A giant portrait of late prime minister Malcolm Fraser watches over Footscray from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Home of Hope.
The portrait was created by street artist Heesco. It forms part of an 80-metre mural created last week by street artists, including Conrad Bizjak, Dvate and Heesco.
Maribyrnong mayor Nam Quach said Mr Fraser, a Resource Centre patron who helped launch the new Footscray headquarters in December, was a father figure among Vietnamese in Footscray due to policies allowing refugees, including his parents, to be welcomed into Australia after the fall of Saigon 40 years ago.
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