Meet Tony Sorge and see the marbles his kids played with at Endeavour migrant hostel in Sydney in 1973. Continue reading
!["I was a girl guide for a long time, from primary school, [and] continued on as assistant scout master for the cubs. When I left Hong Kong the boy scout group gave me this little statue as a bon voyage [gift]. It's got my name there, "Helen Sham". I've kept this statue for over 45 years [and] am still very active with Lions, girl guides, boy scouts. Reflecting now, I think my girl guide training gave me the community spirit and confidence in being a leader."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/scout-150x150.jpg)
Meet Helen Sham-Ho and see her scout statue from Hong Kong.
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Meet Marie Sekutkovski and see her husband’s ruler. It was given to him on his voyage to Australia and was used at his first tailor’s shop in Orange.
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Meet Hank Runeman and see the marquetry picture made by his grandfather in Holland.
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Meet Nino Rombola and see his farm hoe from Italy.
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Meet Alexandra Rezko and see her father’s scythe from Germany.
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!["We stuffed the cover [with wool] so we would have a bed to sleep on. I always found it funny that we bought wool to Australia where so much wool was produced."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wool-150x150.jpg)
Meet Antonio Punturiero and see the wool his family brought from Italy in the late 1940s.
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Meet Anton Potocnik and see his family kitchen utensils from Slovenia.
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Meet Dorrie Portegies and see the ukulele her husband made in Indonesia in 1948.
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Meet Fella Porcu and see the sheets she hand-made in Italy.
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Meet Elisa Pizzuti and see the bust her husband sculpted of her in Italy in the late 1940s. Continue reading
Meet Teresa Pirrottina and see her cup and saucer from Italy.
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Meet Pauline Peadon and see her spiritera from Malta.
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!["My Aunty Caterina asked us to bring her one, no-one had one here. In Italy, we boil the ripe tomatoes, then squeeze [them] through the sieve. We would do this every time we have pasta sauce which was a lot."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sieve-150x150.jpg)
Meet Carmela Pasquetti and see her tomato sieve from Italy. Continue reading
Meet Salvatore Papasidero and see the exercise book he used for English classes in Australia.
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Meet Peter Nash and see the Chinese vases given to him as a Barmitzvah gift.
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!["This set square from Hungary is a reminder of my education, but also of the education I was unable to attain [during the Communist era], although I had the ability."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/setsquare-150x150.jpg)
Meet Imre Molnar and see his school book from Communist Hungary.
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Meet Mick Mesic and see his plate from Croatia. Continue reading
Meet Julie Mesic and see her St Nicholas figurine from Croatia.
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!["My husband was a fine cabinetmaker. I have one [item from] the early years when we come out here - just a little cassette. I didn’t ask him, he just made it for me. He made this type of furniture in Austria."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/timber_sm.jpg)
Meet Elizabeth Mergl and see the clock she used to time feeding her baby son as they fled from Hungary to Austria in 1944. Continue reading
Meet Frederick Mayer and see the photograph albums documenting his life until in the 1950s. Continue reading
![Helen: "In 1989 we went to the Ukraine and my husband's [Sam] sister gave them to me. She had made them a long time ago."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lihos-dress-150x150.jpg)
Meet Helen Lihos and see her hand embroidered dress from the Ukraine. Continue reading
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 Inga Krain and see her sugar cube holder from Germany. Continue reading
Meet George Kotsiros and see his Greek-English dictionary. Continue reading
Meet Bill Kloosterman and see his carpentry tools from Holland.
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Meet John Kena and see his tractor driving license from 1941 when Estonia was Soviet-occupied. Continue reading
Meet Esther Katz and see her boat tickets from South Africa to Australia in 1960.
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Meet Karl Karthauser and see the St. Christopher medal that saved his life in 1958.
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