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Objects Through Time: hungarian

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1950 Fairfield Commonwealth Hostels Ltd. Recipe Book No. 32 and No. 66

The Villawood Migrant Hostel recipe books and dining equipment are historically significant as evidence of the daily ritual of communal dining at the Hostel from 1948 until the mid 1980s. 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 →

1950 – 1960 Westbridge Migrant Hostel Bassinette

The first major post-war wave of migration started with displaced persons. These people had fled their countries of birth due to war, dislocation… Continue reading →

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