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"I mistakenly bought the plate warmer to cook pasta at Cabramatta hostel! It is white enamel and has a pull out grill."
Manuela Provenzano

Meet Manuela Provenzano and see the plate warmer she mistakenly bought to cook food with at Cabramatta migrant hostel in 1972. Continue reading →

"The plate is about 12cm in diameter with embossed image of pyramids and sphinx. I brought it over from Egypt to remind me of my life there."
Eugenie Constantine

Meet Eugenie Constantine and see her bronze plate from Egypt. Continue reading →

"The bust was of me when I was 19 years old. It was made by my husband Nicola who was then my boyfriend and he gave it to me as a gift. He was very proud of it. It stands at about 20cm high and is made of hand sculpted cement."
Elisa Pizzuti

Meet Elisa Pizzuti and see the bust her husband sculpted of her in Italy in the late 1940s. Continue reading →

"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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"This photo shows my mother, father and myself looking at the albums."
Frederick Mayer

Meet Frederick Mayer and see the photograph albums documenting his life until in the 1950s. Continue reading →

"I kept the spoon while I was at Plaszow and Mathausen because if I lost it I would have to use my fingers to eat. I have kept it because it holds the memory of that time for me."  Photograph courtesy of Sydney Jewish Museum
Arthur Hill

Meet Arthur Hill and see the spoon he used at Nazi concentration camps in Europe.
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"My daughter wore the pink, knitted jumpsuit on arrival in Australia. The photo is of her wearing the jumpsuit just before leaving Argentina."
Maria del Carmen Geroncio

Meet Maria Del Carmen Geroncio and see her First Holy Communion prayer book from Argentina. Continue reading →

"The pestle is about 18 cm long and mortar about 14 cm diameter. They were brought to Australia by my mother on our migration journey. We thought there were no Egyptian utensils in Australia."
Nicholas Burgeia

Meet Nicholas Burgeia and see his mother’s brass pestle and mortar from Egypt.
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"The metal potato masher was used for making gnocci and brought over by my wife, Eufemia."
Domenico & Eufemia Benussi

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

"I hand-made the toolbox and various work tools of mine including a chisel used to chip and fashion wood and a lathe to smooth and shave wood surfaces. I brought it over from Greece to help me find work."
Alexander Anagnostou

Alexander Anagnostou from Kato Tritos, Mytilini, Greece (edit this blurb) Continue reading →



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