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1945 – 1950 Griffith Lace Collection

This lace collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a family craft handed down from mother to daughter. Continue reading →

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1946 Griffith Cottage Industry Textiles Collection

This cottage industry textiles collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a family craft handed down from mother to daughter. Continue reading →

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1909 Griffith Tin Travel Trunk

This trunk from Griffith is of historic significance as a typical piece of equipment used by migrants to transport and store their belongings. Continue reading →

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1940 Griffith Bocce Balls

This set of bocce balls is of historic significance as evidence of the transfer of a men’s social activity from Italy to Griffith, Australia. Continue reading →

1943 Cowra Prisoner Of War Identity Card

Read Pasquale Dogao’s Prisoner of War Identity Card from the Cowra camp, 1943. Continue reading →

Quarantine Station Wax Casts of Small Pox Sufferer c.1900s
1900 Quarantine Station Wax Casts of Small Pox Sufferer

The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station. 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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