Image-Photograph-Bonegilla-Employment Office-ARM

7. MAMA & LibraryMuseum Photograph R. B. Mark Office Bonegilla - ARM 04
National Archives of Australia NAA: A2478, Wlochowitz R
Bonegilla was the only migrant centre that created its own records (Hutchison, 2004 p 70), and these records are held at the National Archives of Australia (NAA: A2567, A2571, A2572).

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Bonegilla is located in Wodonga Council, with the Albury LibraryMuseum holding a collection of material, and the CSU campus based in Albury.

9. Why collaboration?

10. Why collaboration?
The question of convergence in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector
“Collaboration imperative” (Bishoff, 2004)

11. GLAM collaborations
The collaborative practices of regional collecting institutions

12. Enhancing teaching and learning

13. 3D walkthrough of Bonegilla Migrant Experience site
National History curriculum aligned learning and teaching materials

14. Regional collaborations and memory

15. Project outcomes Teaching and learning outputs:
Quality innovative digital educational product developed for secondary school students and teachers throughout Australia, with quality educational design for teaching History for CSU teacher education students and CSU Information Studies students to include in their studies.
Regional collaborations:
Strong collaborative processes developed between CSU, AlburyCity Council, Wodonga Council, Albury LibraryMuseum and Bonegilla Migrant Experience Heritage Centre.
Significant enhancement of collaborative partnerships between stakeholders

16. National memories: regional concerns
Impact of regional collaboration on creating access to significant moments in national history
Importance of maintaining and nurturing collaborations across the GLAM sector (including education) as part of a regional strategy
See Pennay (forthcoming) for further discussion of issues of access to national/federal records in regional settings

17. Thanks!
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