Meet Rosina Rombola and see the Italian weaving frame used to make patterns on her home-made nacatoli biscuits and macaroni pasta.
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view stories of migrants
who arrived in Australia in 1952
who arrived in Australia in 1952
Meet Moses Aaron and see his father’s book on Moses. Continue reading
Meet Domenico Sidonio and see the clock that woke him up for work in the
Snowy Mountains in 1953.
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Meet Dagmar Kanck and see the sewing machine she brought with her from Norway to Broken Hill in 1952.
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Meet Anne Hawker and see her handwritten school diary from Holland.
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!["When I was working in the machinery factory after the Second World War, I had a Dutch Workers’ Union book. [It] was used to put a stamp in each week when I paid my union fee; it was a record of my contribution. These contributions went towards workers who were ill and unable to work or to create fairer work conditions. I felt it was important to support the union."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/book2-150x150.jpg)
Meet Jan De Kruiff and see his from union book from Holland. Continue reading
Meet Gwen Cole and see the children’s book she hid at Fairbridge Farm School in Australia in 1954. Continue reading
Meet Gina Bortolin-Papa and see her woollen healing scarf.
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