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

The Broken Hill Ottoman Flag is rare being unique and one a few items from the New Years Day attack at Broken Hill in 1915.

Discover the Jirin and Medaha that was handmade by Joseph John Isaac in 1938. The Jirin and Medaha were used to make ‘Kibee’ a traditional Lebanese dish.

The banner has historical value as a rare fabric banner from convict era Parramatta.

Discover the collection of objects from the German and Austrian refugees who transported to Australia on the SS Dunera and were later interred at Hay internment camp during World War Two.

The collection has historical significance as evidence of the history of the early Maronite Church and the Maronite community in the migrant histories of NSW.

Discover the stump from Frenchmans Cove at La Perouse NSW that was engraved by the crew of the Thetis and Esperance in 1824 to mark the grave of Peré Reçeveur, chaplain and naturalist to France’s great voyage of discovery in the Pacific of 1785 -1788, led by Jean François de Lapérouse.

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

See the silk wedding gown for Gertrude Pabst who lived in Germanton (later Holbrook) in the 1870s.

The Lady of Loreto statue has social significance to the Italian community at Griffith as an item of Catholic devotion.