View Exhibitions
The Migration Heritage Centre presents an exciting program of exhibitions you can view on the web - no matter where you live.
You can also view many of our exhibitions at venues across New South Wales - check the online versions for locations and hours of opening.
Migration Heritage Centre exhibitions are produced in partnership with our network of community, government, educational and cultural organisations.
Half A World Away
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Orange City Council presents
Half A World Away: PostWar Migration To The Orange District 1948-1965.
This exhibition showcases the enormous contribution migrants have made to the economy and cultural life of the Central West in New South Wales.
Pai Nai Ma: Thai-Australian Experiences
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Pai Nai Ma means 'where have you been?' and is an everyday Thai expression similar
to the greeting 'how are you?' in English. This exhibition looks at where Thai
migrants 'have been' - through personal possessions and community collections.
From the Loy Krathong festival to Buddhist temples, Thai culture has become a
part of the Parramatta and wider Australian story.
Packing To Leave: Saris, Suits And Spices 
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Migration stories from South Asia to Sydney. View mini-documentaries filmed in people's homes.
Former migrants share their personal stories, photos and memorabilia.
The First Wave: Beyond A White Australia
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On 12 March 1947, the Misr sailed from Port Said, Egypt, bound for Australia,
carrying hundreds of passengers from over fifteen countries. 1947 is regarded
as the beginning of Australia's post-Second World War mass migration program.
View a compelling documentary featuring special interviews, personal
recollections and a searchable passenger list.
Read about the NSW Migration
Heritage Centre's 60th anniversary reception on 12 March 2007 »
Our New Home Meie Uus Kodu: Estonian-Australian Stories
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Stories of invasion, dispossession, and settling in a new home, told
by the Estonian migrants who came here as displaced persons
post-WWII.
Visit Our New Home at the Australian Communities Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo
Our Newspapers Online
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Our Newspapers Online features first editions and histories of
community newspapers, highlighting their vital role in supporting
and informing communities across New South Wales.
Belongings: Post-WW2 Memories Of Migration
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Memories, personal mementos and photographs of former migrants who arrived in Australia in the decades after the Second World War.
Migration changed their lives and - through the cultures and traditions they brought with them - the lives of all Australians forever.
Objects Through Time
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Objects through Time takes you on an online journey to view fascinating objects and explore important chapters, places and events in Australian migration history.
National Quilt Register
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» View migration quilts
» Read about Greek Australian quilts
Old quilts have always been about memories and women's hidden, often unspoken, language. They carry stories about our history and about needlework and provide a rich insight into women's lives.
The NSW Migration Heritage Centre is now a partner in the National Quilt Register co-ordinated by The Pioneer Women's Hut, Tumbarumba at the foothills to the Snowy Mountains in southern NSW.
From Estonia To Thirlmere
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Visit From Estonia To Thirlmere at the Wollondilly Heritage Centre, Edward Street, The Oaks
Thirlmere's Estonians, who worked in the New South Wales poultry industry from 1927 to 1967, recall surviving war, adapting to 'Displaced Persons' camp life, journeying to Australia and their experiences of settling and farming.
Fields Of Memories
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Scheyville National Park, in north-west Sydney, was the location of an agricultural training farm for English child migrants in the early 20th century, and later a migrant accommodation centre after the Second World War. Discover its rich history covering two major periods of Australian nation-building.
Making Multicultural Australia
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An educational resource promoting community harmony amongst young people. Assists young people of upper primary and high school age, their parents, the teachers and the wider community explore our cultural diversity.
The NSW Migration Heritage Centre is now an official partner contributing online exhibitions and supporting NSW syllabuses and a variety of curricula across Australia.
Gold And Silver
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Gold and Silver looks at people's changing relationships with environments in Vietnam and Australia through four personal accounts of refugees and migrants from Vietnam who have made new homes and attachments in Sydney's south west.
Meet Huy Pham who left Saigon as a child, Thanh Hue who fled with her young family from central Vietnam and the Nguyens who left Hanoi to study in Australia and decided to live in Sydney.
A Place For The Friendless Female
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The Female Immigration Depot housed at Hyde Park Barracks from 1848 to 1886 was the primary reception and hiring depot in Sydney for thousands of working-class Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh female immigrants.
View the fascinating archaeology associated with these women recovered from beneath the Barracks' floors.
From The Back Blocks To The Front Lines
A photographic exhibition featuring oral histories of the early Italian settlers of south-western Sydney and their families.
A Co.As.It. travelling exhibition in partnership with the Migration Heritage
Centre and the Community Relations Commission
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Sharing The Lode
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Visit Sharing the Lode at the Migrant Museum, Sulphide Street, Broken Hill
Celebrate the lives of people from non-English speaking backgrounds who have made Broken Hill their home since 1883.
From Afghan cameleers to Filipino book-keepers, this is the story of migrants who arrived in a harsh and alien outback mining town and chose to call it home.
Zivil Lager (Internment Camp)
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Visit Trial Bay Gaol, a former concentration camp for people of German descent interned as 'enemy aliens' during World War One. View its extraordinary collection, including rare photographs.
The World Cup Dream: Stories Of Australia's Soccer Mums And Dads
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Meet the parents of five Socceroos - Vince Grella, Mark Schwarzer, Scott Chipperfield, Jason Culina and Ahmed Elrich - and hear their personal stories.
Diverse family backgrounds - Italian, German, Anglo-Saxon, Croatian and Lebanese - show how the face of football in Australia was transformed by post-war migration.
Getting Married
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Wedding stories and photos celebrating love, life and culture in Australia today.
Meet the couples and discover experiences of cross-cultural marriages.
Real Stories: People & Cultures At Work
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Journey through the stories of migrants who work at Sydney's Liverpool Health Services, in a series of online documentaries.
Hear them talk about the successes and frustrations of establishing a new life here in Australia.
Coming soon
From All Four Corners
[Online exhibition coming soon]
Celebrate the experiences of migrants coming to Wagga Wagga who have helped make the culturally diverse city of today.
A Museum of the Riverina and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition supported by Powerhouse Museum Regional Services and Arts NSW.