Welcome to the Migration Heritage Centre
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Migrants have journeyed to Australia and settled in the State of New South Wales
both willingly and unwillingly, legally and illegally, as convicts, prisoners of
war, as free or assisted immigrants or as refugees...
Objects Through Time
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View the timeline
Objects through Time takes you on an online journey through a timeline of fascinating objects to explore important chapters, places and events in Australian migration history.
Belongings
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View stories
Memories, personal mementos and photographs of former migrants who arrived in Australia in the decades after the Second World War.
Sempre Con Te (Always With You)
This richly illustrated, full-colour book features stories about
the separation and reunion of Italian women from the Northern Beaches suburbs
of Sydney (1920-1970) - seen through the eyes of women.
Published by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre and the Sempre Con Te group from
the Northern Beaches.
» Online preview
» Buy the book from 13 November 2009
Wing Hing Long Store
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View the online exhibition
Visit the Wing Hing Long & Co museum, a Chinese-Australian rural general store and a time capsule of original fittings and merchandise.
Buy our souvenir booklet Wing Hing Long & Co: Chinese-Australian Rural General Store 1881-1998
at the Store.
Plan a trip to Tingha and make an appointment to view this community museum.
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Awards
2009 National Trust Heritage - Cultural Heritage Award
2009 National Trust Heritage - Interpretation and Presentation Award
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What's New
The Forgotten Children
» Read ten oral history transcripts of former British child migrants from the Fairbridge Farm School, Molong.
» View The Long Journey Home - a documentary about the Fairbridge Farm School.
» View Prime Minister Kevin
Rudd's formal apology to the 'Forgotten Australians' on 16 November 2009.
Lebanese Heritage
A new Australian Lebanese Historical Society community history.
» Lebanese Settlement in NSW (PDF)