What is ‘significance’? Significance means the historic, aesthetic, scientific and social values that an object or collection has for past, present and future generations. Significance refers not just to the physical fabric or appearance of an object. Rather, it incorporates … Continue reading
‘Movable heritage’ is a term used to define any natural or manufactured object of heritage significance. Movable heritage may be an integral part of the significance of heritage places. It can also belong to cultural groups, communities or regions of … Continue reading
Objects through Time traces the history of migration of people, technology and ideas to our shores through a collection significant objects, spanning a 60,000 year time frame. It begins with the first migrants, the Aboriginal people who discovered and settled … Continue reading
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BEYOND MULTICULTURALISM Cathy Freeman after the 400 metre at the Sydney Olympics, 2000. Photograph Michael Amendolia. Courtesy State Library of New South Wales After more than 200 years of migration, Australia has become a multicultural society. By 2010, 27% of … Continue reading
AUSTRALIA & ASIA Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
NEW AUSTRALIA Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
WORLD WAR II Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
PLAGUES, PANDEMICS AND BRIDGES Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
THE GREAT WAR AND THE GERMAN COMMUNITIES Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND THE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT 1901 Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
FOR A COLONIAL & ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT? EXPERIMENTS IN WHITE AUSTRALIA Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
ASSISTED IMMIGRATION INTRODUCED Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
THE AGE OF MACQUARIE Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
THE FIRST FLEET, BOTANY BAY AND THE BRITISH PENAL COLONY Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it
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Our species evolved in Africa 200,000 years ago. People spread out of Africa in at least two migratory waves. The first wave travelled from eastern Africa into the area of the east coast of the Mediterranean about 80,000 years ago. The later second wave moved from Africa into the Arabian Peninsula and continued eastward reaching Southeast Asia, where one branch of people migrated to Australia and New Guinea, while other branches moved along the coast of east Asia. Continue reading
The cane knife is historically significant as evidence of the manual labour of the many South Sea Islanders, Indians and migrants from Europe who were the backbone of the sugar industry in northern NSW. Continue reading
The spaghetti maker and dolls are historically significant as evidence of migrant folk art transplanted from Italy to the Fairfield in the suburbs of Sydney. Continue reading
Seven large interpretive signs placed at key locations around Orange, create a pathway that supports cultural tourism and celebrates the city’s rich history of post-War migration.
An Orange City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre initiative.
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02 – EMMCO FACTORY (LATER EMAIL LTD) Edward St, Orange Hundreds of migrants were allocated employment at the Emmco (later Email) whitegoods factory because in the 1950s and 60s it was the city’s major employer. It produced fridges, freezers, washing … Continue reading
01 – ORANGE RAILWAY STATION Peisley St, Orange An important passenger hub in the post-war years, Orange railway station was often the first place migrants saw when they arrived in the city. Initially men were brought by train to Orange … Continue reading
I was born in the suburb Babu Mohalla in a city called Quetta which is now in western Pakistan…. Continue reading
Under these ‘assisted passage’ schemes, migrants were given temporary accommodation in exchange for guaranteeing to provide two years labour on government projects such as the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Almost 40 accommodation centres were established in New South Wales, often in … Continue reading
Watercolour on Paper. The watercolour shows the 1804 convict rebellion at Castle Hill. Continue reading
A collection of telegraphy equipment used by the Postmaster General’s Department of between 1901 and 1937. Continue reading
A set of mariners compass thought to have belong to British Explorer William Dampier. The compass is made from brass with the inscription Poncet 9 on the barrel. Continue reading
In 1911 Prime Minister Andrew Fischer launched a competition for a design of Australia’s capital city. One hundred and thirty seven entries came from all over the world. The prize was awarded to an American couple from Chicago, Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin. The Griffins had not been to Australia but based their design on maps and topographic and weather information of the site. Continue reading
