Migration Heritage Toolkit

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

Contents

A. Background information

1. Acknowledgements

2. What is migration heritage?

3. What is the Migration Heritage Toolkit?

4. The benefits of a community consultation approach

5. Who is the Migration Heritage Toolkit for?

6. What does the Migration Heritage Toolkit contain?

7. Goals for the future

B. The migration heritage study

1. Preliminary phase

2. Workshop phase

      Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system
      Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage
      Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage
      Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

3. Glossary of terms

4. Index of organisations

C. Resources

1.
Sample worksheet: Guidelines to prepare your migration heritage proposal

2.
Sample heritage information register — blank

3.
Sample heritage information register — completed

4.
Sample invitation to attend community consultation workshops

5.
Sample survey: Workshop One

6.
Sample worksheet: Developing the history of a migration heritage item or place

7.
Sample survey: Workshop Two

8.
Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — blank

9.
Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — completed

10.
Sample survey: Workshop Three

11.
Sample permission form for audio/visual recordings

12.
Sample survey: Workshop Four

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Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

A. Background information

1. Acknowledgements
2. What is migration heritage?
3. What is the Migration Heritage Toolkit?
4. The benefits of a community consultation approach
5. Who is the Migration Heritage Toolkit for?
6. What does the Migration Heritage Toolkit contain?
7. Goals for the future

1. Acknowledgements

The Migration Heritage Toolkit has been developed to assist heritage professionals and migrant communities to work together to identify, assess and manage migration heritage items, places and experiences of importance to those communities.

The toolkit was developed through consultation with a number of migrant communities in rural and regional NSW. The consultation process was a Migration Heritage Centre project, managed by the NSW Heritage Office. A consultant historian, Kate Rea, undertook the consultations over a 15 week period. The core aim of the project was to develop these guidelines to assist people in the heritage and cultural networks to undertake community-based heritage consultation with migrant communities.

2. What is migration heritage?

'Heritage' refers to those things a society wants to keep that give us a sense of the past and of our cultural identity. Heritage items are those places, objects and other things that are of social and/or cultural significance to particular groups or communities in our society.

Migration heritage is the heritage of migration, which we all share even if we have not been a migrant or refugee ourselves. We all belong to an ethnic group, of which the basis could be a racial, linguistic, spiritual or historical relationship.

In Australia 'ethnic' has popularly been used to refer to people from non-English speaking backgrounds or with non-Anglo Celtic origins. The Migration Heritage Toolkit uses the term 'migrant communities' to refer to all people who have migrated to Australia since 1788, including first generation migrants and their descendants and the cultures with which they identify. Similarly, the Migration Heritage Centre's activities encompass all communities.

In Australia, the intermingling between our cultures gives us a dynamic and unique cultural heritage. This historic and living heritage can be expressed through many things such as personal effects, language, food, music, beliefs, buildings or land, all of which have significance for individuals or groups.

So, migration heritage covers 'places', such as open spaces and built heritage; and 'items', such as movable items, written information and images, as well as people's experiences and memories.

Some examples are:

Migration heritage 'places'

Migration heritage 'items'

shops;
houses;
community, recreational and sporting clubs;
the natural environment;
places of worship, and so on.

oral histories;
stories and poetry;
objects and personal effects;
photographs;
music;
artworks;
religious artefacts and icons, and so on.

It is important to keep in mind that heritage places or items are not just grand, old objects or those items already recognised by our society as having 'heritage significance'. Heritage places and items may be everyday things, they may be relatively new and they may only be important to a specific group of people.

For definitions of the terms used in this toolkit, including 'migration heritage' and 'culturally diverse heritage practices', please refer to Section B 3. Glossary of terms.

3. What is the Migration Heritage Toolkit?

The Migration Heritage Toolkit is designed to advise and assist a person with knowledge of the heritage system — the coordinator — to consult with migrant communities to undertake a migration heritage study. The study will enable migrant communities to:

generate awareness and develop skills to identify, assess and manage their migration heritage, according to their own cultural perspectives;

raise awareness about the cultural diversity of the state's heritage;

create sustainable relationships between migrant communities and the individuals and organisations responsible for, or engaged in, the heritage or cultural networks; and

undertake steps to manage their heritage in the community, so that it can be acknowledged, protected and shared with the others.

It is anticipated that the toolkit will spur activity beyond the workshops — for example, encouraging people to submit their migration story to the MHC website, nominate items to list on the State Heritage Register, develop an oral history or photography project and so on.

4. The benefits of a community consultation approach

Community consultation is a valuable starting point for culturally diverse heritage practices. It provides a forum for people from a range of backgrounds to identify and assess heritage from their own cultural perspectives. The process may uncover heritage items whose significance has not been recognised or may illuminate new layers of meaning for existing heritage items.

It is necessary to adopt a flexible approach to community consultation because no community is homogenous. It is important that the workshop coordinator recognises that there are differences within communities as well as across them. All communities have differences of opinion and ideas, of class, gender and age. In the case of migrant communities, the time of arrival often marks differences in attitude and experience among people from the same country of origin. You will probably need to adapt your workshop to suit the characteristics of your participants. With slight adaptations, the Migration Heritage Toolkit could guide a consultation that is based around one particular cultural or ethnic group — ethno-specific — or one that contains representatives from a number of cultural or ethnic groups — cross-cultural.

5. Who is the Migration Heritage Toolkit for?

The best outcomes for communities will be achieved if the coordinator of the migration heritage study has knowledge of the heritage system and/or is engaged in the heritage or cultural networks. Suitable people for the role of coordinator include:

heritage advisers;

cultural professionals; and

social planners.

And individuals from:

State and Federal Government agencies and departments;

local government;

heritage organisations;

local and regional libraries, museums and galleries; and

historical and heritage societies.

For more information, see Section B 4. Index of organisations and the Resources and tools section of the Migration Heritage Centre website at http://www.migrationheritage.com.au/resources

The coordinator

Regardless of their background and experience, the coordinator should:

have some knowledge and an interest in the migrant communities being consulted. They should be able to bring together a group of 10 -16 people who are interested in talking about their migration experiences and their migration heritage in Australia;

be willing to spend time building trust amongst the communities being consulted and developing an awareness of those communities;

be sensitive to cultural differences and be prepared to handle any difficulties people may have in sharing their experiences;

have time to commit to the migration heritage study. This includes time following the conclusion of the workshop series to consolidate the information gathered and pursue a range of possible goals, for example a listing on the State Heritage Register or the council's local heritage schedule;

be willing to research concepts of migration heritage and be open to developing new understandings of heritage in consultation with migrant communities;

be an active listener and have good communication and interpersonal skills;

be able to lead and guide discussion and assist the group to resolve any problems they might have during the workshops; and

have good organisational skills.

6. What does the Migration Heritage Toolkit contain?

The toolkit contains information and advice to assist the coordinator and participants to complete their migration heritage study.
Section B 1. provides information on planning your migration heritage study, including identifying the aims and anticipated outcomes of the study and identifying funding sources and participants. It also contains steps to complete a proposal that will guide the study and provides tips for running the workshops.
Section B 2. contains suggestions for the discussion and activity sessions for each of the four workshops. It outlines the aims of each workshop and the anticipated outcomes of each. In these workshops, groups of around 10 people will identify, assess and develop ways to manage their heritage through the formal heritage system or the cultural network.
Section B 3. is a Glossary of terms used throughout the toolkit and Section B 4. contains an Index of organisations that can assist you to complete your migration heritage study.
Section C. Resources contains a package of 12 sample documents that will assist you to prepare and run the community-based workshops.

7. Goals for the future

This toolkit could be used to achieve a variety of useful results for the recognition of migration heritage. Some will involve a greater commitment of time and resources following the workshops than others. Many of the activities proposed below could be undertaken with little expense.

A number of website links for further information are listed below. Detailed contact information for the organisations referred to can be found in Section B 4. Index of organisations.

Immediate goals

Activity

Publish experiences on the Migration Heritage Centre website. The MHC would like to receive your stories, personal profiles or details of any migration heritage projects you are involved in.

Contact

To share your story or profile, please go to http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/experiences

To tell us about your project, please go to http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/projects

Activity

Form local groups to raise awareness of migration heritage and encourage community participation in its preservation.

Contact

Local councils could assist with contacts and publicising the group's activities. There is a directory of NSW local councils available at http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1

Local libraries could also assist. There is a directory of NSW local libraries available at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Also publicise your project in the local media or ethnic media. The Community Relations Commission website has a list of NSW ethnic media contacts at http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/ethnicmedia

Activity

Form relationships with organisations to develop migration heritage projects and products — such as exhibitions, booklets, walking tours and so on.

Contact

NSW Heritage Office — http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au

Local councils — for a directory see http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1

Schools — A locater for NSW public schools is available at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au

Universities — a national directory of universities is available at http://www.detya.gov.au/highered/ausunis.htm

TAFE colleges — for locations, see http://www.tafensw.edu.au/campuses/welcome.htm

Local and regional museums and galleries — the Museums and Galleries Foundation has a comprehensive list of museums and galleries in NSW & ACT at http://mgfnsw.org.au/resources/Directories/MuseumGallery%20listing.pdf

Local libraries and archives — see the directory at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Local businesses

Activity

Record oral histories that highlight aspects of migration heritage. In the longer term, the tapes could be archived with the local or State library and/or used to develop an oral history project.

Contact

State Library of NSW — http://www.slnsw.gov.au

The National Library of Australia website houses an extensive oral history section, with links to contacts, a how-to manual and the library's oral history collection at http://www.nla.gov.au/oh. The Oral History Association of Australia — http://www.nla.gov.au/oh/ohaa.html

The National Library of Australia's National Directory of Australia's Oral History Collection at http://www.nla.gov.au/ohdir/index.html

Local libraries — local history, community outreach and/or multicultural liaison librarians will be of particular use. Contact your local library for details — see the directory of local libraries at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Activity

Identify and create archival materials for the local historical studies collection.

Contact

Local historical societies — for a list of historical societies by area go to the Royal Australian Historical Society's website, http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html

Local libraries — see the directory at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Longer term goals

Activity

Nominate migration heritage items or places for the State Heritage Register or local heritage schedule.

Contact

NSW Heritage Office — http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au

Local councils — see the directory at http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1

Activity

Make detailed photographic records of migration heritage places and items for lodgement at your local library, or to keep with other records and materials that relate to your community's migration heritage.

Contact

Local libraries — see the directory at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Activity

Develop a walking tour or other tourist activity that explores migration heritage in your area.

Contact

Local historical societies could help with research. For a list of historical societies by area see http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html

Local tourism office

Chamber of Commerce — to search for a NSW chamber, see http://www.thechamber.com.au/homezone/regional/search.asp

Activity

Develop a register of collections that records information about significant migration heritage items owned and held by members of the community. Some museums and galleries use their register to locate items for short term exhibitions. Others keep the register as a record of what exists in the community.

Contact

Local museum or gallery — the Museums and Galleries Foundation has a comprehensive list of museums and galleries in NSW & ACT at http://mgfnsw.org.au/resources/Directories/MuseumGallery%20listing.pdf

Activity

Work with history teachers and your local schools to develop the story of migration in your area within your school's curriculum. The workshop could also have application in local libraries for generating, for example, themes of migration into resource and materials kits for school projects and local studies research.

Contact

Local schools — a locater for NSW public schools is available at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au

Local libraries — see the directory at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Activity

The migration heritage study could act as a starting point for a history project. Local historical societies could initiate the workshop with the aim of writing an inclusive history of the area with migration as the central theme. This could record the contribution and experiences of migrants in the development of the social, cultural, urban and economic development of the area.

Contact

Local historical societies — to find your local society, visit http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html

Activity

Create resource kits on migration heritage for the local media.

Contact

Local newspapers or radio stations

If you want contacts in ethnic media check the Community Relations Commission website — http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/ethnicmedia/index.htm

Activity

The migration heritage study could supplement previous historical or heritage studies undertaken by the local council, historical society or other organisation.

Contact

Local councils — see the directory at http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1

Local historical societies — see the list by area at http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html

Activity

Libraries and archives could also use your heritage study model to identify collections of photographs, records or ephemera for their collections, to ensure that they properly reflect the cultural diversity of the area.

Contact

Local libraries — see the directory at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm

Local historical societies — see the list by area at http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

1. Preliminary phase

There are a number of steps we suggest you undertake to prepare your migration heritage study. These are:

i.
identify the need and anticipated outcomes of the migration heritage study;

ii.
identify sources of funding for your heritage project;

iii.
identify workshop participants from government, other organisations and the community;

iv.
complete a migration heritage proposal to guide the study; and

v.
organise the community consultation workshops.

i.   Identify the need for the migration heritage study, including possible outcomes

Undertake a quick scoping study. Contact your local council, local migrant groups and organisations to find out whether any migrant communities in the local area have made steps to identify and preserve their heritage. This will enable you to discover what is of importance to these groups, identify any gaps in the research, make further contacts in the field and should ensure that you are not duplicating any previous work in this area. Local museums and galleries, libraries and historical societies may also be of use at this stage.

If your main goal is to list places and items on the State Heritage Register, you may want to examine the current listings for the local area, to identify concentrations of items and any gaps in listings. You can access the State Heritage Inventory through the NSW Heritage Office website at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au or at your local library.

Keep in mind that throughout the course of the community consultation workshops, you might feel that the places, items, stories and experiences the group identifies as important are not representative of the broader community. This does not matter. It is sufficient for these to have value for your group only.

See Section A 5. Goals for the future for a list of possible outcomes of the migration heritage study.

ii.    Identify sources of funding for your heritage project

Depending on the anticipated outcomes of your heritage project you will probably require some support to complete it. For funding sources and tips on applying, see the Migration Heritage Centre website at http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/resources/by_format_index.html#Funding — or the NSW Heritage Office website at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au

For a list of organisations you could approach to support your project, see Section B 4. Index of organisations.

iii.    Identify workshop participants

Participants for the community consultation workshops should include both people from migrant communities and in the heritage or cultural networks.

You should also aim to engage these participants as much as possible at all stages of the project. Create opportunities for them to participate in drafting the migration heritage study through simple, informal discussion.

A number of website links are given below. Full contact details for each of the organisations mentioned are in Section B 4. Index of organisations.

Participants from migrant communities

Identify the various community leaders, cultural and migrant communities in your area you would like involved in the study. They might be first-generation migrants or descendants of migrants. Attempt to be as inclusive as possible and be aware that your targeted audience may not identify strongly with their cultural heritage, so you may need to contact a number of organisations in order to find a range of participants.

Some points of contact are:

peak bodies, such as the Ethnic Communities Councils of NSW and the Community Relations Commission have regional project officers who can help you develop your contact list. Their staff may also be interested in participating in the study. You can find a list of Ethnic Communities Councils at http://www.fecca.org.au/fmembers.html. The Community Relations Commission website is http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au;

local councils often keep community directories. You can access a Directory of NSW local councils on the NSW Department of Local Government website — http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1;

many local libraries have a local history section and publications on the local area, some have a Local History Librarian, a Community Outreach Librarian and/or a Multicultural Liaison Librarian The State Library of NSW website has a directory of local libraries libraries at http://www.stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm;

non-English language media, including newspapers (the 'ethnic press') radio and television stations and specific programs can provide you with contact names. You could also advertise for participants through these channels. The Community Relations Commission website has a directory of ethnic media contacts at http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/ethnicmedia/index.htm. Also, try advertising in your local mainstream media, as your prospective participants may not access ethno-specific media;

community organisations, such as Migrant Resource Centres, ethnic community organisations, community or neighbourhood centres, senior citizens groups and youth groups. You can access an Australia-wide list of Migrant Resource Centres at http://www.immi.gov.au/general/MRC.htm. Ensure that the organisations you contact are relevant to the migrant groups your study is targeting;

religious leaders and organisations could provide another link;

key employers of migrant people — local Migrant Resource Centres may be able to assist you to contact them;

community workers — local Migrant Resource Centres may again assist; and

if you have a university campus in your area, try contacting the coordinator of their clubs and societies. Also ask university staff if they are interested in participating. Contact details for all Australian universities are available at http://www.detya.gov.au/highered/ausunis.htm.

For contact details for a range of useful organisations, see Section B 4. Index of organisations.

When drawing up a list of who you would like to approach to be involved in the migration heritage study, keep in mind that participants may:

be from one specific migrant group;

be from a number of migrant groups that share a particular history, for example working in the same industry, living in the same area, participating together in sporting or social activities;

be from a range of generations: first-generation migrants and/or descendants of migrants;

be from a range of age groups; and

prefer to speak a language other than English throughout the workshops. However, the records should be kept in English or translated into English so that the wider community can access them.

Participants involved in the heritage and cultural networks

There is a range of individuals and organisations across the community that care for heritage items. Choose people who can best help obtain the outcomes you want from your migration heritage study. For more information, see Section B 4. Index of organisations.

For example:

local councils manage heritage items at a local level. A number of councils have a heritage adviser or an officer who manages heritage as part of their position. They could help if you want to add your heritage items to the local heritage schedule. Also talk to the strategic planner or cultural programs/community cultural development manager. A Directory of NSW local councils is available at http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1;

historians from your local history society can help you with collecting and using oral history records, interpretation and assessment of heritage items for listing, historical research for heritage or developing articles for your local media. See the Royal Australian Historical Society website for a list of historical societies in Australia by area at http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html;

librarians can organise access to their library's local history collection and can help you develop an archive on migration in your area; they might also stage an exhibition for you. The State Library of NSW website has a directory of local libraries at http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm; and

curators from regional and local museums can provide advice on the conservation of movable heritage items; they might also develop a register of collections that relate to migration heritage and/or exhibit your collection. The Museums and Galleries Foundation has a comprehensive list of museums and galleries in NSW & ACT on its website at http://mgfnsw.org.au/resources/Directories/MuseumGallery%20listing.pdf.

Also consider:

your local school and its teachers;

the tourism office or visitor centre;

the chamber of commerce;

the local media; and

the NSW Writers' Centre, at http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au.

iv.    Complete a migration heritage proposal

Compile a simple, one-page outline that describes your intended migration heritage study and clearly identifies:

aims and objectives — for example, using heritage to learn more about the experience of a particular migrant group;

where the workshops will take place;

a time frame for the workshops and the study;

participants and stakeholders;

the project budget and sources of funding; and

the intended outcomes — for example, nominating a place for the State Heritage Register or local heritage schedule, a photography exhibition, a collection of oral histories to be archived with the relevant government agencies or on the MHC website.

Send the proposal to potential participants with their invitation to the workshops. It should clearly describe the aims, structure and timeframe and the relationship of the participants to the study — for example, will they be paid or voluntary?

We have prepared a sample worksheet, Guidelines to prepare your migration heritage proposal, to assist you to draft the proposal. It can be found at Section C 1.

See Section A 7. Goals for the future for a list of possible outcomes of the migration heritage study.

v.    Organise the community consultation workshops

Points to consider

the structure of your workshops will depend on the size of your community and its cultural diversity — for example, you will need more workshop sessions when dealing with a large area, a large number of interested parties or a particularly diverse range of people;

the best size for workshops is 10 -16 people;

where interpreters are required, sessions will have to be longer and groups should be smaller — we suggest a maximum of 12;

be aware of cultural protocols. It might be necessary, in some communities, to hold different sessions for different groups — for example, men and women;

schedule workshops that best suit the age, gender and availability of your participants;

avoid major events, such as football finals, festivals, community events, school holidays, the Jewish Sabbath and Chinese and Vietnamese New Year — consult a multicultural calendar; and

ensure the venue you choose is comfortable, accessible, close to public transport, culturally appropriate, quiet, properly equipped and has parking available. Book it well in advance.

Preparing the invitations

send your invitations out four weeks before the first workshop, with an RSVP date of two weeks before the first workshop;

in the case of community groups, address the invitation to the President; and

when the participants RSVP, discuss the aims of the workshop with them so you can refine its purpose and note any special requirements such as translators, food, whether they consent to being recorded and so on. We have prepared a sample invitation for your use. It can be found at Section C 4.

Hiring support staff

choose people who have time to meet between workshops, to assist you to compile summaries of each consultation and prepare for the next one;

you may wish to have a general support person, responsible for things such as hiring the venue, arranging media contact, organising equipment and catering, and so on. This person could also act as a reporter/secretary for the workshops; and

if your workshops are going to involve a large number of oral histories, you may wish to have a separate reporter/secretary to take notes, audio record or videotape the workshops.

These documents will assist you with the Preliminary phase

Section B 3. Glossary of terms;

Section B 4. Index of organisations;

NSW Heritage Office: Guide to the Heritage System. The guide can be obtained at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/system.pdf or contact the Heritage Office to be sent a copy. Contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations;

Information on funding sources for your project, available on the Migration Heritage Centre website at http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/resources/by_format_index.html#Funding, or the NSW Heritage Office's website, under 'Project Funding', at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au;

NSW Heritage Office NSW historical themes. Under 'History' at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Or contact the Heritage Office to be sent a copy. Contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations;

Section C 1. Sample worksheet: Guidelines to prepare your migration heritage proposal; and

Section C 4. Sample invitation to attend community consultation workshops.

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

We suggest that the workshop phase consists of four community consultations of approximately 3-3 ½ hours duration. You may choose to modify this depending on the requirements of your group. The workshops will allow you to:

explore the idea of migration heritage with the workshop participants;

explain the processes involved in identifying, assessing and managing migration heritage in the heritage system;

identify places and items of heritage significance to the participants; and

begin to develop strategies to document, manage and preserve these items and places.

The activities you decide to include in each workshop will be determined by discussion with the participants. We have outlined a number of discussion and activity sessions for each workshop to guide you, but your final outline will depend on the group's specific interests in migration heritage and what they would like to achieve by the end of the workshop series.

The four workshops are:

Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage

Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

This workshop is designed to:

introduce the participants to the concept of migration heritage and the structure of the heritage system;

enable the coordinator to gain an understanding of the group's requirements and allow participants to begin to identify items and places of heritage significance to them; and

contribute to the development of three further workshops that will focus on strategies to manage, protect and promote these heritage items and places.

It is likely that Workshop One will be the most challenging to run. The group members will not know each other and some may find the meeting a little confusing or overwhelming at first — work through this, the major goal of the workshop is to get discussion flowing.

i.     Preparing Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

Before the workshop, we suggest you:

prepare a brief welcome address;

confirm the availability of your support people
Organise a brief presentation on the history of the area to be given by you or a local librarian or historian. Concentrate on the influences of specific communities on the area;

organise refreshments;

organise equipment, including:

a whiteboard or butchers paper;
pins;

name tags;
pads and pencils; and
maps of Australia and the local area.

organise resources, including:

the timetable for your community consultations, to distribute to the group;
an attendance sheet;
a question and answer sheet;
a worksheet to be completed by the participants before the next workshop; we have compiled a sample worksheet, Developing the history of a migration heritage item or place — it can be found at Section C 6.; and
a survey for completion by the participants at the end of the workshop. We have compiled a sample survey to guide you — it can be found at Section C 5.

These documents will assist you with Workshop One

Section C 5. Sample survey: Workshop One;

Section C 6. Sample worksheet: Developing the history of a migration heritage item or place; and

NSW Heritage Office: Historical Research for Heritage. This report is available on the NSW Heritage Office website, under Publications — http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Or contact the Heritage Office to be sent a copy; their contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations.

ii. Running Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

We suggest that the bulk of the time in Workshop One be devoted to discussion sessions that explore concepts of migration heritage and the heritage system. It will also allow you to consult with the group to determine what sorts of results they want from the consultation process. We suggest that the workshop runs for approximately 3 ½ hours plus breaks.
After presenting your welcome address, ask people to say a few words about themselves or their organisation, including:

their experiences of migrating or belonging to a particular migrant group;

their interest in migration heritage; and

what they would like to achieve by the end of the workshop series.

The discussion sessions will then allow participants to begin thinking about the items and places that they would like to document, manage and preserve and how they can achieve this through the formal heritage network. We have developed three discussion sessions to guide you in developing the workshop. You can use these as they are or modify them according to the interests and requirements the participants discussed with you when they RSVP'ed.

Suggestions for discussion sessions

Times given are a guide only.

Talking about heritage: In our world: allow approximately 30 minutes

If your group primarily consists of first generation migrants, a good point to begin might be with a discussion of heritage places and items of significance to them in their country of origin. Also try to draw out the their significant migration experiences. You could ask, for example:

What are some of the heritage places and items that you value in your country of origin?

What do these heritage places and items reveal about that country?

What do you think might happen to those places and items in the future?

What would you like to see happen to those places and items in the future?

What are some of the most memorable or important experiences of your migration to Australia?

What would you like to see happen to the recording of those experiences in the future?

List the places, items and experiences on a whiteboard or butchers paper. In the last few minutes, briefly summarise the findings of the discussion to the group. The reporter should make a permanent copy of this list, titling it 'Heritage in our world'.

Our histories: Talking about the local area: allow approximately 30 minutes

A brief presentation on the histories of the local area, specifically the influences of different migrant groups, will contextualise the further discussion about items, places, stories and experiences of significance to the group. You may choose to ask a local historian or librarian to make the presentation. Also encourage participants to pair off and ask one another a few questions about their life in the local area. Then have each 'interviewer' share these thoughts with the rest of the group.

Talking about heritage: In Australia and our local area: allow approximately 40 minutes

This is a starting point for discussing heritage places and items in Australia and the participants' local area. Use maps of Australia and the local area for reference.

At this point, you might also like to allow the participants from the heritage and cultural networks to introduce and compare heritage practice in Australia with that in other countries.

Possible topics for discussion:

For places and items

What places/items are important to you in Australia?

What do they mean to you?

What do you think these places/items say about your migration experiences and/or your life in Australia?

Do they express your identity and culture? How?

Are there any special activities or traditions associated with these places/items?

What would you like to see happen to these places/items in the future?

Repeat the same sequence of questions for places/items in the local area.

For experiences and stories

What are some of your most important and memorable experiences of migrating to and/or living in Australia?

What do they mean to you?

Do they express your identity and culture? How?

What would you like to see happen to the recording of those experiences/stories in the future?

During this discussion make two lists outlining these significant places and items or experiences and stories, this time called 'Heritage in Australia' and 'Heritage in our local area'.

Preserving our heritage: allow approximately 30 minutes

Give a brief outline of the many ways that heritage can be preserved and promoted in local communities, statewide and across Australia. Outline the role of the Migration Heritage Centre, the Heritage Council of NSW, the NSW Heritage Office, the State Heritage Register, heritage advisers and local government in managing heritage places and items. Explain the involvement of local museums and galleries, libraries, archives, heritage organisations, community organisations, historical societies and others in promoting cultural diversity and migration heritage. Emphasise that a major aim of the consultation process is to redress an imbalance in society of the recognition of places, items, experiences and stories of significance to many migrant communities.

Determine the activities for the next workshop: allow approximately 20 minutes

From the discussion so far, you will have an idea of what is important to the group and will be able to plot out the aims of the migration heritage proposal. By now, they will have identified a number of places, items, stories and experiences of significance to them. In the next workshop, the group will begin to record these. How you choose to do this will depend on what sorts of things the group has identified and the resources available.

If your group has mainly shown an interest in protecting and managing heritage places and items, we suggest you run a photography session to record these. If the group has shown a greater interest in recording and promoting stories and experiences, we suggest running an oral history workshop to record these. Decide on your approach in collaboration with the group. If you have two support people, the time and resources, and your group contains a mix of interests, you may want to run both the photography and the oral history sessions.

If the group decides to undertake the photography session, you will be going offsite during the next workshop. Ask if anyone can bring cars, if not — or if there are not enough — organise an alternative mode of transport. Also ask if anyone would like to use their own camera for the session — you will supply the film, provide disposable cameras for those who don't have one.

Thinking about heritage significance: allow approximately 30 minutes

The purpose of this discussion is to add to the lists of local migration heritage places, items, stories and experiences compiled earlier and prepare material for the photography or oral history sessions in the next workshop. Note any items or places that are of concern to the group or appear to be under threat, or stories and experiences that may be lost if not collected soon.

Encourage participants to undertake research before the next workshop: allow approximately 10 minutes

Encourage participants to start compiling materials for the oral history or photography sessions. Suggest that they search out historical records relevant to the heritage items and places, and the stories and experiences they have identified. Resources include council records, books and archives, libraries' local studies collections and local historical societies. However, information about the experiences and activities of migrants is more likely to come out of discussion in your workshops.

Outline the next workshop, request feedback and close the workshop: allow approximately 20 minutes

Outline what the group has achieved and thank them for participating. Allocate five minutes for people to complete a survey on the first workshop — we have compiled a sample survey you can use, it is at Section C5.

Ask participants to complete one of the following exercises at home before the next workshop:

if the group has chosen to undertake the photography activity, ask participants to compile a list of places in the local area that are important to them and the reasons why. We have compiled a list of questions that you can distribute to the group to use as a guide; or

if the group will be doing the oral history activity, ask them to write a page on themselves, their cultural heritage and their migration experience, if applicable. Also ask them to bring in any photographs, records or objects they would like to refer to.

For further guidance, see the NSW Heritage Office report Historical Research for Heritage available on the NSW Heritage Office website, under Publications at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Or see Section B 4. Index of organisations for contact details for the NSW Heritage Office.

Checklist of outcomes from Workshop One

a list of heritage places, items and experiences in the world, of importance to the group;

a list of heritage places, items and experiences in Australia, of importance to the group;

a list of heritage places, items and experiences in the local area, of importance to the group;

a list of heritage places, items or stories/experiences that are of concern or under threat;

a summary of the main items of discussion;

a decision on the major information collecting activity for Workshop Two; and

a tape recording of the discussion (optional).

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage

This workshop is designed to:

develop the list of places, items, stories or experiences of heritage significance to the group;

collect information on these through a photography or oral history workshop; and

allow the group to begin to think about ways to protect and promote these through the heritage or cultural networks.

i.     Preparing Workshop Two

Before Workshop Two, we suggest you:

send out reminder invitations;

arrange for the general support person or the reporter/secretary (if you have one) to type up notes of the last workshop;

meet with your support staff to discuss the outcomes of the last workshop, the aims of Workshop Two and how you will structure the photography or oral history sessions;

phone the workshop participants individually after Workshop One to find out what worked and what did not. Remind them to bring cars and/or cameras for the photography session, or photographs or other documents for the oral history session, if applicable;

assess the responses given by the participants over the phone in conjunction with the surveys taken at the workshop. Adapt the workshop format accordingly;

prepare the venue and organise catering;

organise transport, if necessary, for the photography session.

organise equipment:

whiteboard or substitute;
name tags;
paper, pens and pencils;
audio and/or visual recording equipment, if using. Your local radio station, historical society, school, TAFE college or university may be able to assist. The National Library of Australia website has extensive information on conducting oral history interviews at http://www.nla.gov.au/oh;
disposable cameras and/or film for those bringing cameras, if applicable; and
a computer and scanner, if available, to copy onto a disk any new documents or photos that people bring to the workshop.

organise resources:

a photocopy for each participant of the three lists from Workshop One: 'Heritage in our world', 'Heritage in Australia', 'Heritage in our local area'; and

if you are recording any of your sessions, you must have participants sign an undertaking which outlines how the recording will be used. We have prepared a sample permission form for you to use, it can be found at Section C 11.

These documents will assist you with Workshop Two

NSW Heritage Office: Historical Research for Heritage. This report is available on the NSW Heritage Office website, under 'Publications', at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au or contact the Heritage Office to be sent a copy. Contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations;

NSW Heritage Office: New South Wales historical themes, under 'History', at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au;

Section C 6. Sample worksheet, Developing the history of your heritage items;

Section C 7. Sample survey: Workshop Two; and

Section C 11. Sample permission form for audio/visual recordings.

ii    Running Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage

This workshop will primarily consist of the photography or oral history sessions. We also suggest running a number of discussion sessions that outline ways to protect and promote the information gathered in these sessions — and the last workshop — through the heritage or cultural networks. We suggest that the workshop runs for approximately 2 ½ -3 hours plus breaks.

Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Times given are a guide only.

Developing ideas about our heritage: allow approximately 20 minutes

Build on the significant aspects of the heritage the group identified during the last workshop and at home. Remind the group that heritage refers to any place, item, image, written or oral document that tells their story and their history and that they want kept for future generations. It could be a place of work or worship, a building or an object, a park or part of the natural environment, a series of photographs or an oral history — for more information, see the Section A 2. What is migration heritage?.

Collecting migration heritage information: Photography session or oral history session: allow approximately 1 ½ -2 hours

Participants will generally want to work with people they know if they can. To produce a more interesting result, encourage the participants to team up with someone they don't know so well. But only do this if they are willing.
Photography session
The places or items the group has decided to photograph could be things that:

are important to the participants and their community;

reflect their contribution to the history and development of the local area;

symbolise or characterise their personal identity and/or that of their communities;

demonstrate the cultural, social and economic development brought to an area by migrant communities.

Before the workshop, you could contact the local newspaper to see if they would be interested in publishing any of the photographs. You might be able to encourage them to undertake a story on migrant influences on the local area, using the participants photographs. If they agree, you will need permission from the participants.
Oral history session
Ask the participants to bring along photographs, items or objects to encourage discussion. The way you choose to run this session will depend on the size of the group, the number of support people you have and their skills. To generate discussion, you could begin by having the participants talk within the group, before interviewing them individually. The support people could continue to generate discussion with the other group members and take notes to assist the interviewer with their questioning of individuals. Alternatively, you may prefer to interview people in their homes or, if possible, in the environment in which their experiences took place — for example, a migrant hostel, local sporting or community club, or place of worship.

Discuss the running of this session with your support people before the workshop. The National Library of Australia website has an extensive oral history section at http://www.nla.gov.au/oh. It contains a how-to manual, links to contacts and the library's oral history collection. You could also take a look at the National Library's National Directory of Australia's Oral History Collection, at http://www.nla.gov.au/ohdir.

From this session you could develop a register of collections or identify and collect archival material. For more information on how to expand on, promote or preserve the material that you collect in these sessions, see Section A 7. Goals for the future.

Before the workshop, you could contact the local radio station to see if they would be interested in using any of the material in their programs. They may also be able to assist with equipment. If so, you will need permission from the participants.

Discuss the findings of the sessions: allow approximately 20 minutes

Ask the participants if they found the activity session useful. Allow them to discuss what they have seen or heard in the activity session; to raise any issues they feel were not covered; and to identify any items or places that are of concern to the group or appear to be under threat, or stories and experiences that may be lost if not collected soon.

Outline the next workshop, request feedback and close the workshop: allow approximately 20 minutes

Outline that the group has completed the major information gathering exercise that will form the basis of their migration heritage proposal. In the next workshop they will assess the meaning and heritage significance of the places, items or stories they have identified and will collect additional information to contribute to the completion of the proposal and, hence, the management and protection of their heritage.

Before the next workshop, the participants that have completed the photography session should undertake some preliminary historical research on the places or items they have identified. We have prepared a worksheet, Developing the history of your heritage items that you can hand out to the group, or develop your own — you can find it at Section C 6. Also encourage them to bring along any extra documents or photos to assist the information gathering.

Allocate five minutes for people to complete a survey on the second workshop — we have compiled a sample survey you can use, it is at Section C 7.

Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Two

photographs of places or items of significance to the participants; or

taped oral histories outlining stories and/or experiences of significance to the participants;

a summary of the main items of discussion; and

a tape recording of the discussion (optional).

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

This workshop is designed to:

develop participants' knowledge of the heritage system and introduce the concept of heritage significance;
encourage participants to discuss the heritage places, items, stories or experiences they have identified and to begin to assess their heritage significance;
collect additional information on the above for the migration heritage proposal, as well as develop strategies for protecting and promoting them; and
give participants from the heritage and cultural networks a clearer understanding of the diversity of their local heritage.

i.    Preparing Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

Before Workshop Three, we suggest you:

get the films developed, if the group has undertaken the photography session. Order two sets of standard sized prints; keep one as a master record and return the other to the participants;

send out reminder invitations;

ring the participants and request feedback, assess this along with their responses to the survey given at the last meeting and adapt the workshop format accordingly. Encourage them to complete the worksheet C 6. Developing the history of your heritage item or place, for Workshop Three;

prepare materials for an activity session. The participants will either produce a photography exhibition board using images they took in the last workshop or brainstorm ideas for the use of the oral histories collected in that workshop. If you ran both the photography and oral history activities in the last workshop, you will run both sessions this time;

if undertaking the exhibition board activity, create a sample board for demonstration purposes. Use photos taken by you and your support staff and develop a list of concise statements for writing captions (see the activity description below for more details); and

if undertaking the exhibition board activity, develop a Heritage Information Register template to record information about the places or items identified. We have compiled a sample heritage information register to guide you — there is a template at Section C 2. and a completed register at Section C 3.;

organise equipment:

whiteboard or substitute;
name tags;
paper, pens and pencils;
audio and/or visual recording equipment, if using; and
a computer and scanner, if available, to copy onto a disk any new documents or photos that people bring to the workshop.

for the exhibition boards:

10 or so blank copies of the information register for each participant;
the photographs taken in the last workshop;
a dozen or so photographs taken by you and your support staff for the sample exhibition board;
sheets of white display card (one for each pair of participants and an extra for your sample board);
stick-on labels;
glue; and
pins or tape.

These documents will assist you with Workshop Three

NSW Heritage Office: Assessing Heritage Significance and NSW Heritage Office: Historical Research for Heritage. These two reports are available on the NSW Heritage Office website, under Publications — http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au. Or contact the Heritage Office to be sent a copy. Contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations;

Section C 2. Sample heritage information register — blank;

Section C 3. Sample heritage information register — completed; and

Section C 10. Sample survey: Workshop Three.

ii.     Running Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

This workshop will consist of discussion sessions that explore the heritage system in more detail and introduce the concept of heritage significance. The aim of this workshop is to enable the participants to understand how they might approach members of the heritage or cultural networks with the information they have about their heritage places and items or oral histories. This workshop will enable participants to complete a supporting document that will form part of the migration heritage proposal. In the case of items and places, the participants will complete a Heritage Information Register. In the case of experiences and stories, they will compile a list of possible projects to preserve and promote their heritage in the local community.

If you will be running both the photography and oral history-based activities, you may want to have your support staff run the discussion session while one group undertakes the activities and then swap. Discuss this beforehand. We suggest that the workshop runs for approximately 3 hours plus breaks, slightly shorter for those groups that undertook the oral history activity.

Photography groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Times given are a guide only.

Create photographic exhibition boards: allow approximately 30 minutes

Ask the participants to pair up with their partner from the photography session. Ask them to glue their photographs onto cardboard and to write the name of the place or item on a label below the photo. Use the sample exhibition board you created in preparation for the workshop to demonstrate.

Our migration heritage: Its personal significance: allow approximately 1 hour

In this session, participants will use their exhibition boards to talk about the personal meanings of their migration heritage places or items. Invite each pair to say a few words about the items on their boards. Some questions to stimulate discussion could include:

Why are the places in your photographs important to you?

Why are the places in your photographs important to your community?

What do they mean to you?

Are there any special activities or traditions that take place here?

Do they express your identity and culture? How?

How do these places tell us about histories of migration?

Do these places tell us anything about the experience of being a migrant or being from a migrant background?

How do they show the contribution to our community or region of migrants and people of migrant descent?

Ask the group if they have any other questions that they think may be relevant to consider. Allow extra time where translators are required or the group exceeds 10-12 people. If the group has identified a large number of places in the previous workshop, you may need to allocate more time for this activity; 1-1 ½ hours is usually plenty of time. Have your support staff write down each pair's comments and hand these to them at the end of the session.

Our migration heritage: Its historical significance: allow approximately 1 hour

This session is an opportunity for participants to learn more about researching their heritage places, especially for those who plan to nominate places for listing on the State Heritage Register. The participants will choose a number of the places or items they have photographed and complete a Heritage Information Register for these.

The group could undertake the following steps to complete the register:

take 10 minutes or so to explain how historical research is used in heritage work and how it can be incorporated into the migration heritage study. If you would like further information on this area, see the NSW Heritage Office report Historical Research for Heritage available on the NSW Heritage Office website under Publications. The NSW Heritage Council works with a number of historical themes when determining a place or item's heritage significance. These themes which include 'migration' and 'ethnic influences' can be accessed on the NSW Heritage Office website at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au. You could also discuss this before the workshop with any participants from the heritage network, if applicable;

ask the participants to refer to the worksheet they completed at home, Developing the history of your heritage items. Using this and the comments gathered from the last session, ask them to complete a caption for each of the photographs on the exhibition board — again, encourage them to include both the historical and personal significance of the place or item. Tell people to write in the style of language that they find easiest to use;

then, use these captions as the basis for completing the Heritage Information Register. There is a template available at Section C 2. and a completed register at Section C 3. Depending on time restrictions, the participants will fill in a register for two or three of the places or items on their board. Stimulate discussion that builds on the comments made in the previous session and furthers the aims of your migration heritage study. The register should include:

a physical description of the place or item;

a short discussion of its general history;

the identification of any sources of information, including archives, records, photographs or oral history sources, that relate to the site; and

the participants will continue filling in the registers with their partner; visit the pairs and assist them. Ask people to add any information or show any extra documents or photos they have brought along. The sheet should say who identified the place/item for cross-referencing to the exhibition boards (ensure that spelling and other details are correct). Repeat the process with as many of the remaining photographs as possible. If people have brought in a lot of additional information, give them an information sheet to fill out at home.

Outline the next workshop, request feedback and close the workshop: allow approximately 20 minutes

Outline the group's achievements so far and explain that the aim of Workshop Four is to either develop management strategies for the migration heritage places and items they have identified and assessed, or develop skills and projects relating to their oral histories. Ask participants if they have any ideas about individuals or organisations they would like to involve in this process — list these for future reference. Ask them to think more about this at home before the next workshop.

Ask people whether they found the workshop useful. Give them five minutes to complete a survey — we have compiled a sample survey at Section C 10. that you can use. It seeks to establish whether the participants have further suggestions about ways to use the materials they've created in their migration heritage project.

Photography groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Three

simple photographic exhibition boards that identify the places of importance to the participants;

a number of Heritage Information Registers that record the historical and personal significance of these heritage places and items. See the template at Section C 2. and the completed register at Section C 3. for guidance;

a summary of the main items of discussion; and

a tape recording of the discussion (optional).

Oral history groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions
Times given are a guide only.
Using oral history to promote our heritage: allow approximately 1 hour

The oral histories recorded in the last workshop could be used as the basis for a number of migration heritage projects or skill-building exercises. These range from using the oral histories to develop themes for a larger oral history project; developing other materials that explore the participants' heritage, for example a local history project or an exhibition at the local museum; or start a local migration heritage committee. Use this workshop to develop connections between interested participants from migrant communities and participants from the heritage and cultural networks. In the next workshop, you will take one or two of the projects that the group shows the most interest in and develop these.

Some project options are detailed below:

Compile migration stories for publication on the Migration Heritage Centre website: The oral histories could be written up for publication on the MHC website. The stories section of the MHC website allows individuals and groups to share their experiences and heritage with the MHC audience — this is an important aspect of the site's role as a cultural heritage exchange. This project could largely be completed in the timeframe of the final workshop; it could also provide the starting point for one of the projects below. See the Guide to Telling Your Story for information on how to submit a story to the MHC website.

Develop themes for a series of oral histories: The oral histories you recorded in the last workshop could be lodged with the local library, local historical society or other relevant organisations. Beyond this, the group could use the oral histories to consolidate a relationship with these organisations to create further oral histories, or other materials, that explore their heritage. An ongoing relationship with an organisation could enable the development of themes to encourage a greater migration heritage focus in these organisations' work.

Create archival materials and resources: The group could develop the oral histories to create a body of archival materials and resources for the local historical society, library, other organisations and for community use. These materials could also be assembled in a kit for the use of the local media.

Undertake a local history project: Working with a local historical society or other organisation, the group could aim to develop an inclusive history of the area with migration as the central theme. This could, for example, record the contributions and experiences of migrants to the social, cultural, economic and environmental development of an area. One outlet for the project is the MHC website. The MHC seeks to publish migration heritage related projects being undertaken in communities — by individuals, groups or organisations. Visit http://www.migrationheritage.com.au/projects to find out how to publish a project on the MHC website and to view existing community projects. Other outlets include journals, magazines, radio productions and the like.

Work with local schools to promote migration heritage: Working with history teachers and your local schools, use the oral histories as a starting point to develop a migration heritage component of a subject, within the school curriculum. The group could also work with the local library to generate migration themes into resource and materials kits for school projects.

Develop a local heritage society: The group could work with the local historical society or a network of groups to create a local migration heritage society. The society could undertake joint projects with organisations in the local community to highlight aspects of migration heritage.

The Migration Heritage Centre and the Powerhouse Museum have jointly developed a project, Wattan — heritage of Arabic speaking Australians, which has led to the development of an Australian Lebanese Historical Society in Sydney. The Migration Heritage Centre website contains a description of the Wattan project at http://www.migrationheritage.com.au/projects/21.html — or see Section B 4. Index of organisations for the MHC's contact details, to be sent a copy. The project may provide a useful model for establishing a local heritage group.

Skills for project work: allow approximately 1 hour

The group will probably have given you an idea in the previous sessions as to whether they want to use their oral histories to develop a heritage project. Use this session to advance these initial ideas and discuss the skills useful for undertaking a range of projects. In the next workshop, if the group is keen, they will select a migration heritage project to pursue and will devise strategies to manage the project. As the discussion progresses, note down the group's major project interests. Working with them, select one or two of the most relevant skills for that project and develop these in the next workshop.

The kinds of skills the group might find useful could encompass:

interviewing for oral histories (contact your state branch of the Oral History Association of Australia for more details — see http://www.nla.gov.au/oh/ohaa.html or Section B 4. Index of organisations);

developing strategies to involve local organisations and individuals;

working collaboratively with organisations and individuals in the heritage, cultural and related sectors;

applying for funding (for more information, refer to the funding sections of the MHC or NSW Heritage Office websites — http://www.migrationheritage.com.au/resources/by_format_index.html#Funding or under 'Project Funding' at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au); and

developing themes for a migration-focused history project.

Outline the next workshop, request feedback and close the workshop: allow approximately 20 minutes

Outline the group's achievements so far and explain that the aim of Workshop Four is to either develop management strategies for the migration heritage places and items they have identified and assessed, or develop skills and projects relating to their oral histories. Ask participants if they have any ideas about individuals or organisations they would like to involve in this process — list these for future reference. Ask them to think more about this at home before the next workshop.

Ask people whether they found the workshop useful. Give them five minutes to complete a survey — we have compiled a sample survey at Section C 10. that you can use. It seeks to establish whether the participants have further suggestions about ways to use the materials that they've created in their migration heritage project.

Oral history groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Three

a list of ideas for managing the oral histories and developing possible future projects;

areas for skills development activities for the next workshop;

a summary of the main items of discussion; and

a tape recording of the discussion (optional).

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

This workshop is designed to:

develop strategies for conserving and managing migration heritage places and items; or

develop ideas for projects that build on the oral histories recorded by the group; and

briefly outline a small number of skills useful for running these types of projects.

i.     Preparing Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

Before Workshop Four, we suggest you:

send out reminder invitations;

ring the participants and request feedback, assess this along with their responses to the survey given at the last meeting and adapt the workshop format accordingly. Also remind them to think of individuals or organisations that they would like to involve in any further activities;

arrange presentations to be given by participants or representatives from the heritage networks that outline how migration heritage is managed in the community. These will support the discussion sessions Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage networks for the photography group and Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage and cultural networks for the oral history group. You could also invite these participants to assist you with the skills development discussion for the oral history group. When briefing the presenters, check whether they need any equipment, such as an overhead projector, television and VCR and so on. Ask presenters to bring along a one-page 'factsheet' on the heritage system to hand out to the participants. If you need help outside the expertise of your participants, see Section B 4. Index of organisations;

organise equipment:

the exhibition boards;

pins or tape;

whiteboard or substitute;

packets of three different coloured stickers for marking the photographs (one sheet x three colours for each group member);

name tags;

audio/visual recording equipment;

the heritage information register sheets; and

any equipment required by presenters.

organise resources:

copies of the factsheets prepared by the presenters;

copies of the blank heritage information registers you prepared for the last workshop — there is a template at Section C 2.;

for the groups that undertook the photography sessions, the list from Workshop One, 'Heritage in our local area'; and

for the groups that undertook the oral history sessions, the list of ideas for managing their oral histories and possible future projects from Workshop Three.

ii.     Running Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

Summarise the group's achievements so far, pointing out that they have:

learnt about the structure and operation of the heritage system;

identified some of the heritage places, items or experiences of importance to them;

collected information on these and begun to assess their heritage significance; and

examined ways to research and develop a heritage project based on these places, items or experiences, or manage their heritage places or items.

Outline the main aims of Workshop Four. During the workshop, you will introduce the group to ways that they can manage their migration heritage places and items or their oral history based projects in their communities and through the heritage and cultural networks. The main outcome of this session will be to begin to develop strategies for future activity. Those groups that completed the photography session, and wish to protect and promote the places and items of heritage significance to them, will begin to devise a management strategy to achieve this. Those groups that completed the oral history sessions will further develop the project ideas discussed in the last workshop and undertake a brief skills development workshop. We suggest that the workshop runs for approximately 3-3 ½ hours.

Photography groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Times given are a guide only.

Managing migration heritage: In our communities: allow approximately 1 hour

Across the community, people care for their migration heritage through a range of activities and networks. This session will explore these activities by looking at some of the items on the exhibition boards or oral history-based projects. During this session, the group will work out strategies to manage these places, items or projects in their communities.

Invite the pairs to pick one item from their exhibition board and:

describe any activities they participate in to manage and conserve their migration heritage items, for example 'informal' approaches such as voluntary activities, working bees, fund raisers as well as any formal programs;

make 'heritage wishes': that is, the kinds of things that they would like to see happen with their heritage place; and

outline the resources and networks that they have or could develop to achieve their goals.

Stress this session is an overview only and cannot comprehensively cover all the sites identified by the group. Remind people they can add to their Heritage Information Registers later.

Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage system: allow approximately 40 minutes (20 minutes for presentation/s and 20 minutes for general discussion)

These presentations by members of the group from the heritage or cultural network will inform the group about opportunities and resources for managing their heritage places and items within the heritage system. Follow each presentation with a short question time.

Some of the things people are likely to raise in this session are:

issues of access in relation to language;

lack of understanding of different cultural perspectives and aspirations in relation to migration heritage and its management; and

conflict over priorities.

Write up any suggestions on the whiteboard and have the reporter make a permanent copy.

Working together to conserve our migration heritage: allow approximately 30 minutes

Using the exhibition boards and the list from Workshop One — 'Heritage in our local area' — as a guide, the group will choose the outcomes they would like from their migration heritage study.

Outline the objectives of the migration heritage study. We have chosen three as a guide:

community importance: identifying migration heritage places and items that are most important to the communities participants identify with;

heritage listing: identifying items for listing on the local or State Heritage Register; and

alternatives: identify the items and places that the group would like to have recognised, but where alternatives to listing would be more appropriate or desirable — for example, contributing a story about the significance of the place or item to them on the Migration Heritage Centre website creating a photographic record of a place, collecting archival material about a festival or tradition, and so on.

You could run the session in the following way:

allocate a different coloured sticker for each of your objectives. Explain that you want people to identify their items, in relation to these objectives, by placing a coloured sticker on them;

hand out the first of the coloured stickers; one sheet per participant. Ask each person to place a sticker on the photographs of items or places that they think are most important (Objective one). They can use the stickers to mark their own boards as well as the boards of others. Ask everyone to do this together;

after five minutes ask the group to be seated and briefly outline the second objective. Go through the same process, using a different-coloured sticker;

repeat this step for objective 3; and

emphasise to members that this is not a definitive answer and that there will be further consultation and research before, say, a listing is made.

Try running a short morning-tea break at the end of the session. Five minutes before the end of the break, give people a chance to change their selections — you may be surprised by the results.

Conserving our migration heritage places: A management strategy: allow approximately 50 minutes

By now, the group has achieved most of the workshop aims. They have:

identified and assessed places and items of importance to them;

created information sheets that illustrate the significance of the places identified;

recognised some of the ways in which people care for their heritage at a community level;

identified which migration heritage places and items community members see as being most important to them; and

identified how people would like their migration heritage to be managed in the future.

You could run the session in the following way:

outline the possible short and long-term outcomes of the migration heritage study;

explain what is involved in achieving these outcomes, discuss how these might best be accomplished. Issues that might need clarifying include:

who is responsible for completing each of the activities;

the time-frame for each activity;

the kind of advice the group may need to complete the study;

the areas and issues over which they would like to be consulted; and

find out how the group would like to be involved in the ongoing management of their migration heritage items or places through the heritage system. This could be as simple as developing a relationship with the local council and/or holding regular meetings to enable the coordinator to report on progress, further consult with the group and provide advice to community members.

Possible outcomes of the migration heritage study: A more formal outcome could be the creation of a management committee. It largely depends on the aims of your study and the resources available. If the group wants to create materials about migration heritage to lodge with the local library, you may only need one or two further meetings.

However, if the local council has commissioned your migration heritage study, the heritage adviser will most likely be responsible for completing nominations to the local heritage schedule or the State Heritage Register. Additional meetings would provide opportunities to develop the research and consult with other people in the migrant communities concerned.

If you are working outside the heritage or cultural networks and want to complete your own nominations, you will probably need extra meetings. There are two ways to structure additional meetings to include both members of the heritage and cultural networks and migrant communities. These are to develop:

a Migration Heritage Working Party: responsible for completing the outcomes of your study; or

a Migration Heritage Committee: to generate and promote migration heritage initiatives on an ongoing basis. It could act as a point of consultation for any initiative across the heritage and cultural networks. Your local council might be willing to add it to its existing range of heritage committees with community representation.

In your discussion you will need to select a convenor or other person who will take responsibility for organising the meetings and a time and place for the next meeting.

Request feedback and close the workshop series: allow approximately 20 minutes

Before handing out the survey allow five minutes for the participants to raise any comments, observations, suggestions or concerns about the migration heritage study. The Workshop Four survey should aim to:

discover whether people feel that their heritage has been successfully included in the study; and

assess if participants still have concerns about the management of their heritage in the heritage and cultural networks.

We have prepared a sample survey for you to use in Workshop Four, it can be found at Section C 12.

Congratulations! The group has now completed the workshop phase of their migration heritage study. Take five minutes to congratulate the group for their achievements over the four workshops. Outline how valuable these are to the entire community. Before people leave be sure that they are clear about what to expect from the study in the future and, most importantly, thank everyone for being so generous with their time, ideas, heritage and histories.

Staff at the Migration Heritage Centre would like to know how you've used the toolkit in your community. Please send your feedback via email — to info@migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au — phone (02) 9228 3439 or use the feedback form on the MHC website, at http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/about/feedback_form.html. Thankyou.

Photography groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Four

a list of suggestions to enable the group to manage their heritage in the community and the heritage system; and

an initial management strategy.

Oral history groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Times given are a guide only.

Managing migration heritage: In our communities: allow approximately 1 hour

Across the community, people care for their heritage through a range of activities and networks. This session will explore these activities by looking at some of the ideas for oral history-based projects. Go through one or two with the group to build a list of contacts in their local communities and work out strategies to manage these projects at the community level.

Invite the group to pick the two or three oral history based projects that they are most interested in pursuing, from the list compiled in the previous workshop. Ask them to:

state their preferred outcomes for the projects; and

outline the resources and networks that they have or could develop to achieve their goals.

Stress this session is an overview only and cannot comprehensively cover all the projects identified by the group.

Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage and cultural networks: allow approximately 40 minutes (20 minutes for presentation/s and 20 minutes for general discussion)

These presentations by members of the group from the heritage or cultural networks will inform the group about opportunities and resources for managing their oral history based projects. Follow each presentation with a short question time.
Some of the things people are likely to raise in this session are:

issues of access in relation to language;

lack of understanding of different cultural perspectives and aspirations in relation to migration heritage and its management; and

conflict over priorities.

Write up any suggestions on the whiteboard and have the reporter make a permanent copy.

Developing skills to conserve our migration heritage: allow approximately 50 minutes

Following on from the discussion in the last workshop, Skills for project work, examine one or two skills that will assist the participants to achieve their heritage outcomes. Again, you may wish to have presentations by participants from the heritage or cultural networks. Outline what is involved in developing each of these skills; why these will be useful to the running of the migration heritage project; and how and where the participants can develop these skills. You might find it useful to use one of the projects the group developed in the first discussion session of this workshop as a reference point.

Given the time constraints, you won't be able to cover these skills in great depth. You should aim to raise the group's awareness of the benefit of developing these sorts of skills as well as directing them to resources and organisations that will assist them to do so. For more information, see Section B 4. Index of organisations.

Conserving our migration heritage: Management strategies: allow approximately 30 minutes

By now, the group has achieved most of the workshop aims. They have:

identified the heritage related experiences of importance to them;

collected oral histories that illustrate these important aspects of their migration heritage;

recognised some of the ways in which people care for their heritage at a community level;

identified and developed a number of projects that use these oral histories as a base; and

identified and begun to develop a number of skills that will be helpful in completing these projects.

You could run the session in the following way:

explain what is involved in managing the migration heritage project, discuss how these might best be accomplished. Issues that might need clarifying include:

who is responsible for completing each of the activities;

the time-frame for each activity;

the kind of advice the group may need to complete the study;

the areas and issues over which they would like to be consulted; and

find out how the group would like to be involved in the ongoing management of their migration heritage items or places through the heritage system. This could be as simple as a regular meeting where the coordinator can report on progress, consult with the group and provide advice to community members.
Developing a management plan for the migration heritage project: How the group decides to run their project will largely depend on its aims and the resources available. If the group wants to create materials about migration heritage to lodge with the local library, you may only need one or two further meetings. However if, for example, the local council, museum or gallery has commissioned the migration heritage study, you may need additional meetings. These would provide opportunities to develop the research and consult with other people in the migrant communities concerned. If the group is working outside the heritage or cultural networks, you will probably need extra meetings. Also clarify the role you would like to have in the management of the project.
There are two ways to structure additional meetings to include both members of the heritage and cultural networks and migrant communities. These are to develop:

1.
a Migration Heritage Working Party: responsible for completing the outcomes of your study; or

2.
a Migration Heritage Committee: to generate and promote heritage initiatives on an ongoing basis. It could act as a point of consultation for any initiative across the heritage and cultural networks. Your local council might be willing to add it to its existing range of heritage committees with community representation.

In your discussion you will need to select a convenor or other person who will take responsibility for organising the meetings and a time and place for the next meeting.

Request feedback and close the workshop series: allow approximately 20 minutes

Before handing out the survey allow five minutes for the participants to raise any comments, observations, suggestions or concerns about the migration heritage study. The Workshop Four survey should aim to:

discover whether people feel that their migration heritage has been successfully included in the study; and

assess if participants still have concerns about the management of their heritage in the heritage and cultural networks.

We have prepared a sample survey for you to use in Workshop Four, it can be found at Section C 12.

Congratulations! The group has now completed the workshop phase of their migration heritage study. Take five minutes to congratulate the group for their achievements over the four workshops. Outline how valuable these are to the entire community. Before people leave be sure that they are clear about what to expect from the study in the future and, most importantly, thank everyone for being so generous with their time, ideas, heritage and histories.

Staff at the Migration Heritage Centre would like to know how you've used the toolkit in your community. Please send your feedback via email — to info@migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au — phone (02) 9228 3439 or use the feedback form on the MHC website, at http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/about/feedback_form.html. Thankyou.

Oral history groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Four

a list of suggestions to enable the group to manage their heritage in the community and the heritage system;

a greater knowledge of one or two skills required to manage a heritage project, as well as the resources and networks available to assist the group to develop these; and

an initial management strategy.

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B. The migration heritage study

3. Glossary of terms

Conservation
Practices that ensure that a place or item retains its heritage significance. Includes maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction or adaptation — and is commonly a combination of several of these.

Coordinator
The member of the group who is responsible for preparing the migration heritage proposal, organising and running the community consultation workshops and managing any activities generated by these. S/he is also the contact person.

Cross-cultural
Cross-cultural is a term used to describe a process or activity that addresses and includes people from a range of cultural backgrounds.

Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage has come to be defined for practical purposes as those things and places associated with human activity. The definition is very broad, and includes:

buildings;

relics (both on land and in water);

works;

streets;

towns;

landscapes; and

movable items.

Culturally diverse heritage practices
Culturally diverse heritage practices recognise that the experiences and contributions of people who have migrated to Australia, and people from migrant backgrounds, are an integral part of the community's heritage. They aim to empower people to represent their history and heritage from their own cultural perspectives. These practices should recognise that there are differences within as well as across migrant communities, including age, gender, sexuality, religion, socio-economic status, political, cultural and social values.

Ethno-specific
This term describes activities that focus on one migrant group or community.

Heritage
Heritage consists of those things we want to keep that give us a sense of the past and of our cultural identity. These are the things that are of cultural significance to particular groups or communities in our society, which we want to protect and pass on to future generations.

Heritage and cultural networks
This term recognises that heritage is practised through a range of activities across a broad range of organisations. It is also recognises that people from ethnic backgrounds are an integral part of the network.

Heritage listing
The process of including a place in a heritage register or other list of heritage places/items.

Heritage place or item
These are tings that have aesthetic, historic, scientific or social significance to particular groups or communities in our society. Places could include a site, region, area, building or other structure — with its associated contents and surroundings. Items encompass personal effects, stories, photographs and other objects.
Heritage registers
Heritage registers are lists of identified heritage items. In New South Wales there are two types of statutory register:

the State Heritage Register; and

schedules to local or regional environmental plans.
Heritage significance
Heritage significance is a phrase used to describe an item's value to us in heritage terms. A place or item's significance may be aesthetic, historic, scientific or social. It is important to distinguish its heritage value from other values, such as amenity or utility.
The significance of some items may increase as we learn more about our history. Indeed, historical information is crucial to understanding the context of individual heritage items and why they are important. Migration heritage is a case in point.
Heritage study
A heritage study is undertaken to identify and assess heritage items in the context of a thematic history of an area of organisation. It is prepared in accordance with the 35 State historical themes. It also makes recommendations on policies the local council should adopt to ensure the protection and conservation of the identified heritage items.
For more information, see these publications available on the NSW Heritage Office website or from the Heritage Office — contact details are in Section B 4. Index of organisations.

Community-based Heritage Studies: A Guide
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/community.pdf

Historical Research for Heritage
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/research.pdf
Historical themes
Patterns of recurring subjects will probably arise as you discuss the group's heritage and experiences in Australia — these can be developed into themes.
There are a number of themes recognised by the heritage system — at State and local level. At State level, there are 35 recognised historical themes including Indigenous cultures; agriculture; towns, suburbs and villages; and cultural sites

For more information see NSW historical themes, under the 'History' section of the Heritage Office website — http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au — and the NSW Heritage Office publication, Historical Research for Heritage http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/research.pdf

Local environment plan
In the context of the local heritage schedule, this document translates the recommendations of the heritage study into a legal document that provides a broad framework for future management of the area's heritage. Any heritage items identified in the heritage study are listed in a schedule to the LEP.

Local heritage schedules
The Local heritage schedule is an attachment to a council's Local Environment Plan. Some councils have a special Heritage Local Environment Plan, check with your local council.

See http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1 for a directory of NSW local councils.
Migration heritage
Migration heritage refers to a range of things associated with the processes of migration or a person's cultural background. Migration heritage includes but is not limited to oral histories; buildings; photographs; stories; community, recreational and sporting clubs, music; place in the natural environment and so on.
Migration heritage is the heritage of migration, which we all share even if we have not been a migrant or refugee ourselves. We all belong to an ethnic group, of which the basis could be a racial, linguistic, spiritual or historical relationship.

For more information, see the Migration Heritage Centre website — http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au — or contact the Centre, see Section B 4. Index of organisations for details.

Nomination
A written proposal for a place or item to be added to a heritage register or other list of heritage places/items.

Register of the National Estate
A national list of Australian heritage items compiled by the Australian Heritage Commission, it covers historic, indigenous and natural environments. The Register can be accessed via http://www.ahc.gov.au.

State Heritage Inventory
The State Heritage Inventory is an electronic database of almost 20,000 heritage items on statutory lists in NSW. It includes all local council listed items and all State Heritage Register listed items. The Inventory can be searched at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au

State Heritage Register
The State Heritage Register lists items of particular importance to the people of NSW. The Register was created in April 1999. The key to listing on the State Heritage Register is the level of significance. Only those heritage items that are of state significance in NSW are listed on the Register. Items can be added to the Register by the Minister on the recommendation of the Heritage Council following an assessment of their significance and consultation with owners and the community.

For more information on heritage and the heritage system, see the following NSW Heritage Office publications and information. The publications can be downloaded from the Heritage Office website or see Section B 4. Index of organisations to contact them for a copy:

Guide to the Heritage System
publication available at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/system.pdf

Community-based Heritage Studies: A Guide
publication available at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/community.pdf

NSW Heritage Office: Project Funding
information available at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au

Historical Research for Heritage
publication available at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/research.pdf

Assessing Heritage Significance
publication available at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/pub/free/docs/assessingheritage.pdf

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B. The migration heritage study

4. Index of Organisations

These organisations can provide resources, including grants and funding information, for your migration heritage study. They are some of the key organisations in the heritage and cultural networks and encompass both the government and non-government sectors. with Most will have links and representatives in your area through project officers, affiliated societies or members.
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council's primary responsibility is to help create an environment which encourages the creativity and development of Australian arts and cultural activities, including multicultural and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies. Through its community cultural development program the Australia Council has a range of grants that could support a migration heritage project. Contact the Council to receive a grants handbook.
Website: http://www.ozco.gov.au
Email: mail@ozco.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9215 9000 or toll free on 1800 226 912

communitybuilders
The communitybuilders website is a NSW Government project that supports a virtual community of people with a shared commitment to community development. The site is an interactive electronic clearing house for everyone involved in community level social, economic and environmental renewal including community leaders, community and government workers, volunteers, program managers, academics, policy makers, youth and seniors. It provides useful information on developing community-driven projects, including a comprehensive section on funding and essential resources, methodologies and guidelines, business ideas, and case studies.
Website: http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au
Email: webkeeper@communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au

Community Relations Commission
The Commission is the lead agency promoting the benefits of cultural diversity in NSW. It maintains close ties with community leaders and groups and Government. The Commission's website contains a guide to ethnic media and key community organisations. The Commission maintains translation and interpretation service, and administers several grant programs that promote community development and partnerships between people of different backgrounds.
Website: http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au
List of ethnic media contacts: http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/ethnicmedia
Phone: Head office: (02) 9716 2232
Illawarra region: (02) 4224 9922
Hunter region: (02) 4929 4191

Culture and Recreation portal
This Federal Government site offers a point of access to around 2000 websites covering culture and recreation in Australia. Categories of relevance to your migration heritage study could include Archives, Libraries and Museums; Built, Natural and Historic Heritage; Community Arts; and Indigenous Arts, Culture and Heritage.
Website: http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au
Ethnic Communities Council
The ECC of NSW is a statewide, independent, non-government organisation addressing the needs and aspirations of ethnic communities. The ECC's core functions are representation of ethnic communities in the public arena, community development and education.
Website: Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA):
http://www.fecca.org.au
NSW: http://www.eccnsw.org.au
Email: FECCA: admin@fecca.org.au
NSW: admin@eccnsw.org.au
Phone: FECCA: (02) 6282 5755
NSW: (02) 9319 0288
Festivals Australia
Festivals Australia is a Federal Government initiative that administers a funding program to provide assistance to regional cultural festivals.
Website: Under 'F' at: http://www.dcita.gov.au/graphics_welcome.html
Email: festivals.australia@dcita.gov.au
Phone: Cultural grants information hotline (02) 6271 1661 or toll free on 1800 819 461

Local Government and Shires Associations
The LGSA is the umbrella organisation for all councils across NSW. The LGSA also has a role in community cultural development, to set policies that preserve and enhance local culture and cultural heritage.

Website: http://www.lgsa.org.au
Email: lgsa@lgsa.org.au
Phone: (02) 9242 4000

Migration Heritage Centre
The MHC's purpose is to lead and support projects ranging from the identification and preservation of the material heritage of migration, to providing a voice in public discussion about the role and value of cultural diversity in the community. Through its relationship building projects and associated products — for example, reports, oral histories and other migration heritage resources and tools — the MHC aims to increase the recognition of the valuable contribution made by all migrant communities to our cultural heritage.

The MHC has a small fund to seed migration heritage projects in NSW. Applications can be made in writing at any time to:

Bruce M. Robinson, Director
Migration Heritage Centre NSW
Premier's Department
Level 32, Governor Macquarie Tower
GPO Box 5341
Sydney NSW 2001

Website: http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
Contribute your story or profile to the MHC website: http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/experiences
Publish details about your project: http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/projectsyourproject
Email: info@migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au

Museums and Galleries Foundation
The mgf is the key agency in NSW for the museum and gallery sector. A major component of the mgf's work is to run workshops, seminars, lectures and discussions for gallery and museum professionals and volunteer staff. These programs aim to improve standards, foster self-development and strengthen support for these organisations.

Website: http://www.mgfnsw.org.au
List of museums and galleries in NSW & ACT: http://mgfnsw.org.au/resources/Directories/MuseumGallery%20listing.pdf
Email: mgfnsw@ozemail.com.au
Phone: (02) 9358 1760

National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia's website houses an extensive oral history section with useful contacts, a how-to manual and a catalogue of the library's oral history collection.

Website: http://www.nla.gov.au
Oral history information: http://www.nla.gov.au/oh
National Directory of Australia's Oral History Collection: http://www.nla.gov.au/ohdir
Email: www@nla.gov.au
Phone: (02) 6262 1111

National Trust of Australia
The National Trust of Australia is a community-based, non-government organisation that works to conserve Australia's heritage. The organisation is part of an international network of National Trusts. The National Trust identifies and records places of national and local significance. These classified places include buildings, public art, industrial sites, townscapes, cemeteries, landscapes, heritage gardens trees and urban bushlands. Classification by the National Trust gives recognition to the heritage value of a particular place but does not provide statutory protection.
Website: National: http://www.nationaltrust.org.au
NSW: http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au
Email: National: acnt@apex.net.au
NSW: admin@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au
Phone: National: (02) 6247 6766
NSW: (02) 9258 0123

NSW Heritage Office
The NSW Heritage Office is the independent State Government agency primarily responsible for heritage in NSW. The Heritage Office maintains the NSW State Heritage Inventory — a computerised database which will eventually list all recognised heritage items in NSW in accordance with the requirements of the Heritage Act — and maintains the State Heritage Register — a special section of the Inventory which lists items of particular importance to the people of NSW. The Heritage Office can provide financial assistance for heritage projects and produces a comprehensive series of publications on a diverse range of heritage topics including movable and marine heritage items. Staff at the NSW Heritage Office will be able to provide advice on a range of heritage issues.
Website: http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Email: heritageoffice@heritage.nsw.gov.au.
Phone: (02) 9635 6155

NSW Ministry for the Arts
One of the Ministry for the Arts' cultural grants programs may be of assistance to you.
Website: http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au
Email: ministry@arts.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9228 5533

NSW Writers' Centre
The Centre acts as a resource and information centre for writers, and holds seminars and workshops. A number of centres are located in regional NSW. The centres may be useful to link you with authors if your project involves writing.
Website: http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
Email: nswwc@ozemail.com.au
Phone: (02) 9555 9757

Oral History Association
The Oral History Association can assist you with contacts, guidelines for undertaking oral histories and accessing existing recordings. There are branches in each state of Australia. The National Library of Australia's National Directory of Australia's Oral History Collection may also be of use.
Website: List of state branches available at: http://www.nla.gov.au/oh/ohaa.html
National Directory of Australia's Oral History Collection: http://www.nla.gov.au/ohdir
Phone: (02) 9273 1697

Professional Historians Association of NSW
The Professional Historians Association (NSW) is an association for professionally-trained historians who generally work as consultants in the broader community. It can put you in touch with qualified historians able to undertake historical work related to your heritage study.

Website: http://www.phansw.org.au
Email: secretary@phansw.org.au
Phone: (02) 9331 6920

Royal Australian Historical Society
The Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) has more than 300 affiliated societies. They span local and family history, special interest and heritage societies. Many of their members may be keen to participate in your community-based heritage study. The RAHS administers funding from the NSW Ministry for the Arts for the research and writing of local history, and from the NSW Heritage Office for local history and archival projects.

Website: http://www.rahs.org.au
List of historical societies by area: http://www.rahs.org.au/list.html
Email: history@rahs.org.au
Phone: (02) 9247 8001

State Library of NSW
As well as using the library's extensive collection of written, multimedia and other research materials, you could also access their Family History Service and/or their Multicultural Services.
Website: http://www.slnsw.gov.au
Family History Service: http://www.slnsw.gov.au/family/welcome.htm
Multicultural Services: http://www.slnsw.gov.au/multicul
Directory of NSW local libraries: http://stlib.slnsw.gov.au/plb/dir/directory.cfm
Email: library@sl.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9273 1414

Other web-based resources
There are a number of other web-based resources that may assist you with your migration heritage study.
Directory of NSW local councils:
http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_LocalGovDirectory.asp?index=1

NSW public schools locater:
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au

National directory of universities:
http://www.detya.gov.au/highered/ausunis.htm

TAFE NSW, directory of campuses and institutes:
http://www.tafensw.edu.au/campuses/welcome.htm
Search for a NSW Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.thechamber.com.au/homezone/regional/search.asp

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C. Resources

1. Sample worksheet: Guidelines to prepare your migration heritage proposal

What is the main objective of the migration heritage study? Examples might include:

exploring the cultural diversity of our local area;

discovering the heritage that is important to local people from migrant backgrounds;

using heritage as a way of learning more about migration experiences and cultural diversity; and

highlighting the contributions of migrant communities to the development of the local area.

What geographic area will this study focus on?

Does the heritage study have a particular time frame, for example, the late 19th century, post World War Two and so on? (If so, it may be useful to mark your study with significant events, for example 'The Establishment of the Migrant Camp to the Centenary of Federation').

Which group/s will the study focus on?

Are there any other stakeholders or interested organisations and individuals who should be recognised in the heritage study?

Which members of the heritage and/or cultural networks would it benefit from an involvement in the heritage study?

The study will begin on …………… and be completed by …………….

What are the anticipated outcome/s of the study? Some examples include:

nominate places or items for the State Heritage Register or local heritage schedule;

compile a story or profile to be published on the Migration Heritage Centre website;

form a local group to raise awareness of migration heritage and encourage community participation in its preservation;

identify and create materials for the local studies collection; · develop a walking tour or other tourist activity;

develop of a register of collections that outlines the migration heritage materials held by the community;

develop a series of oral histories to be lodged with the local library.

What resources and skills will this project return to the community?

What other benefits will this project have for the community?

What funds will be needed to complete our heritage study and how will it be funded?

What is the project budget? Where is the funding coming from? How is the budget broken down?

Can the aims and objectives of this study be achieved within this budget?

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C. Resources

2. Sample heritage information register — blank

General Information

1. What name/s is this place/item known by?

2. Where is it located?

3. Nominated by

On their photo-board captions, they stated that it was significant because:

4. Would you like to add anything to this?

About the place/item

5. Give a physical description of the place/item

6. What have been the main changes to the place/item?

7. Are there any features that you feel are particularly significant or unusual? If yes, what are these?

8. Were there any particular skills used in its construction/manufacture?

9. Who built/made it?

History of the place/item

10. When was the place/item built/made?

11. What is/has the place/item been used for?

12. For places and buildings: Why was this place located here? What brought you to this site?

(of the site)

Events and traditions

13. Are there any events or traditions that you would like to record about this place/item?

14. Are there any people who have been important in the history of this place/item?

15. Is there any other information that you would like recorded about this place/item?

16. What other records could we look at to find out more about the history of this place/item?

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3. Sample heritage information register — completed

This register has been completed for a building. However, the template could be used for other items identified in your migration heritage study, such as personal effects, gardens, monuments and so on. We have also compiled a blank heritage information register for your use.

General Information

1. What name/s is this place known by?

Smithfield bocce club
Italo-Australian club

2. Where is it located?

15 Jane Street Smithfield

3. Nominated by

Mr Soma
Mrs Arena

On their photo-board captions, they stated that it was significant because:

Mr Soma: The Italo-Australian club has been important to us because it is a place where we can meet with other people that came to Australia from Italy.

Mrs Arena: We have been able to have a space of our own, to play bocce, speak in Italian and do our own things.

4. Would you like to add anything to this?

Only to add how good it was to be able to speak in Italian.
About the building

5. What is a physical description of the club?

A brick-veneer club with a tiled roof. It has 6 bocce courts, 3 indoor courts are located in an attached brick shed with a tin roof. It has a restaurant and dance floor inside. Black Terrazzo with white stone chip entry floor under front portico.

6. What have been the main changes to the building?

Originally constructed of Fibro from 1950-1953 as finances allowed. (Minute book held by club contains detailed information; apply in writing to President to view.) Brick veneer additions in late 1960s. Original Fibro replaced with brick at this time.
Tony: We built what we could afford! The builder learned to build in Italy-pleased to have the terrazzo.
Mr Soma has a photograph of club members building the brick additions under construction.
Frank: We made it more solid over the years, when we where able to afford better materials.

7. Are there any features that you feel are particularly significant or unusual?

No

8. Were there any skills used in its construction?

Making the terrazzo. All in agreement that noone in the area could do this before they arrived.

9. Who built it?

Mrs Arena: Vito Pirelli was one of the builders, he still lives in the area. Many members donated time to building
Frank: The members made annual subscriptions. Initially purchased inexpensive land. The women raised the money for the bocce courts
Isabella: We cooked a lot of food to raise enough money for the bocce court.

History of the club

10. When was the club established?

Mrs Arena: around 1952. Remembers that originally the club was just a place to meet. The bocce courts were not built until the early 1970s.

11. Why was this place located here? What brought you to this site?

Isabella: (of the area) most came to due to the Migrant Camp and the work that was available in the factories. The government wanted migrants to come to the country.
(of the site)
Fran: This site was inexpensive, what we could afford.
Tony: It was close to where we worked and many of us were building houses in the area.

12. What is/has the building been used for?

Tony: The club was a place where we could meet with other Italians. Especially when we first arrived. Speak in Italian without worrying about who heard.
Mr Seima: Photographs of bocce tournaments.
Frank: Connection to others through the network of bocce clubs.
Mrs Soma: Many of us met our husbands through the dances at the club. Has photographs of the dances that were held there during the 1960s.
Isabella: Non-Italo-Australians came to the restaurant, where they ate new things for the first time.
Pino has photographs of people eating in the restaurant circa late 1960s.
Events and traditions

13. Are there any events or traditions that you would like to record about this place?

Mrs Soma: Annual New Year Celebrations. Has photographs.
Isabella: Using kitchen as 'community kitchen' to make sausage etc.

14. Are there any people who have been important in the history of this place?

The place has been important to the community as a whole, however the Italian Ambassador to Australia did visit the club during the 1970s.

15. Is there any other information that you would like recorded about this place?

Not at this point.

16. What other records could we look at to find out more about the history of this place?

Frank: Minute books back to early 1950s kept on premises.
Mrs Arena: Club an important social place. Suggests that we ask members for further photographs or other information. She would be willing to help develop a survey.

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4. Sample invitation

Dear (insert name)

Recently we spoke on the telephone about whether you would like to be involved in a community-based migration heritage study. Thankyou for your time and interest.

The purpose of the study is to identify heritage that is important to people from particular migrant backgrounds. (Insert relevant organisation, for example local council) would like to use the heritage study as an opportunity to work with the community to find out how it can promote and support our heritage.

I write on behalf of (insert head of relevant organisation, for example the Mayor) to formally invite you to participate in a series of four workshops, which will contribute to the study. You do not need to have any special skills to participate in the workshops. All you need are an interest in your heritage and a desire to share your experiences, stories, and the places and items of importance to you.

The workshops will be held at

(insert venue)

The dates for the workshops are:

Workshop 1: Migration heritage and the heritage system
    Time: (insert time)
     Date: (insert date)

Workshop 2: Identifying our migration heritage
    Time: (insert time)
     Date: (insert date)

Workshop 3: Assessing our migration heritage
    Time: (insert time)
     Date: (insert date)

Workshop 4: Managing our migration heritage
    Time: (insert time)
     Date: (insert date)

Lunch and refreshments will be supplied at each workshop. Materials will also be supplied. There is no cost to you to participate.

It is important that you are able to attend all four of the workshops. I hope that you will be able to contribute to this unique and valuable project.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on the contact details below. I would also appreciate it if you could let me know by (insert date)if you are planning to come along. I will then send more detailed information about each workshop to you if you would like to attend.

Yours sincerely,

(insert name)
(insert organisation)
(insert contact details)

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5. Sample survey: Workshop One

The aims of the migration heritage study are to:

learn about the role of the heritage system and the cultural network in managing migration heritage;

identify migration heritage places, items and experiences in the community;

assess them in relation to the heritage system and the cultural networks; and

make decisions on how this heritage should be managed for the future.

Would you like to add to the aims? If yes, please give suggestions.

Do you feel that your heritage can be properly included in this study? Why or why not?

Do you have any suggestions on how this study could better identify your heritage?

The aims of Workshop One were to:

introduce the concept of migration heritage and the structure of the heritage system; and

contribute to the development of three further workshops that will focus on strategies to manage, protect and promote these heritage items and places.

Do you feel that the workshop achieved this?

Do you think these aims could it be improved? If yes, how?

How would you rate each of the discussion sessions? Please circle a number or tick a box.

Session Very Useful:
We achieved a lot in this session Quite Useful:
The session could be improved Unsatisfactory:
I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study

1. Talking about heritage: In our world

1

2

3

2. Talking about heritage: In Australia and our local area
1

2

3

3. Preserving our heritage
1

2

3

4. Thinking about heritage significance
1

2

3

If you have suggestions for improving any of the sessions, please write them here.

Thankyou for your comments and suggestions.

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6. Sample worksheet: Developing the history of your heritage items or place

1.When was the place/item built/made?

2. Who built/made it?

3. How was it financed?

4. Were any special skills involved in its construction?

5. How has the place/item been used in the past?

6. How is the place/item used now?

7. Has the place/item been adapted adapted?

8. Were any people or groups particularly important in its past?

9. When, how and/or why did they become associated with the place/item?

10.Was the place/item associated with any particular historical phases or events? What are these?

11. Write a short 'statement of significance' for the place/item (approximately 2-3 sentences).
       "This place/item is important to the community because …
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7. Sample survey: Workshop Two

The aims of Workshop Two were to:

develop the list of places, items, stories or experiences of heritage significance to the group;

collect information on these through a photography or oral history workshop; and

allow the group to begin to think about ways to protect and promote these through the heritage or cultural networks.

Do you feel that the workshop provided you with the opportunity to do this?

Do you think these aims could it be improved? If yes, how?

Are there any other places, items, stories or experiences that you would still like to identify? If yes, what are these?

Do you have any concerns about identifying your heritage as a part of this study? If yes, what are they?

Are there any questions or concerns that you would like to discuss with the facilitator?

If yes, please give your name and phone number so that s/he can contact you to discuss these.

How would you rate each of the discussion and activity sessions? Please circle a number or tick a box.

Session Very Useful:
We achieved a lot in this session Quite Useful:
The session could be improved Unsatisfactory:
I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study

1. Developing ideas about our heritage
1

2

3

2. Collecting migration heritage information: Photography session or oral history session
1

2

3

3. Discuss the findings of the sessions
1

2

3

If you have suggestions for improving any of the sessions, please write them here.

Thankyou for your comments and suggestions

Thankyou for your comments and suggestions

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8. Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — blank

Group member Item or place Current heritage activities Heritage future Resources and networks

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9. Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — completed

Group member Item or place Current heritage activities Heritage future Resources and networks

Mrs Pannerous

Orthodox Church Maintaining building and contents. Conservation of place for the Orthodox congregation. Regular working bees. Develop a building fund through contributions from the congregation.Orthodox Dioceses provides some funding for building maintenance.

Mrs Etemou

ex migrant camp (now Smith St carpark) Create some way to recognise migrants' experience of the place through a plaque on-site. Community Relations CommissionEthnic Communities CouncilDonations from local businessesFund raising

Mrs Evans

German Club Continued use of the club by club members.Site where regular festivals are held Conservation of clubhouse to recognise its importance as first German club in Australia.Alterations to site to accommodate festivals. Current maintenance through membership subscriptions.Funding for festival only through Festivals Australia.

Mr Akdenz

Turkish Association Funding for exhibition of collection.Maintenance of collection. Collecting and conserving movable migration heritage items that tell the story of Turkish people in the area. Turkish Arts and Culture Council of AustraliaRegional MuseumMembers of the association

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10. Sample survey: Workshop Three

The aims of Workshop Three were to:

develop the group's knowledge of the heritage system and introduce the concept of heritage significance;

encourage the group to discuss the heritage places, items, stories or experiences they have identified and to begin to assess their heritage significance;

collect additional information on the above for the migration heritage proposal, as well as develop strategies for protecting and promoting them; and

give participants from the heritage and cultural networks a clearer understanding of the diversity of their local heritage.

Do you feel that the workshop provided you with the opportunity to do this?

Do you think these aims could it be improved? If yes, how?

Are there any other places, items, stories or experiences that you would still like to identify? If yes, what are these?

Do you have any other suggestions as to how the exhibition boards or oral histories could be used to encourage awareness about migration heritage. If yes, what are these?

How would you rate each of the discussion and activity sessions? Please circle a number or tick a box.

Session Very Useful:
We achieved a lot in this session Quite Useful:
The session could be improved Unsatisfactory:
I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study

1. Photography groups: Create photographic exhibition boards
OR
1. Oral history groups: Using oral history to promote our heritage
1

2

3

2. Photography groups: Our migration heritage: Its personal significance
OR
2. Oral history groups: Skills for project work
1

2

3

3. Photography groups: Our migration heritage: Its historical significance
1

2

3

If you have suggestions for improving any of the sessions, please write them here.

Thankyou for your comments and suggestions

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11. Sample permission form for audio/visual recordings

I, (insert name of person to be recorded), a participant in the (insert the name of the heritage study) give permission to (insert the name of organisation or person coordinating the heritage study) to make audio/visual recordings of me during the study. I also give permission for the recording to be used, in part or in full, in completing the aims of the study, including lodgement of the tapes, for use by other bona-fide researchers, at the local library.

Signed …………………………………….

Date ………………………………………..

Facilitator's Name …………………………

Facilitator's signature ……………………….

Note: This is a sample only. You should adapt your undertaking to suit the specific requirements of your study.

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12. Sample survey: Workshop Four

The migration heritage study has created opportunities for you to identify heritage that is important to you.

The aims of Workshop Four were to:

develop strategies for conserving and managing migration heritage places and items; OR

develop ideas for projects that build on the oral histories recorded by the group; and

briefly outline a small number of skills useful for running these types of projects.

Do you feel that the workshop provided you with the opportunity to do this?

Do you think these aims could it be improved? If yes, how?

Are there any places, items, stories or experiences you would still like to identify?

Do you feel that your heritage has been properly included in this study? YES/NO.
If NO, how could this be rectified.

Do you have any concerns about using the heritage system or cultural network to assist you to manage your heritage items? YES/NO.
If NO, what are they?

Do you have any suggestions as to how our heritage services could be reviewed to improve access by people from migrant backgrounds - particularly those whose first language is not English?

Do you have any further suggestions for the future management of the migration heritage we have identified?

Do you have any general comments about this heritage study?

How would you rate each of the discussion and activity sessions? Please circle a number or tick a box.

Session Very Useful:
We achieved a lot in this session
Quite Useful:
The session could be improved
Unsatisfactory:
I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study

1. Managing migration heritage: In our communities
1

2

3

2. Photography groups: Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage system
OR
2. Oral history groups: Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage and cultural networks
1

2

3

3. Photography groups: Working together to conserve our migration heritage
OR
3. Oral history groups: Developing skills to conserve our migration heritage
1

2

3

4. Photography groups: Conserving our migration heritage places: A management strategy
OR
4. Oral history groups: Conserving our migration heritage: Management strategies
1

2

3

If you have suggestions for improving any of the sessions, please write them here.

Thankyou for your comments and suggestions.

Session	Very Useful: We achieved a lot in this session	Quite Useful: The session could be improved	Unsatisfactory: I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study
1. Photography groups: Create photographic exhibition boards OR 1. Oral history groups: Using oral history to promote our heritage	1	2	3
2. Photography groups: Our migration heritage: Its personal significance OR 2. Oral history groups: Skills for project work	1	2	3
3. Photography groups: Our migration heritage: Its historical significance	1	2	3

Session	Very Useful: We achieved a lot in this session	Quite Useful: The session could be improved	Unsatisfactory: I wasn't sure about its relevance to the heritage study
1. Managing migration heritage: In our communities	1	2	3
2. Photography groups: Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage system OR 2. Oral history groups: Managing our migration heritage: In the heritage and cultural networks	1	2	3
3. Photography groups: Working together to conserve our migration heritage OR 3. Oral history groups: Developing skills to conserve our migration heritage	1	2	3
4. Photography groups: Conserving our migration heritage places: A management strategy OR 4. Oral history groups: Conserving our migration heritage: Management strategies	1	2	3

1.		Sample worksheet: Guidelines to prepare your migration heritage proposal
2.		Sample heritage information register — blank
3.		Sample heritage information register — completed
4.		Sample invitation to attend community consultation workshops
5.		Sample survey: Workshop One
6.		Sample worksheet: Developing the history of a migration heritage item or place
7.		Sample survey: Workshop Two
8.		Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — blank
9.		Sample worksheet: Managing migration heritage in our communities — completed
10.		Sample survey: Workshop Three
11.		Sample permission form for audio/visual recordings
12.		Sample survey: Workshop Four

Migration heritage 'places'	Migration heritage 'items'
shops; houses; community, recreational and sporting clubs; the natural environment; places of worship, and so on.	oral histories; stories and poetry; objects and personal effects; photographs; music; artworks; religious artefacts and icons, and so on.

	i.	identify the need and anticipated outcomes of the migration heritage study;
	ii.	identify sources of funding for your heritage project;
	iii.	identify workshop participants from government, other organisations and the community;
	iv.	complete a migration heritage proposal to guide the study; and
	v.	organise the community consultation workshops.

1.		a Migration Heritage Working Party: responsible for completing the outcomes of your study; or
2.		a Migration Heritage Committee: to generate and promote heritage initiatives on an ongoing basis. It could act as a point of consultation for any initiative across the heritage and cultural networks. Your local council might be willing to add it to its existing range of heritage committees with community representation.

Group member	Item or place	Current heritage activities	Heritage future	Resources and networks

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Contents

A. Background information

B. The migration heritage study

C. Resources

Migration Heritage Toolkit: preserve and share your heritage

A. Background information

1. Acknowledgements

2. What is migration heritage?

3. What is the Migration Heritage Toolkit?

4. The benefits of a community consultation approach

5. Who is the Migration Heritage Toolkit for?

The coordinator

6. What does the Migration Heritage Toolkit contain?

7. Goals for the future

Immediate goals

Longer term goals

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B. The migration heritage study

1. Preliminary phase

i. Identify the need for the migration heritage study, including possible outcomes

ii. Identify sources of funding for your heritage project

iii. Identify workshop participants

Participants from migrant communities

Participants involved in the heritage and cultural networks

iv. Complete a migration heritage proposal

v. Organise the community consultation workshops

Points to consider

Preparing the invitations

Hiring support staff

These documents will assist you with the Preliminary phase

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B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

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B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

i. Preparing Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

These documents will assist you with Workshop One

ii. Running Workshop One: Migration heritage and the heritage system

Suggestions for discussion sessions

Checklist of outcomes from Workshop One

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B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage

i. Preparing Workshop Two

These documents will assist you with Workshop Two

ii Running Workshop Two: Identifying our migration heritage

Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Two

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B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

i. Preparing Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

These documents will assist you with Workshop Three

ii. Running Workshop Three: Assessing our migration heritage

Photography groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Photography groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Three

Oral history groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Oral history groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Three

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B. The migration heritage study

2. Workshop phase

Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

i. Preparing Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

ii. Running Workshop Four: Managing our migration heritage

Photography groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Photography groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Four

Oral history groups: Suggestions for discussion and activity sessions

Oral history groups: Checklist of outcomes from Workshop Four

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B. The migration heritage study

3. Glossary of terms

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B. The migration heritage study

4. Index of Organisations

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