Carlo still tells me that he arrived in November, and that first Christmas he cried like a baby and if he'd had the money he would have gone home.
Filomena Tormena

I decided to come to Broken Hill because I had a friend there. I stayed with him one night. He introduced me to an Italian, Mr Ottowa, who offered me a job in Wilcannia.
Luigi Zanette

We spent four years in the Arabian Desert in that place called Sinai. Our daughter, Sinai, was born during that time and named accordingly. After four years, the Great Britain government paid the travelling expenses for us to come to Broken Hill. We came to this country to start a new life.
Luka Oreb

We came to Broken Hill to see my step-father's friend Tony Dunkiert and his wife Anna. They had met in the army in Germany. You had to have a guarantor for somewhere to live and somewhere to work. My uncle's friend was guarantor for all three of us.
Karl Karthauser

Three of dad's brothers and his brother-in-law emigrated to Australia and worked in the mines at Broken Hill. Two of the brothers returned to Italy in 1926 and dad decided that he too would emigrate to Australia and go to Broken Hill.
Noris Braes

My father was a farmer whose crops failed, so when Franko Farcich suggested he join him in Broken Hill, my dad saw this as an opportunity to provide for his family.
Ivan Vlatko

When I married Ivan in 1957, I knew his wish was to join his father in Broken Hill. I was sad to leave my family, but I was happy to be joining my husband.
Jagoda Vlatko

Spiros was so lonely his mother told him she would send him a good girl from Greece. They spoke to my father and he asked me if I wanted to go to Australia.
Vasiliki (Vickie) Niarros