Meet David Hill and see the postcard he sent to his mum in England en route to Australia in 1959. Continue reading
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Meet June Webb and see the jewellery box she bought in Port Said en route to Australia in 1960.
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Meet Lorna Denham and see the programs she sold at London’s Royal Opera House during the 1950s.
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!["This violin belonged to Dad [who] was a musician. At home, I used to lie in bed and request songs on the violin and my dad would play them for me. I would love lying in bed and listening."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/scott-violin-150x150.jpg)
Meet Lily Scott and see the violin her father used to play when she was a child in Scotland.
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Meet Margaret Mort-Yates and see the beach pebble she brought from England in 1962.
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Meet Denis Donovan and his hurley stick from Ireland.
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Meet Sheila Helprin and see the telegram sent by her grandparents when she left for Australia.
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Meet Billi Turney and see the glass powder bowl she received from her brother for her 21st birthday during World War Two in England. Continue reading
Meet Helen Sowada and see the koala bear her husband gave her as a leaving gift as he left to work in the Snowy Mountains in 1957. Continue reading
Meet Tony Sorge and see the marbles his kids played with at Endeavour migrant hostel in Sydney in 1973. Continue reading
Meet Julie Mesic and see her St Nicholas figurine from Croatia.
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Meet Sussan Ley and see her pilot’s headset. Continue reading
Meet Stewart Lee and see the postcard of the ship he came to Australia on in 1955.
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Meet Nan Jacobs and see her wedding china from Scotland. Continue reading
Meet Beryl Fletcher and see her 1956 Xmas Day menu from Berkeley migrant hostel in Wollongong. Continue reading
Meet Gwen Cole and see the children’s book she hid at Fairbridge Farm School in Australia in 1954. Continue reading
Meet Ingrid Cohen and see the English F.A. Cup Final program from 1973.
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!["Regular reports would go to Fairbridge in London and the parents. Some of the [comments] were terrible. Fairbridge used to amend them to suit. We know. We have [the] correspondence."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/report-150x150.jpg)
Meet Ian Bayliff and see his Fairbridge Farm School cheque from 1974.
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!["They're for competitions. I know the blue one is supposed to be first [prize]. They had a pony club in Molong so it was a good way of getting out from things you had to do [at Fairbridge Farm]."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ribbons-150x150.jpg)
Meet Jan Barby and see the horse-riding ribbons she won as a child migrant at Fairbridge Farm School, Molong in the 1960s. Continue reading
