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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Meet Domenico Sidonio and see the clock that woke him up for work in the
Snowy Mountains in 1953.
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!["The tablecloth is very special. When Princess Elizabeth of England was getting married in November 1947, the ladies in the [DP] camp decided to make her a present. They, including my mother, embroidered a beautiful little tablecloth. My mother copied that pattern and reproduced [it]."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/simanowsky-tablecloth-150x150.jpg)
Meet Helen Simanowsky and see the blouse her mother made from a scarf given by German soldiers during WW2. Continue reading
Meet Silvia Saccaro and see the nightdress she made for her baby daughter when they first came to Australia in 1961. Continue reading
Meet Stefania Petryk and see the diary she has kept since coming to Australia in 1950. Continue reading
!["This is the wallet I had with me from the age of 14. I had [it] with me in the Ukraine and all the time I was in France and Germany during the [Second World] war."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bojko-wallet-150x150.jpg)
Meet John Bojko and see the wallet he carried with him through the Ukraine, Germany and France during WW2. Continue reading
Meet Mihai Maghiaru and see the Communist flag he tore in the late 1940s. Continue reading
Meet Walter Schmied and see his plane from Austria. It was also used to build his first home in Australia in the 1960s. Continue reading
Meet Momchilo Sedlan and see his traditional Serbian shoes.
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Meet Manuela Provenzano and see the plate warmer she mistakenly bought to cook food with at Cabramatta migrant hostel in 1972. Continue reading
Meet Sigmund Ebert and see the crystal decanter his mother bought in Germany in 1948. Continue reading
Meet Maririta Torsello and see her mother’s snake made from WW2 hand grenades. Continue reading
Meet Silvana Toia and see her childhood embroidery loom from Italy, brought to Australia by her mother.
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Meet Brunhilde Srejic and see the tools from Germany she hoped to use as a hairdresser in Australia.
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Meet Marie Sekutkovski and see her husband’s ruler. It was given to him on his voyage to Australia and was used at his first tailor’s shop in Orange.
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Meet Nino Rombola and see his farm hoe from Italy.
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Meet Alexandra Rezko and see her father’s scythe from Germany.
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!["We stuffed the cover [with wool] so we would have a bed to sleep on. I always found it funny that we bought wool to Australia where so much wool was produced."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wool-150x150.jpg)
Meet Antonio Punturiero and see the wool his family brought from Italy in the late 1940s.
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Meet Fella Porcu and see the sheets she hand-made in Italy.
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Meet Elisa Pizzuti and see the bust her husband sculpted of her in Italy in the late 1940s. Continue reading
Meet Teresa Pirrottina and see her cup and saucer from Italy.
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!["My Aunty Caterina asked us to bring her one, no-one had one here. In Italy, we boil the ripe tomatoes, then squeeze [them] through the sieve. We would do this every time we have pasta sauce which was a lot."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sieve-150x150.jpg)
Meet Carmela Pasquetti and see her tomato sieve from Italy. Continue reading
Meet Salvatore Papasidero and see the exercise book he used for English classes in Australia.
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Meet Mick Mesic and see his plate from Croatia. Continue reading
!["My husband was a fine cabinetmaker. I have one [item from] the early years when we come out here - just a little cassette. I didn’t ask him, he just made it for me. He made this type of furniture in Austria."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/timber_sm.jpg)
Meet Elizabeth Mergl and see the clock she used to time feeding her baby son as they fled from Hungary to Austria in 1944. Continue reading
![Helen: "In 1989 we went to the Ukraine and my husband's [Sam] sister gave them to me. She had made them a long time ago."](../cms/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lihos-dress-150x150.jpg)
Meet Helen Lihos and see her hand embroidered dress from the Ukraine. Continue reading
Meet Inga Krain and see her sugar cube holder from Germany. Continue reading
Meet Yolanda Takacs and see her Hungarian national costume.
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Meet Domenica Scarcella and see her statue of the Madonna, a family heirloom from Italy.
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Meet Teresa Restifa and see the bedcover purchased in the 1940s for her mother’s glory box.
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