Meet Brunhilde Srejic and see the tools from Germany she hoped to use as a hairdresser in Australia.
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Meet Marie Sekutkovski and see her husband’s ruler. It was given to him on his voyage to Australia and was used at his first tailor’s shop in Orange.
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Meet Hank Runeman and see the marquetry picture made by his grandfather in Holland.
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Meet Alexandra Rezko and see her father’s scythe from Germany.
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Meet Dorrie Portegies and see the ukulele her husband made in Indonesia in 1948.
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![Helen: "In 1989 we went to the Ukraine and my husband's [Sam] sister gave them to me. She had made them a long time ago."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lihos-dress-150x150.jpg)
Meet Helen Lihos and see her hand embroidered dress from the Ukraine. Continue reading
Meet Bill Kloosterman and see his carpentry tools from Holland.
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Meet Yolanda Takacs and see her Hungarian national costume.
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Meet Alexandra Gilbert from the Ukraine and see the postcards she received as a forced labourer in Nazi Germany. Continue reading
Meet Cecilia Dvikov and see the Slovenian-style wine press her father made when he arrived in Australia.
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Meet Tarsilla Cunial and see her dress design books from Italy. They were brought over for potential work opportunities and gave her the courage to come to Australia. Continue reading
Meet Antonio Cunial and see the barber’s tools he brought from Italy in 1948. Continue reading
Meet Ferdi Boers and see the clarinet he brought over from Holland.
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Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.
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Meet Wilhelm & Hilde Bittkow and see their fridge. It was one of the first items they bought after arriving in Orange in 1953. Continue reading
![Kate: "The apron is white cotton with rows of coloured cross-stich patterns embroidered on it and a broderie Anglaise border. I think my mother [Anna] took it with her when she was deported by the Germans from the Ukraine and sent to work in Austria."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/babij-apron-150x150.jpg)
Meet Anna Babij and see her embroidered apron from the Ukraine.
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Meet Joe Cudars from Latvia and see his tablespoon.
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