WHAT'S NEW ON THE NSW MIGRATION HERITAGE CENTRE WEBSITE

 

 

BELONGINGS: post-Second World War migration memories & journeys

Meet ANNA FOX and see the hat she wore on her honeymoon en route to
Australia in 1967: 

www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/belongings/fox
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Radio 2GB broadcaster Murray Wilton interviews a Belongings participant
each Sunday around 2.30-3pm for his show, The Good Life on 873AM. Listen
to Anna this Sunday and hear her talk about her migration and settlement
memories.

 

 

OBJECTS THROUGH TIME

Discover the 12 string electric guitar Harry Vanda played with the
Easybeats during their heyday. The Easybeats are regarded as Australia's
greatest pop band from the 1960s and formed from a group of migrant
teenagers living at the Villawood Migrant Hostel:
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NEW NSW MIGRATION HERITAGE CENTRE ONLINE EXHIBITION

 

FIELDS OF MEMORIES: THE SCHEYVILLE TRAINING FARM AND MIGRANT
ACCOMMODATION CENTRE 1911-1964
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Scheyville National Park, in north-west Sydney, was the location of an
agricultural training farm for English child migrants in the early 20th
century, and later a migrant accommodation centre after the Second World
War. Discover its rich history covering two major periods of Australian
nation-building:

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Online exhibition produced by the NSW Migration Heritage Centre in
partnership with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department
of Environment and Conservation (NSW) with support from Powerhouse
Museum Regional Services and the State Records Authority of NSW.

 

 

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John Petersen

Manager

NSW MIGRATION HERITAGE CENTRE

www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au
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The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a NSW
Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission.

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