Winner 2010 National Trust Heritage Award. Memories, personal mementos and photographs of former migrants who arrived in Australia in the decades after the Second World War.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition in partnership with local government and community organisations. Continue reading
Muslim women in Australia choose to dress in diverse ways. Some dress modestly in styles made by Western Sydney fashion designers. Explore the lives of women enjoying the new trends and the NSW entrepreneurs setting them.
A Powerhouse Museum exhibition supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Now on display at the Museum.
Highly Commended 2008 National Trust Heritage Awards. A showcase for the enormous contribution migrants have made to the economy and cultural life of Orange in the Central West of New South Wales.
An Orange Regional Gallery and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
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Cambodia was devastated by the totalitarian Khmer Rouge Pol Pot regime. For every two people who survived, one person perished.
Now living in Western Sydney, six survivors share their memories with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre in compelling video histories.
Stories of invasion, dispossession, and settling in a new home, told by the Estonian migrants who came to South-Western Sydney as Displaced Persons post-WW2.
A Powerhouse Museum exhibition supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Wollondilly Heritage Centre. Continue reading
Winner 2009 National Trust Heritage Award. An online journey to view fascinating objects and explore important chapters, places and events in Australian migration history.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition in partnership with local government and community organisations. Continue reading
View mini-documentaries filmed in people’s homes. Former migrants share their personal stories, photos and memorabilia.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Powerhouse Museum exhibition. Continue reading
Journey through the stories of migrants who work at South-Western Sydney’s Liverpool Health Services, in a series of online documentaries. Hear them talk about the successes and frustrations of establishing a new life here in Australia.
A Liverpool Health Services and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition supported by the NSW Refugee Health Service.
Celebrate the lives of people from non-English speaking backgrounds who have made Broken Hill their home since 1883.
A Broken Hill Migrant Museum exhibition with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
Visit ‘Sharing the Lode’ at the Migrant Museum, Sulphide Street, Broken Hill.
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Winner 2012 National Trust Heritage Award. Newly discovered photographs by internee Paul Dubotzki reveal what it was like to be interned in Australia during World War One.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Historic Houses Trust of NSW online exhibition. Continue reading
Read ten oral history transcripts of former British child migrants from the Fairbridge Farm School, Molong.
A Fairbridge Heritage Association and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition. Continue reading
Winner 2010 National Trust Heritage Award. A powerful juxtaposition of colour and patterns, this exhibition showcases over 40 Macedonian aprons from the Illawarra.
A Macedonian Welfare Association, Port Kembla and NSW Migration Heritage Centre online exhibition. Continue reading
This exhibition reveals a complex and poignant narrative examining both the public and private lives of the Chinese Australian migrant experience.
A Museum of the Riverina and NSW Migration Heritage Centre online exhibition. Continue reading
