The Powerhouse Museum's NSW Migration Heritage Centre would like to thank all the apron owners and their families for the generous support they have given to this project:
Spasija Aleksoska
Dana Atanasovska
Draga Bucukovska
Menka Dilevski
Kostadinka Jordeska
Radmila Karamacoska
Menka Karanfilovska
Biljana Kolevski
Gulapka Krstanoska
Dezda Krstevska
Spase Markoski
Spasija Naumovska
Blaguna Nikolovska
Gjurga Petrovska
Ivanka Radiceska
Stojanka Stepanoska
Jana Stojanovski
Violeta Stojcevska
Slobodanka Tanevska
Angelina Todoroska
Naumka Trajceska
Elena Trajcevska
Credits
This website is based on original research undertaken by Mendo Trajcevski (Macedonian Welfare Association Inc.) and Meredith Walker, with assistance from John Petersen (NSW Migration Heritage Centre) and Lindie Ward (Powerhouse Museum).
We would also like to acknowledge the support from the National Apron Front, Vlasé and Judi Nikoleski, Louise Thom and the staff and volunteers from the Macedonian Welfare Association Inc., especially Lisa Ranavolo, who conducted most of the interviews.
Original concept
Meredith Walker and Mendo Trajcevski
Executive producer
John Petersen, NSW Migration Heritage Centre
Project management
Andrea Fernandes, NSW Migration Heritage Centre
Web design and production
Annette Loudon, NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Title graphic and map designed by Danny Jacobsen, Powerhouse Museum. Navigation colours inspired by exhibition design by Kirsten Franklin, Powerhouse Museum.
Curators and text
Lindie Ward, Powerhouse Museum
Rebecca Evans, Powerhouse Museum
Web content coordination
Rebecca Evans, Powerhouse Museum
Interpreter
Verica Sajdovska
Translation
Biljana Kolevski
Editor
Tracy Goulding, Powerhouse Museum
Apron photography (unless otherwise stated)
Sotha Bourn, Powerhouse Museum
Other photography (unless otherwise stated)
Marinco Kojdanovski, Powerhouse Museum
Powerhouse Museum project team
Paula Bray, Alison Brennan, Suzanne Chee, Owen Conlan, Lauren Dalla, Joanne Delzoppo, Kathleen Evesson, Ali Gordon, Diana Lorentz, Judith Matheson, Terry Mooney, Kathleen Phillips, Sarah Pointon, Iain Scott-Stevenson, Natasha Taggart, Katherine Uren, Ralph Williams and the Facilities and Operations teams.
Ties with tradition: Macedonian apron designs is a project of the Powerhouse Museum's NSW Migration Heritage Centre in collaboration with the Macedonian Welfare Association Inc. based on an original concept produced by Meredith Walker and Mendo Trajcevski, supported by the Illawarra Migration Heritage Project Inc. and the Powerhouse Museum's Regional Services.
The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a New South Wales Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural New South Wales. www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au