Belongings

Meet Franca Arena and see her letter from an Australian official in 1959. Franca was asked to give English lessons to Italian passengers on her boat to Australia.

Meet Krystyna Cyron and see the coat her daughter wore on the journey to Australia from Poland in 1959.

Meet David Hill and see the postcard he sent to his mum in England en route to Australia in 1959.

Meet Elisa Pizzuti and see the bust her husband sculpted of her in Italy in the late 1940s.

Meet Fella Porcu and see the sheets she hand-made in Italy.