The Enemy At Home Germans In World War One Australia

Winner 2012 National Trust Heritage Award. Shortlisted 2012 NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Nearly 7,000 people with German and Austrian heritage were detained by the Australian authorities following the outbreak of World War I. Newly discovered photographs by Paul Dubotzki reveal what it was like to be interned in Australia.

An Historic Houses Trust of NSW publication with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
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At The Beach La Perouse - South-Eastern Sydney

Botany Bay is where James Cook and the crew of the HMS Endeavour made first contact with the indigenous people on the east coast of Australia in 1770. After the arrival of the British First Fleet and the French Lapérouse Expedition in 1788, the European colonisation of Australia began.

A NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication in partnership with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Continue reading

Australians And Greeks

A multi-award winning history, covering an age of war and migration -when world crisis brought Greeks and Australians into intimate contact.

A Halstead Press publication supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading

Canterbury’s People South-Western Sydney

Celebrate the stories and lives of Canterbury’s people, a City of Cultural Diversity, located in South-Western Sydney. It is a cosmopolitan hub of cultures, religions, languages and races.

A Canterbury City Council publication in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
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Different Sights New England

An introduction to the rich and diverse history of migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds in the New England Tableland in northern New South Wales.

A University of New England publication and database in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
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Fairfield – Evolution Of A Migrant City South-Western Sydney

Over 130 nationalities live in Fairfield in South-Western Sydney and three quarters of all residents have overseas ancestry – it is one of the most culturally diverse areas in Australia.

A Fairfield City Museum & Gallery and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication. Continue reading

Faith, fashion, fusion Muslim women’s style in Australia

From street style to red carpet dresses, this book explores the emerging modest fashion market and the work of a new generation of Australian designers and retailers offering stylish clothing for Muslim and non-Muslim women.

A Powerhouse Publishing book supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.
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Families Of Fortune (Book) Chinese Community - Tweed River

Highly Commended 2010 National Trust Heritage Awards. In the late 19th century a wave of Chinese migrants quickly established themselves as market gardeners, banana growers, cooks, herbalists and shopkeepers in the Tweed.

A Tweed River Regional Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication in association with the Chinese-Australian Historical Society. Continue reading

Fields Of Memories Scheyville Migrant Centre - North-Western Sydney

Visit Scheyville National Park, in North-Western Sydney, the location of the former Dreadnought Training Farm and a post-Second World War Migrant Accommodation Centre.

A NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication in partnership with the NSW National Parks And Wildlife Service and State Records NSW.

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Fruits Of Our Labour Italian Community - Griffith

Highly Commended 2008 National Trust Heritage Awards. After the Second World War, Griffith’s Italian business interests helped create the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area for growing and processing rice, grapes and citrus and stone fruits.

A Griffith Italian Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication.
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Golden Threads Chinese Community - New South Wales

Winner 2005 National Trust Heritage Award. Explore Chinese working lives, hopes and beliefs in regional New South Wales from 1850 to 1950 and the attitudes of a white Australia.

A Powerhouse Publishing book supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading

Griffith Italian Heritage Trail Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

Explore places associated with the history of Italian migration, settlement and horticulture in Griffith – famous for its wine, citrus and stone fruit industries.

A Griffith City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre cultural tourism initiative. Continue reading

Half A World Away Post-WW2 Migration - Orange

Highly Commended 2008 National Trust Heritage Awards. A tribute to the families from Europe and the United Kingdom who left conflict, uncertainty and economic chaos in the hope of attaining a stable, prosperous lifestyle in Orange.

An Orange City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication.
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Holsworthy Internment Camp Prisoners of War At Liverpool

The largest internment camp in Australia during World War One was at Holsworthy, near Liverpool on the outskirts of Sydney. The camp held between 4,000 and 5,000 people of German descent.



A NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.
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Lebanese Settlement New South Wales

Lebanese migrants have been settling in Australia from the mid-19th century. By the 1880s sizeable numbers of Lebanese people were finding homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

An Australian Lebanese Historical Society and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication. Continue reading

Liverpool Migration Heritage Trail South-Western Sydney

Take an exciting historical journey through the Liverpool City Council area in South-Western Sydney – this trail honors the heritage places of our many communities.

A Casula Powerhouse, Liverpool City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre initiative. Continue reading

Liverpool Migration History South-Western Sydney

This book highlights Liverpool’s rich multicultural history by revealing the importance of migration and settlement in South-Western Sydney.

A Casula Powerhouse and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication. Continue reading

Lives Lost, Life Regained Holocaust Survivors, Memoirs, Jewish Community - Sydney

In six interminable years of madness their ancestral homes and communities were swept away – this book is an anthology of excerpts from the memoirs of participants from Sydney Jewish Museum’s Community Stories program.

A Sydney Jewish Museum publication supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading

Maitland Jewish Cemetery Jewish Community – New South Wales

Winner 2011 National Trust Heritage Award. A Monument to Dreams and Deeds, explore the Maitland Jewish Cemetery’s history and read the stories of the people buried there.

A Maitland Regional Art Gallery publication supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading

My Own Boss Opal Miners - Lightning Ridge

Lightning Ridge, 75 km north of Walgett, is the only place in the world where the exquisite black opal is mined in quantity and sold in the rough. People have come from around the world to find their fortunes in this outback town.

A Lightning Ridge Historical Society and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication. Continue reading

Objects through time 100 Objects That Define Modern Australia

The history of migration to this continent is told through a selection of 100 significant objects spanning a 60,000 year time frame. This new book by Stephen Thompson includes over 140 full colour images. It features objects from collections across the world that document the migration of people, technology and ideas to our shores.

A NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication with the Powerhouse Museum.
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Prisoners In Arcady German Community - Berrima Gaol

Winner 2009 Museums and Galleries NSW IMAGinE Award. Discover the story of captured German mariners and their internment at Berrima in New South Wales during World War One and the artefacts that survive in Berrima District Museum.

A Berrima District Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication.

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Real Stories – People & Cultures At Work Liverpool Health Services - South-Western Sydney

Journey through the stories of migrants who work at South-Western 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.

A Liverpool Health Services and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication supported by the NSW Refugee Health Service.

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Sempre Con Te (Always With You) Italian Community - Northern Beaches Sydney

Winner 2010 National Trust Heritage Award. Stories about the separation and reunion of Italian women from the Northern Beaches suburbs of Sydney (1920-1970).

A Sempre Con Te Group and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication. Continue reading

Sharing Bonegilla Stories Bonegilla Reception & Training Centre - Albury/Wodonga

Most of the migrants and refugees who passed through Bonegilla between 1947 and 1971 were drawn from non-English speaking European countries. This new book by Bruce Pennay showcases Albury’s nationally significant Bonegilla Collection and explores people’s memories.

An Albury LibraryMuseum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication.

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Sharing The Lode Broken Hill

From Afghan cameleers to Filipino book-keepers is the story of Broken Hill’s non-English speaking migrants who arrived in a harsh and alien outback mining town and chose to call it home.

A Broken Hill Migrant Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication.
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So Much Sky Bonegilla Reception & Training Centre -Albury/Wodonga

Visit Bonegilla, a National Heritage listed place near Albury-Wodonga. Reminisce or learn about Bonegilla – the largest and longest operating migrant centre of the post-war era in Australia.

An Albury LibraryMuseum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre publication with the Bonegilla Heritage Park.

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Stamina Aspiration and Capability - Wollongong

Read about Wollongong’s textile, clothing and footwear industry from the 1940s to 1970s in a new mini-book.

An Illawarra Migration Heritage Project supported by the Royal Australian Historical Society and assisted by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading

The Forgotten Children Fairbridge Farm School - Molong

From 1938 to 1974 thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge and the Farm School, Molong. Now many of those children have decided to speak out.

A Random House publication with research supported by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre. Continue reading