Belongings



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1954
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Jan Barby

Meet Jan Barby and see the horse-riding ribbons she won as a child migrant at Fairbridge Farm School, Molong in the 1960s.


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Rosina Benvenuto

Meet Rosina Benevenuto and see the piano accordion her husband played as a shepherd in Italy.


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Ferdi Boers

Meet Ferdi Boers and see the clarinet he brought over from Holland.


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Beryl Fletcher

Meet Beryl Fletcher and see her 1956 Xmas Day menu from Berkeley migrant hostel in Wollongong.


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Dorrie Portegies

Meet Dorrie Portegies and see the ukulele her husband made in Indonesia in 1948.


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Yolanda Takacs

Meet Yolanda Takacs and see her Hungarian national costume.