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Display with photo of Margo Bates and her medals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gold medals, information about an indigenous elder, and a history volume opened on a significant page are some of the special features of a Baha\u2019i exhibition that continues in Adelaide until 24 February 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition, entitled Baha’i Heritage, Migration and Global Community<\/em>, is being hosted by the Migration Museum of South Australia, Australia’s first museum to concentrate on immigration history and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n

The exhibition traces in objects, images and text the history of the South Australian Baha\u2019i community.<\/p>\n

The senior curator of migration museum, Catherine Manning, said a diverse range of groups has presented unique and moving stories in the gallery, the Baha\u2019is of Adelaide being the latest community to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have produced a thought provoking and colourful display introducing visitors to the Baha\u2019i Faith and the diverse cultures who follow it in Adelaide,\u201d Ms Manning said.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisitors to the Migration Museum have found the exhibition positive and uplifting. It is fantastic to see the Baha\u2019i community add their voices to the story of South Australia\u2019s history.”<\/p>\n

Indigenous<\/strong><\/p>\n

The community was founded in the early 1920s, and was home to one of the first indigenous Australian Baha\u2019is, Fred Murray. Information about Mr Murray is on display.<\/p>\n

Adelaide has played a distinctive role in the history of the Australian Baha\u2019i community, being the first home of its national secretariat (1934-44).<\/p>\n

One of the South Australian community\u2019s senior members is 101-year-old Margo Bates, whose swimming victories in the world Masters swimming competition attracted national attention. Her gold medals are part of the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Persian<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the early 1980s, the community has received into its ranks many Persian Baha\u2019i refugees who have had to leave Iran due to severe persecution, which continues to this day.<\/p>\n

On display at the exhibition is a history volume, entitled Nabil\u2019s Narrative<\/em>, opened at page that recounts a significant event in the history of the Faith in Iran. Other exhibits give an indication of the significant contributions the Persian Baha\u2019is have made to their new Baha\u2019i community and to the wider community of South Australia.<\/p>\n

At the opening of the exhibition in December 2011, poet Roshanak Amrein read some of her verses about the birthplace of the Baha\u2019i Faith, Iran. Another Baha\u2019i speaker, Fuzzy Trojan, spoke about the tradition of migration to South Australia in relation to the recent migration of Iranian Baha\u2019is.<\/p>\n

The Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha\u2019is of Adelaide organised the exhibition, asking professional designers and artists Richard and Jan Coker, who are members of the Baha\u2019i community, to be the designers and curators.<\/p>\n

Since its founding nearly 90 years ago, the South Australian Baha\u2019i community has grown to the extent that there are now Baha\u2019is throughout metropolitan Adelaide and in many regional areas of the State. More than 20 Local Spiritual Assemblies coordinate Baha\u2019i activities in various urban and regional localities.<\/p>\n

The Baha\u2019i Centre of Learning, a restored heritage building located at 279 Flinders Street, Adelaide, is a venue for educational activities and other events open to the public.<\/p>\n

Visit the website of the Migration Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

View photos<\/a> from the display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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