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"My brother was in the Dutch forces and after the war spent some time in Indonesia. He brought this box while serving in Indonesia and gave it to me as a gift. I used it in Holland and later in Australia to store my sewing bits and pieces."
Baukje den Exter Belongings

Meet Baukje den Exter and see the sewing box her brother gave her from Indonesia.
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"That was one of the main items we brought because coffee was very much drunk in Holland. Bringing it over here and using it again in Australia brought back memories of Holland, I guess - the family mealtimes, the smell of the coffee."
Maria Goulding

Meet Maria Goulding and she her Dutch coffee pot.
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"Joe sat in the hot coals, in the fire, when he was a little baby, in Italy. Because he was saved and didn’t get burnt, we put him in the St Anthony’s clothes - he's the patron saint [for protecting children] - from Italy to Australia. I washed [the suit] before Mass in the boat."
Caterina Grippo

Meet Caterina Grippo and see the suit her son wore on the ship from Italy.
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"This spinning wheel was given to me by one of my favourite cousins, Egon. He made it for my 16th birthday. When you wind it up it plays a well known Yugoslavian song about a girl who spins extremely well and if a man were to find a girl like this, he would be a lucky man indeed! My cousin was such a good carver; he had epilepsy so he didn't work, but he carved the most beautiful things, with lots of tiny detail - just beautiful. It is very special to me so I will keep it always and pass it on to one of my children."
Anna Iwanuscha Belongings

Meet Anna Iwanuscha and see her musical spinning wheel from Yugoslavia. Continue reading →

"It was hard to have left my mother. She took it pretty hard. There's these things from my mother – these little bells. I look at them and remember her."
Johann Kaiser

Meet Hans Kaiser from Tweed Heads and see his mother’s see his miniature cow bells from Austria.
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"We bought this traditional St Nicholas figurine when we went back to Croatia to visit family."
Julie Mesic

Meet Julie Mesic and see her St Nicholas figurine from Croatia.
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"These three plates show scenes of Croatia. We got these when we visited in 1983."
Milan Mesic

Meet Mick Mesic and see his plate from Croatia. Continue reading →

family kitchen utensils from Slovenia
Anton Potocnik Belongings

Meet Anton Potocnik and see his family kitchen utensils from Slovenia.
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"My brother gave me that glass bowl for my 21st birthday. It was full of talcum powder, and then there was a little powder puff, and the top. It's cut glass. That's what he gave me, which I have always kept."
Hilda (Billi) Turney OAM

Meet Billi Turney and see the glass powder bowl she received from her brother for her 21st birthday during World War Two in England. Continue reading →

Barbara Varela
Barbara Varela Belongings

Meet Barbara Varela and see the bedspread she made in Greece with her mother for her glory box. 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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