Meet Anna Fox and see the hat she wore on her honeymoon en route to Australia in 1967. Continue reading
Meet Beryl Fletcher and see her 1956 Xmas Day menu from Berkeley migrant hostel in Wollongong. Continue reading
Meet Cecilia Dvikov and see the Slovenian-style wine press her father made when he arrived in Australia.
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Meet Douglas Dunley from Serbia and see his unused return visa from Communist Yugoslavia. Continue reading
Meet Vickie Drosos and see her mother’s Greek recipes. Continue reading
Meet Paul Drexler and see his father’s fob-watch from Slovakia. Continue reading
!["There is a great maritime tradition in my family and I still have one cap. Normally [it] would have the name of the company or ship you were sailing on, but this one doesn’t so I kept it as a keepsake. I travelled the world with my job [and] I feel fortunate because it does give you a special viewpoint."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/photo25-150x150.jpg)
Meet Georges Devriendt and see his Belgian Merchant Navy cap. Continue reading
Meet Ivan Devai and see the sailor bag which carried all his belongings to Australia in 1957.
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Meet Baukje den Exter and see the sewing box her brother gave her from Indonesia.
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Meet Graziella Del Popolo and see her sheet set from Italy. Continue reading
!["When I was working in the machinery factory after the Second World War, I had a Dutch Workers’ Union book. [It] was used to put a stamp in each week when I paid my union fee; it was a record of my contribution. These contributions went towards workers who were ill and unable to work or to create fairer work conditions. I felt it was important to support the union."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/book2-150x150.jpg)
Meet Jan De Kruiff and see his from union book from Holland. Continue reading
Meet Tarsilla Cunial and see her dress design books from Italy. They were brought over for potential work opportunities and gave her the courage to come to Australia. Continue reading
Meet Antonio Cunial and see the barber’s tools he brought from Italy in 1948. Continue reading
Meet George Coutsoumbes and see the stitching machine he used in his bootmaking shop in Broken Hill in the 1950s. Continue reading
Meet Concetta Cosentino and see her cup and saucer from Italy.
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Meet Eleonora Conolly and see her mother’s serviette ring from Serbia.
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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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!["I was given this photo when I was in Slovenia in 1998 by the little girl at the front! I remember it was summer [when] wheat is ripe and you cut it. All day I bended down [to] make bundles. It was hard work."](../../../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/slovenia-150x150.jpg)
Meet Rozalia Cetinich and see the post card of the Castel Bianco.
Meet Maria Cebulski and see the “Welcome to Australia” booklet given to passengers on her migration journey to Australia in 1950.
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Meet Nicholas Burgeia and see his mother’s brass pestle and mortar from Egypt.
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Meet Ferdi Boers and see the clarinet he brought over from Holland.
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Meet Anne Birdsey and hear her play her father’s piano accordion.
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Meet Eufemia Benussi and see the potato masher she brought over from Italy in 1955. Continue reading
Meet Gina Bortolin-Papa and see her woollen healing scarf.
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Meet Amelia Brinkis and see the saucepan made by fellow Latvians at their Displaced Persons’ camp. Continue reading
Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.
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Meet Wilhelm & Hilde Bittkow and see their fridge. It was one of the first items they bought after arriving in Orange in 1953. Continue reading
This collection of implements have historical and technological significance as they demonstrate the skills of ‘making do’ – improvising and modifying tools to make the heavy work of cultivating bananas easier. Continue reading
The bank note has historical value as evidence of the 1988 Bicentennial celebrations and the recognition of the cultural diversity that had evolved in the Australian community up to that time. Continue reading
