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"The final was between Leeds United and Sunderland. My husband Jack remembers the day like it was yesterday. It was pouring with rain and the second time Sunderland had ever won."
Ingrid Cohen

Meet Ingrid Cohen and see the English F.A. Cup Final program from 1973.
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"I stayed five months in Austria and the United Hias Service gave us food and accommodation. They fixed my travel to Australia and this is my visa."
Ivan Devai

Meet Ivan Devai and see the sailor bag which carried all his belongings to Australia in 1957.
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"The watch has my father's initials engraved on the back - JD. It was recovered after WW2, then kept safely during the Communist takeover and brought to Australia in 1976. The watch still works!"
Paul Drexler

Meet Paul Drexler and see his father’s fob-watch from Slovakia. Continue reading →

"This vase was always in the showcase in my grandmother's home in Calcutta. There was a pair and when we came to Australia my grandmother gave one to my mother and the other to my mother's sister. This is the only thing I've got from my late grandmother."
Diana Zilka

Meet Diana Zilka and see her grandmother’s vase from Calcutta, India.
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"Given at a farewell tea by the Indian families of the children I had treated, it was unexpected and moving gift. I felt overcome by the gesture and stammered through a thank you speech."
Ron Joffe

Meet Ron Joffe and see the cutlery set he was given at his farewell in South Africa.
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"These are the tickets for the ship that brought us from South Africa to Australia."
Esther Katz

Meet Esther Katz and see her boat tickets from South Africa to Australia in 1960.
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"This gift for my Barmitzvah was given by Umbo, a Chinese employee of my father. It is symbolic of the friendship between the Chinese and the Jewish communities."
Peter Nash

Meet Peter Nash and see the Chinese vases given to him as a Barmitzvah gift.
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"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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"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 →

Vera Faludi
Vera Faludi

Meet Vera Faludi and see the Bulgarian paintings she brought with her from Chile in 1971. Continue reading →

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SWEET HARVESTS

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/videos/sweetharvests.mp4
South Sea Islander and Indian communities on the banana farms and cane fields of the Tweed.

A Tweed River Regional Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre video.

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FAMILIES OF FORTUNE

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/videos/familiesoffortune.m4v Chinese migrants to the Tweed worked as market gardeners, banana growers, cooks, herbalists and shopkeepers.

A Tweed River Regional Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre video.

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