Poster - Freedom and Full Rights for all Refugees, Refugee Action Collective, Aug 2005
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
26 August 2005
Poster titled Freedom and Full Rights for all Refugees' issued by the Refugee Action Collective for the Tampa anniversary rally held on Friday 26 August 2005. The Refugee Action Collective grew out of a national grassroots protest movement in response to the treatment of refugees and mandatory detention.
First established in 2000, it gained momentum during the Tampa crisis in August 2001. In August 2001, over 430 mainly Afghani and Iraqi asylum-seekers bound for Australia were rescued from a sinking ferry in international waters by the Norwegian freighter, the Tampa. Yellow and orange poster, gloss finish with black type. Includes Refugee Action Collective logo with black map of Australia with adult and child figures behind razor wire.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 29.7 cm (Width), 42 cm (Height)
Identification
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- mv-1143956
- Museum object number
- HT 9198
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