!["[This] is made of wood and constructed to replicate Chilean houses of the day. It was a present from a cousin on our departure to Australia."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sereno-house-150x150.jpg)
Meet Olga Sereno and see the ornament she brought to Sydney in 1973 of a traditional Chilean house. Continue reading
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Meet Marta Aquino and see the miniature iron she brought from Uruguay in 1974. Continue reading
Meet Angelita Gomez and the music book she brought from Uruguay in 1970 that was considered ‘illegal’. Continue reading
Meet Anita van Altena and see the silver cork stopper she brought from Holland in 1964 to start up her own business in Australia. Continue reading
Meet Mihai Maghiaru and see the Communist flag he tore in the late 1940s. Continue reading
!["There were originally 60 or so German music records I carried over in my briefcase, but now I have only a dozen [and] they’re pretty worn out. They were songs we grew up with, and on hot summer nights in Bonegilla, it was wonderful to listen to our own music. I think it helped us bridge those first few months in Australia to get over our loneliness."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wolff-records-150x150.jpg)
Meet Harry Wolff and see the German records he played at Bonegilla migrant camp in 1966.
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Meet Walter Schmied and see his plane from Austria. It was also used to build his first home in Australia in the 1960s. Continue reading
Meet Ann Cusack and see the map she drew at her Greek school in Egypt in the mid-1950s. Continue reading
Meet Denis Donovan and his hurley stick from Ireland.
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Meet Emilia Pastore and see the mate set she brought from Uruguay in 1973.
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Meet Momchilo Sedlan and see his traditional Serbian shoes.
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Meet Olga Burger and see the camphor boxes she bought in 1949 whilst departing China for the Philippines. Continue reading
Meet Sophia Kanna and see her family blanket from Iraq. Continue reading
!["We bought this for our one year old child, Barbara, before we left Poland, in readiness for our journey to Australia. She had to wear it on many occasions to keep warm when we lived in sub-standard accommodation [in Sydney]. It reminds me of the good and bad times over many years and how fortunate we are to have survived and live in such a lovely country."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/photo21-150x150.jpg)
Meet Krystyna Cyron and see the coat her daughter wore on the journey to Australia from Poland in 1959. Continue reading
Meet Sargon Hallaby and see his traditional Assyrian quilt from Iraq. Continue reading
