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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Apologies
for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear
colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I would like
to invite you to the opening of an exhibition at the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fairfield</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>City</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Museum</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and Gallery
that is the result of <span class=GramE>a collaboration</span>, funded by a UWS
Community Grant, between Fairfield Council and UWS researchers Dr </span></font><st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>George
Morgan</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, Associate Professor Scott <span
class=SpellE>Poynting</span> and Dr Cristina Rocha. Entitled Culture and
Cultivation: Backyards in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fairfield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, it focuses
on the migration stories and backyard creative endeavours of a number of
residents in the </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fairfield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
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municipality. Located in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sydney</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>'s west, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fairfield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is the most
culturally diverse area in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> with 53% of
the population of non-English speaking background and representing over 160
nations. The exhibition features a range of people with diverse ethnic
affiliations and illustrates the extraordinary things they do in their
backyards - from growing unusual plants, to building backyard museums or
sculpture gardens, to baking food in outdoor ovens, producing wine, bottling
tomatoes or herbal remedies. In each case we find cross-cultural negotiations
between homeland and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Australia</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, a
combination of elements of tradition and modernity. The exhibition will feature
photographs, backyard artefacts and plants and will tell the migration stories
of those whose backyard creativity is featured. It opens on August 8th and runs
until October 10th.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> &
Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> & </span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oxford
Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Smithfield</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PO Box
2464</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Smithfield</span></font></st1:City></st1:address><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> NSW 2164 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:PT'>ph 02 9609 3993 fax 02 9757 4357 </span></font><font
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href="http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/museumgallery"><span lang=PT
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:PT'>Cristina<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:PT'>Dr. Cristina Rocha<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Centre for
Cultural Research<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Sydney</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tel: (+61 2)
9685 9600<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fax: (+61 2)
9685 9610<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mob: 0410
324971<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c.rocha@uws.edu.au</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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<p><font size=2 color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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Dr </span></font><st1:PersonName><font size=2 color=olive><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'>Amanda Wise</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 color=olive><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'><br>
Postdoctoral Research Fellow<br>
Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, <br>
The </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 color=olive><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'>Australian</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
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yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 color=olive><span
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yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 color=olive><span
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</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 color=olive><span
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</span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 color=olive><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'>ACT</span></font></st1:City><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'>AUSTRALIA</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 color=olive><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:olive;mso-no-proof:yes'>,
0200<br>
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