Projects: By Community Group

The Centre works with all communities regardless of racial, linguistic, spiritual or historical origin. Migration Heritage Centre projects are listed alphabetically by community group.

Arabic

» Lebanese And Arab Australian Communities Heritage Project Ongoing project
A project to promote the heritage of Arabic speaking Australians by collecting oral histories, identifying important places and historically and culturally significant objects and materials.

» Recycling: Another Way of Living Completed April 2001
A two day event organised by the community group "The Voice of Arabic Women" to celebrate the achievements of Arabic women, their testimonies and their artworks.

Assyrian

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Chinese

» Golden Threads Completed 2004
Golden Threads tells 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.

» Mapping Chinese Heritage in NSW Completed October 1999
"Mapping Chinese Heritage" identified and celebrated places and objects of value and importance to the Chinese community and to their history of settlement.

» No Ordinary Man. Sydneys Quong Tart: citizen, merchant & philanthropist Completed August 2004
Curated by Dr Nicola Teffer, No Ordinary Man. Sydney's Quong Tart: citizen, merchant & philanthropist is an important historical exhibition casting new light on the life of Quong Tart (1850-1903).

» From There to Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Cuban

» The Migration Series 1992-2002 Completed June 2003
This international project demonstrates how diverse communities throughout the world could be brought together and interconnected by art and the narrative voice of personal experience.

East Timorese

» Leaving The Crocodile: The Story Of The East Timorese Community In Sydney Completed December 2001
After the 1975 invasion of East Timor by Indonesia, East Timorese people fled to many parts of the world, including Australia. Their new homes became important bases from where it was possible to continue the Independence movement and to strengthen and maintain communities.

Egyptian

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Filipino

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Greek

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Italian

» Fruit Of Our Labour: Italians At Griffith - Riverina Current project
Griffith's first Italian settlers arrived in 1913. By 1933, one tenth of orchards were owned and managed by Italians and by 1954 at least half. After the Second World War, 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.

Study and workshops supporting Griffith Italian Museum and Cultural Centre exhibitions, heritage trails and other regional tourism initiatives

» Mapping Italian Heritage In NSW Completed October 1999
The project invites Italian groups to identify places and objects which are important to local communities and their cultural heritage.

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Jewish

» Crossroads: Shanghai And The Jews Of China Completed March 2002
From the 1840s until well after the Second World War, Jewish people from many different places made a home in Shanghai. Through stories, newspapers and photographs, the exhibition traces the history of the different Jewish communities, and explores their ways of life in Shanghai.

Lebanese

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Malaysian

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Macedonian

» A Multicultural Landscape: National Parks & The Macedonian Experience Completed December 2000
National Parks are valued by Australians in a variety of different ways. The many ways the natural environment is experienced, imagined and used reflects the enormous cultural diversity of contemporary Australia.

» From There to Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Maltese

» Illawarra Migration Heritage: Maltese Community Exhibition Current project
Learn more about the Illawarra's Maltese community through this exhibition.

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Polish

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Spanish

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Tamil

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

Thai

» Pai Nai Ma: Thai-Australian Experiences
Completed 2005
From the Loy Krathong festival to Buddhist temples, Thai culture has become a part of the Parramatta and wider Australian story. Reflected in this exhibition are experiences of living in Thailand, migration to Australia and contemporary life from the Thai-Australian perspective.

Exhibition at the Parramatta Heritage Centre with exhibition catalogue available for sale. Online exhibition will be on the Migration Heritage Centre website in late 2006.

Vietnamese

» From There To Here Stories Ongoing project
A project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW Department for Education and Training.

» Oral History Project: Vietnamese Community in Australia Completed September 2001
In 2000, the Vietnamese Australian community celebrated the 25th anniversary of Vietnamese settlement in Australia. As part of this celebration, an oral history project was established to reflect on the community's past, present and future, and to provide an opportunity for Vietnamese Australians to tell their own stories in their own words.

» The Boat Completed November 2001
Vietnamese-Australian artist Dacchi Dang collaborated with Vietnamese community members to tell the story of their journey from Vietnam to Australia for The Boat Project.