NSW Migration Heritage Centre Homepage

      HomeAbout Exhibitions Publications Research Teachers Links   
Loading

This website has been archived and is no longer updated.

The content featured is no longer current and is being made available to the general public for research and historical information purposes only.
Belongings

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • View stories by…
    • Cultural Background
    • Place of Departure
    • Arrival Date
    • Migrant Accomodation
    • Project Partner
    • Participant’s Family Name
  • About Belongings
    • About the project
    • Australia’s migration history
    • Caring for belongings
    • Belongings Guide
    • Belongings paper
    • Public History Review
  • Credits

view stories of migrants
who arrived in Australia in 1958
magazine
Gyõrgy (George) Bànsàgi

Meet George Bansagi and see the furniture magazine he used to build items for his first house in Wollongong in the late 1960s. Continue reading →

"I saved up and bought the Akkord transistor radio myself. It cost a lot of money. Akkord is the firm who made the first portable radios in Germany."
Trudy Schilling

Meet Trudy Schilling and see the heating element and jug she used to make her own coffee at Bonegilla migrant hostel in 1959. Continue reading →

Pages: 1 2
"My hurley stick is used in the Irish game of hurling. It is made of wood and is similar to a hockey stick. I brought the stick with me as a reminder of playing sport in Ireland."
Denis Donovan

Meet Denis Donovan and his hurley stick from Ireland.
Continue reading →

"These traditional Serbian shoes were purchased in Lika in Croatia and are important in knowing some of my heritage."
Momchilo Sedlan

Meet Momchilo Sedlan and see his traditional Serbian shoes.
Continue reading →

"Our ship was burning and the smoke was so thick I could hardly see. I was wearing a chain with St Christopher around my neck; an old girlfriend in Germany had given it to me as a good luck charm. The chain got caught on the lever of a door which was a chute that goes down to the engine room. I think St Christopher saved my life!"
Karlheinz Otto Karthauser

Meet Karl Karthauser and see the St. Christopher medal that saved his life in 1958.
Continue reading →



Cultural Background

Place of Departure

Date of Arrival

Migrant Accommodation

Project Partner

Family name
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Z



Ingrid Cohen
George Coutsoumbes
Esther Katz
Walter Schmied
Stefania Petryk
Marta Aquino


www.belongings.com.au



» Exhibitions
» Stories
» Visit Places
» Publications
» Research
» Teachers

ADDRESS

Powerhouse Museum
Telephone +61 (02) 9217 0111
500 Harris Street, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
info@phm.gov.au

The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a NSW Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission.



© 2010 NSW Migration Heritage Centre