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view stories of migrants
who arrived in Australia in 1951
"I brought with me this sugar bag tablecloth I made and embroidered during the war in the 1940s. Sugar in those days came in cotton bags so when one was empty I must have asked for it."
Connie Baker

Meet Connie Baker and see the tablecloth she made from a sugar bag during WW2 in Holland.
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"This crystal decanter has always been used in our family for the Kiddush wine. It was bought the same time as thematzah cover."
Sigmund Ebert

Meet Sigmund Ebert and see the crystal decanter his mother bought in Germany in 1948. Continue reading →

"This was sent by my father's parents when we were leaving England for Australia. They were too upset to come to the boat-train to say goodbye."
Sheila Helprin

Meet Sheila Helprin and see the telegram sent by her grandparents when she left for Australia.
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family kitchen utensils from Slovenia
Anton Potocnik

Meet Anton Potocnik and see his family kitchen utensils from Slovenia.
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"It was brought over from Malta and used for cooking and warming washing water in our first home. My mother thought we might need it in Australia. The cast-iron primus is of European design and silver painted."
Pauline Peadon

Meet Pauline Peadon and see her spiritera from Malta.
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Bill: "The tools were all mine - two planes, a wooden mallet, chisels, a saw and a saw setter. I used them in Holland and then a little bit in the beginning in Australia until more modern tools were available."
Bill & Henny Kloosterman

Meet Bill Kloosterman and see his carpentry tools from Holland.
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"I made these comic books 1948-1949 in Taranto, Italy when we were in the refugee camps. My mother gave me money to buy fruit and I would buy these comics instead! I did a course in bookbinding at another camp in Averso, Italy."
Bruno Ladogna

I was born in 1935. My mother Caterina and I were originally from Pola in Istria, then in Italian territory. Continue reading →

Alexandra Gilbert (nee Koruniak)
Alexandra Gilbert

Meet Alexandra Gilbert from the Ukraine and see the postcards she received as a forced labourer in Nazi Germany. Continue reading →

"My brother was in the Dutch forces and after the war spent some time in Indonesia. He brought this box while serving in Indonesia and gave it to me as a gift. I used it in Holland and later in Australia to store my sewing bits and pieces."
Baukje den Exter

Meet Baukje den Exter and see the sewing box her brother gave her from Indonesia.
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Henny: "The stoof has a section underneath to place a metal or ceramic container filled with hot charcoal. It was used to put feet on in the large, cold Dutch churches. I brought it to Australia for sentimental value. It was my grandmother's. She always took it to church; it was the fashion over there because it was so cold".
Henny, Arthur & Baz Bobeldyk

Meet Henny Bobeldyk and see her grandmother’s stoof from Holland.
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