White painted Bakelite hard hat, Snowy Mountains Authority, Australia, c 1953-1954. Standard issue protective clothing for use on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme.

The Italian-Australian community is ageing. How do elderly people spend their days? View stories of seven people who have left their mark on the Illawarra through their talents and skills.

An It.So.Wel. Wollongong documentary supported by the Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW.

The New Italy Museum Complex tells the intriguing tale of a group of northern Italian families who made their home in the Australian bush from 1882. *

Supported by the Powerhouse Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre.

Celebrate the cultural and historic contribution made by Italian fruiterers to Sydney’s social history.

A Co.As.It. database and touring photographic exhibition in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre.

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Hear the Premier of New South Wales, Barry O’Farrell, in his launch opening speech »

Meet Nino Rombola and see his farm hoe from Italy.

Meet Antonio Punturiero and see the wool his family brought from Italy in the late 1940s.

Meet Antonio Cunial and see the barber’s tools he brought from Italy in 1948.

Meet Eufemia Benussi and see the potato masher she brought over from Italy in 1955.

Meet Gina Bortolin-Papa and see her woollen healing scarf.