Projects

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10 Stories From Bankstown

Bankstown City Council

People of different generations and cultures share their experiences of migration and living in Australia.

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60th Anniversary of Post-WW2 Migration

Powerhouse Museum

The NSW Migration Heritage Centre celebrated the 60th anniversary of mass migration following the Second World War at a reception at the Powerhouse Museum on 12 March 2007.

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A Multicultural Landscape

National Parks - Macedonian Experience

For many migrant communities national parks are important landscapes for outdoor celebrations and festivities and for continuing social traditions.

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A Place For The Friendless Female

Historic Houses Trust Of NSW

The Migration Heritage Centre supported the Hyde Park Barracks Museum’s initiatives to raise the Barrack’s profile as a significant heritage site associated with 19th century female immigration.

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Beirut To Baghdad

Powerhouse Museum, SBS Radio

The first Powerhouse Museum collection-based exhibition to be showcased within the Australian Communities Gallery. A cooperative project with Arabic-speaking Australians, and part of the Wattan project.

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Belongings – Post-WW2 Migration Memories

Various Partners

Winner 2010 National Trust Heritage Awards. The post-World War Two migration wave is an important era in Australia’s history. Former migrants share their memories through personal mementos and photographs.

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Buddha – Radiant Awakening

Art Gallery Of NSW

Drawing on the growing popularity of Buddhism in society, the Art Gallery of NSW attracted new audiences to this exhibition.

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Canterbury’s People

Canterbury City Council

This project documents 20 oral histories of the predominant language and cultural groups in Canterbury City.

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Childhood Memories Of Migration

Fairfield City Council, Powerhouse Museum

Through stories, keepsakes, photographs and an interactive DVD, this exhibition explored the personal experiences of children who lived in Villawood (Westbridge) and Cabramatta hostels from the 1950s to 1990s.

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Community Stories

Sydney Jewish Museum

‘Community Stories’ supports the wishes of ageing Holocaust survivors who would like their life story to be written. For most of these Jewish migrants, English is not their first language.

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Crossroads – Jewish People Of China

Sydney Jewish Museum, Powerhouse Museum

Through stories, newspapers and photographs, the exhibition traced the history of Jewish communities, and explored their ways of life in Shanghai.

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Cultureworks – Migration And Working Life

Various

Exchanges between cultures often take place in the workplace. Cultural diversity defines our workplaces.

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Cultureworks – Wollondilly

Wollondilly Heritage Centre

The contribution of a number of migrant communities to a core industry in the Wollondilly area – the poultry industry.

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Different Sights

University Of New England

A thematic history of the presence and contributions of Australians from non-English-speaking backgrounds in the New England Tablelands region.

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Education On The Move

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority

A Sydney–based learning program for schools. Primary and secondary school students are immersed in Sydney’s rich migration heritage as they tour some of this city’s most fascinating streets.

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Exploring Lebanese Heritage In NSW

Australian Lebanese Historical Society

The Lebanese are one of the largest and oldest migrant communities in NSW. An Australian Lebanese Historical Society thematic study has highlighted the migration story and the contribution of Lebanese communities to our heritage.

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Fairfield – Evolution Of A Migrant City

Fairfield City Museum And Gallery

A heritage study documenting how waves of migration have formed a diverse community in Fairfield with a shared identity and a sense of place.

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Families Of Fortune

Tweed River Regional Museum

Highly Commended 2010 National Trust Heritage Awards. ‘Families Of Fortune’ documents the presence and contribution of Chinese people in the Tweed from the 19th century to the present.

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Fishing The Georges River

NSW Department of Environment

Fishing is a popular and democratic recreational activity for many Australians. The migration experiences, history and heritage legacies of various community groups are explored through this project.

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From Estonia To Thirlmere

Wollondilly Heritage Centre

In the 1930s, a small group of Estonians set up poultry farms near Thirlmere which survive today and are now surrounded by some 60 farms. Many of the farmers and labourers are former post-Second World War migrants from Estonia.

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From The Back Blocks To The Front Lines

Co.As.It.

This touring exhibition features photographs and memories of early Italian settlers and their families through active participation with the local Italian community.

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From There To Here

NSW Department Education and Training

Winner 2002 National Trust Heritage Awards. Through weekend and evening classes, students are able to study, value and practise the traditional languages of their homeland.

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Fruits Of Our Labour

Griffith City Council, Italian Museum

Highly Commended 2008 National Trust Heritage Awards. After WW2, Griffith’s Italian business interests helped create the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area as a nationally important place for growing and processing rice, grapes and citrus and stone fruits.

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GENERATE

University Of Western Sydney

Explores the ways in which youth from Middle Eastern and Asian communities living in Western Sydney construct and express their identities through their popular culture.

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Germantowns, Germanstories

Museum Of The Riverina

The Riverina’s German communities grew and prospered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries via the local wool and agricultural industries – before enduring wartime persecution.

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Getting Married

Marrickville Community History Group

The stories of different generations of migrant couples including the experiences of those in cross-cultural marriages.

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Golden Threads

Powerhouse Museum

Winner 2005 National Trust Heritage Awards. The story of the Chinese people who came to, and sometimes settled in, New South Wales, from the first arrivals in the early 1800’s, through the turbulent goldrush years and into the 20th century.

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Half A World Away

Orange City Council

Highly Commended 2008 National Trust Heritage Awards. Following the Second World War, migrants from Europe made their home in Orange. Many worked in the Email whitegoods factory and some were housed in the ‘tent city’ next door.

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Illawarra Maltese Community

Illawarra Migration Heritage Project

Learn more about the Illawarra’s Maltese community through this exhibition.

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Investigating Migration Heritage – Wollongong

Illawarra Migration Heritage Project

This richly illustrated new book will encourage people to record their migration history and experiences and to care for associated records, photos and family belongings.

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Leaving The Crocodile

Liverpool Regional Museum

The story of the East Timorese community in Sydney – After the 1975 invasion of East Timor by Indonesia, East Timorese people fled to many parts of the world, including Australia.

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Liverpool Migration History Project

Liverpool City Council

From First Fleet Colonial Europeans to the end of the infamous ‘White Australia’ policy, this project explores all waves of settlement in the Liverpool City local government area.

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Living From A Suitcase

NSW Department for Women

A travelling exhibition of artistic expressions and cultural heritage by immigrant and refugee women.

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Macedonian Aprons – Hidden Treasure

Macedonian Welfare Association

Winner 2010 National Trust Heritage Awards. This Illawarra research project culminated in the Powerhouse Museum’s Sydney Design Week exhibition ‘Ties With Tradition: Macedonian Apron Designs’.

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Mapping Chinese Heritage In NSW

NSW Heritage Office

Identified and celebrated places and objects of value and importance to the Chinese community and to their history of settlement.

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Mapping Italian Heritage In NSW

NSW Heritage Office

The project invited Italian groups to identify places and objects which are important to local communities and their cultural heritage.

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Meie uus kodu (Our New Home)

Powerhouse Museum

Following WW2, many Estonians took up poultry farming, orcharding, canning or pickling at Thirlmere. Others congregated in urban areas such as Cabramatta. Sizeable communities also formed in Newcastle, Canberra and Wollongong.

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Migration Heritage Toolkit

NSW Heritage Office

The Migration Heritage Toolkit has been developed as a result of workshops with migrant communities in Albury, Broken Hill and Orange.

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Migration Memories

Fairfield City Museum And Gallery

Stories about migrating to Australia and coming to live in Fairfield are important to our Western Sydney region’s history.

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Migration To The Tweed

Tweed River Regional Museum

Winner 2009 National Trust Heritage Awards. This thematic study researched the book ‘The Other Side Of The World: International Migration To The Tweed 1940s to 1960s’.

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