About this Event
In this art book, people speak through oral histories, the immigrant writers’ poems, songs reflecting a centuries-long cultural tradition and the author’s expressive prose. The Lithuanians were amongst the earliest wave of continental European immigrants – displaced persons – post-World War II. The immigrant influx, which continued for succeeding decades, eventually changed Australia’s British society and assimilationist expectations. The story resonates with the experiences of all migrant groups. It reveals unknown or forgotten Australian and Queensland history, and the Lithuanian experience, from trauma and flight from their Soviet-annexed homeland to return visiting after independence was regained after almost 50 years.
Join Dr Wicks as she shares her journey creating the work and the special and profound moments of the first-generation immigrants who participated in her study. Her work overcomes the immigrants’ silence of the past to express their migration and settlement experience within a rich Lithuanian cultural milieu.
The project received generous support from Brisbane City Council, the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Australian Lithuanian Foundation Inc., through the Father Bačinskas Lithuanian Cultural Association Inc.
Books will be available for purchase on the day, or bring your copy from home to be signed.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street, Brisbane City, Australia
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