Image description : ‘Migration Museum collection HT86.404, donated by the American Rug Hooking Group’. https://migration.history.sa.gov.au/events/aussies-the-migration-museum-banners-project/
This image and following information was provided by the Corinne Ball, Curator of the Migration Museum, Adelaide, with permission to show on this page.
The 10-panel banner was created in 1986 as part of the museum’s Community Banners project, ‘Memories and Dreams’. Symbolic of cultural diversity in SA. Made using a rug hooking technique brought from America by Mrs. Pam Whitehead in 1969. Divided in 10 panels by a green border around each panel.
- Hooked by Connie Hopewell, depicts Robin Hood. She emigrated from Nottingham – Robin Hood country.