On Saturday 25 January 2014, The Piers Festival at the Port Melbourne Piers will have a festival and display of music, dance, markets, exhibitions, and migration forums. This colourful celebration of Melbourne’s diversity will link in with Victoria’s Australia Day activities and highlight the state’s rich history of migration.
A special feature of the Festival is the Migration Forums where the audience will hear some incredible stories that draw out the universal experience of the migrant.
Guest speakers from some of Melbourne’s key migrant communities – both established and emerging – will share poignant memories about their experiences of leaving their homelands, their journey by land, sea or sky and how they built their new lives in Australia.
The Migration Forums will be themed as follows: 12:30 – 1:30pm: Migration Mosaic (a mix of artists and influencers of migrant heritage); 2:00 – 3:00pm: Baltic Waves (marking the 65 year anniversary of Baltic migration since the late 1940s) 3:30 – 4:30pm: Australia Day Ambassadors (migrants who have become outstanding citizens).
12:30pm – 4:30pm: MIGRATION STORYTELLING FORUMS
Did you or your parents arrive as migrants? Hear some incredible stories that draw out the universal experience of the migrant with guest speakers from some of Melbourne’s key migrant communities. Forums will be held upstairs in the historic gatehouse.
Migration forums: Download program & speaker biographies
Admission to is free but places are limited. Call 9188 3681 or register on-line:
12:30 – 1:30pm: Migration Mosaic (a mix of artists and influencers of migrant heritage) register at (www.trybooking.com/DUTE)
2:00 – 3:00pm: Baltic Waves (marking the 65 year anniversary of Baltic migration since the late 1940s) register at www.trybooking.com/DUTH
3:30 – 4:30pm: Australia Day Ambassadors (outstanding citizens of migrant heritage) register at www.trybooking.com/DUTK
What: Migration Forums at the 2-14 Piers Festival
When: Saturday, 25 January 2014, 12:30 – 4:30
Where: Gatehouse, Port Melbourne Railway Pier
Cost: Free but bookings needed as space is limited
More information: Multicultural Arts Victoria
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Piers Festival, Port Melbourne
