The New Italy Museum Complex tells the intriguing tale of a group of northern Italian families who made their home in the Australian bush from 1882. *
Supported by the Powerhouse Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading
Like Bonegilla, Bathurst was one of the major migrant reception centres in Australia. It accepted around 100,000 migrants between 1948 and 1952. Reminisce or learn about the rich history of the former camp at Bathurst. Continue reading
The Female Immigration Depot (1848 to 1886) was the primary reception and hiring depot in Sydney for thousands of Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh female immigrants.
An Historic Houses Trust and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
Botany Bay is one of the most significant places in the history of migration to Australia. After the arrival of the British First Fleet and the French Lapérouse Expedition in 1788 the European colonisation of Australia began.
A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition. Continue reading
Thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge Farm School. Boys and girls were to be trained as “farmers and farmers’ wives”. The School depended on child labour and was later closed. Many of those children, now adults, are talking about their experiences.
A Molong Historical Society exhibition assisted by the Orange City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
Chinese migrants to the Tweed established themselves as market gardeners, banana growers, cooks, herbalists and shopkeepers. Personal stories and photos are recorded in this documentary.
A Tweed River Regional Museum and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre video.
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Scheyville National Park, in North-Western Sydney, was the location of an agricultural training farm for English child migrants in the early 20th century, and later a migrant accommodation centre after the Second World War.
A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition. Continue reading
Thirlmere’s Estonians, who worked in the New South Wales poultry industry from 1927 to 1967, recall surviving war, adapting to ‘Displaced Persons’ camp life, journeying and their experiences of settling and farming in South-Western Sydney.
A Wollondilly Heritage Centre and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
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Explore places associated with the history of Italian migration, settlement and horticulture in Griffith – famous for its wine, citrus and stone fruit industries.
A Griffith City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre cultural tourism initiative. Continue reading
The largest internment camp in Australia during World War One was at Holsworthy, near Liverpool on the outskirts of Sydney. The camp held between 4,000 and 5,000 people of German descent.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
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Take an exciting historical journey through the Liverpool City Council area in South-Western Sydney – this trail honors the heritage places of our many communities.
A Casula Powerhouse, Liverpool City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre initiative. Continue reading
Lightning Ridge, 75 km north of Walgett, is the only place in the world where the exquisite black opal is mined in quantity and sold in the rough. People have come from around the world to find their fortunes in this outback town.
A Lightning Ridge Historical Society and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition. Continue reading
The Snowy Mountains Scheme is not just a great feat of engineering; it is also a great social achievement with its multi-national workforce contributing to the cultural mix we enjoy today.
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Seven large interpretive signs placed at key locations around Orange, create a pathway that supports cultural tourism and celebrates the city’s rich history of post-War migration.
An Orange City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre initiative.
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Winner 2009 Museums and Galleries NSW IMAGinE Award. Discover the story of captured German mariners and their internment at Berrima during World War One.
A Berrima District Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
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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Visit Bonegilla, a National Heritage listed place near Wodonga, and see the Bonegilla Collection at the Albury LibraryMuseum. Reminisce or learn about the rich history of Bonegilla.
A NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition with the Albury LibraryMuseum.
The Roxy was built in 1936 by three Greek partners from the island of Kythera in Greece, as a magnificent art deco cinema with an adjoining cafe. A new Museum will tell the Roxy’s story and document the history of New England.
A new museum in the making with advice from Powerhouse Museum Regional Services and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading
Highly Commended 2002 National Trust Heritage Awards. From spiritual temples to a bustling commercial centre, from kitsch to classical, this tour takes you to fascinating places in Fairfield in South-Western Sydney – one of Australia’s most culturally diverse cities.
A Fairfield City initiative supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
Visit the State Heritage Register listed Wing Hing Long & Co store at Tingha, 26 km south of Inverell – a time capsule of original fittings and merchandise 1881-1998.
A Wing Hing Long & Co Museum, Tingha and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
Visit Trial Bay Gaol, a former concentration camp for people of German descent interned as ‘enemy aliens’ during World War One.
A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition. Continue reading
