Cheryle Yin-Lo

Name Cheryle Yin-Lo Birthplace Sydney, Australia Lives Blue Mountains, Australia Your organisation/community Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW Profile I am a 2nd generation Australian born Chinese. After leaving high school I graduated from Sydney College of the Arts with … Continue reading →

Close Knit From All Four Corners

From All Four Corners – Stories Of Migration To Wagga Wagga is a Museum of the Riverina exhibition researched in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre that celebrates, explores and captures the personal stories of migrants coming to Wagga … Continue reading →

Coming from Macedonia to Australia From There To Here

Coming from Macedonia to Australia Read the Macedonian version of this story Author: Michael Vrtkovski Storyteller: Peter Vrtkovski Community Language School: "Goce Delcev" Macedonian School, Newcastle Main School: Wirreanda PS Our son and daughter had already moved to Australia. We … Continue reading →

Coming to Australia From There To Here

Coming to Australia Read the Hindi version of this story Author: Siddanta Sharma Storyteller: Siddanta Sharma Community Language School: Indo-Aust Balbaparathi Vidyalaya-Hindi School Inc Main School: Waitara Public school We came seeking more opportunities From here to there My dwelling … Continue reading →

Constance Nungulla McDonald 10 Stories from Bankstown

Constance Nungulla McDonald 10 Stories From Bankstown As part of 10 Stories from Bankstown, Bankstown City Council’s Community Harmony project, Olivia interviews Constance Nungulla McDonald, honorary Aboriginal elder (by proxy) for the Bankstown area. Constance was born in the Kimberley … Continue reading →

Desiderius Orban Tell Us Your Story

Cultural background: Hungarian Place of origin: Budapest, Hungary Date of arrival: 1939 Desiderius Orban (26Nov1884 – 4Oct1986) – yesteryear’s migrant, a renowned Hungarian-born Australian painter, textile designer, & art teacher who started off in Australia as a humble but unknown … Continue reading →

Devi Bala Packing To Leave

Devi Bala arrived in Australia in September 1972 from Jaffna, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) with her three children, to join her husband who had come earlier that year. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it

Differences between Spain and Wollongong From There To Here

» Read the Spanish version of this story Author: Mikael Arroyo Storyteller: Mikael's parents Community Language School: Wollongong Spanish School Main School: Saint Joseph's Regional School Observations by my parents of differences between life in Spain and Australia. When my … Continue reading →

Egon Kunz Tell Us Your Story

Cultural background: Hungarian Place of origin: Budapest, Hungary Date of arrival: 1949 Egon Kunz was born into a prominent Budapest merchant family. Two devastating events marred his childhood: his parent’s divorce and the collapse of the family business Jozsef Kunz … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Collins * 10 Stories from Bankstown

10 Stories From Bankstown As part of 10 Stories from Bankstown, Bankstown City Council’s Community Harmony project, Sylwia interviews Elizabeth Collins*, a local resident. Of Irish ancestry, Elizabeth was born in north west Tasmania in 1921. Tell me about your … Continue reading →

Families Of Fortune (Video) Chinese People In The Tweed

Chinese migrants to the Tweed established themselves as market gardeners, banana growers, cooks, herbalists and shopkeepers. Personal stories and photos are recorded in this documentary.

A Tweed River Regional Museum and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre video.
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Federico Di Campli Paesani - The Bayside Italians

Author: Federico Di Campli,  Italian community , George Hanna Memorial Museum It was 1956. I was 21. I left Lanciano, Italy with one wooden suitcase full of my belongings. The Australian consulate was looking for workers to go to Australia … Continue reading →

Frank L Scicluna

Name Frank L Scicluna Birthplace Vittoriosa, Malta Lives Adelaide, Australia Your organisation/community Maltese Community Council of South Australia Profile I was born in Vittoriosa (Birgu) Malta but spent most of my childhood and youth at Santa Venera. I migrated to … Continue reading →

From Abbazia, Italy to Australia – Michael Strazzari From There To Here

» Read the Italian version of this story Author: Michael Strazzari Storyteller: Silvano Strazzari Community Language School: Italian Community School, Newcastle Main School: Merewether Heights Primary School Silvano Strazzari, a member of the NSW Community Languages Schools Board is interviewed … Continue reading →