The collection consists of personal ephemera brought to Australia by Italian Women chain migrating to Australia between 1920 and the 1970s.

The Bier stein and eisstock game piece are social and culturally significant. The German-Austrian Society of Australia Club was formed to assist Post World War II migrants to resettle into suburban Fairfield community life between 1945 and 1960, and fulfil an important social and cultural role in an alienating culture.

This stove is of historic significance as a symbol of achievement, reflecting a high point in the early struggles of an economically impoverished migrant family from the Griffith area.

This tea chest cupboard from Griffith is of historic significance as an improvised craft, reflecting the resourcefulness of economically impoverished migrant families.

The bedroom chest and kitchen knives are examples of craft improvised in Australia by Italian men. It is significant to Italian families as evidence and a reminder of hard times as Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area pioneers.

Life on the land was tough in the 1930s and many had to make do with what they could recycle as evidenced by the Bush Furniture Collection made from packing boxes by Angelo Dal Santo of Griffith.

The baptismal font has social significance as evidence of the role of religion in the lives of German settlers in the Riverina.