Poster - Monga Khan 'Aussie', Peter Drew, South Australia 2016
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
August 2016
Poster (medium sized) featuring an portrait image of Monga Khan, produced by artist Peter Drew in 2016. It is part of his 'Aussie' poster series which use historical portrait images of Australians from diverse non-white backgrounds coupled with the word 'AUSSIE' to make a statement about definitions of Australian identity, citizenship and belonging in a contemporary context.
Monga Khan has been claimed as an Afghani Muslim man although National Archives documents suggest he was born in northern India. He entered Australia in 1916 by gaining a Dictation Test exemption to the Immigration Restriction Act as did others like him demonstrating their national economic benefits through trades such as cameleering and hawking. This set of posters by Peter Drew represents a significant and high profile community artist grassroots response to issues relating to refugees, racism and national identity.
The posters have been highly visible and provocative interventions on the walls of Australian city streets.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 615 mm (Width), 900 mm (Height); 603 mm (Width), 905 mm (Height)
Identification
- Candidate id
- mv-2193241
- Museum object number
- HT 48646
- Source note
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