Created in partnership with Wollongong Library for History Week 2024, an exhibition of forty images showing life of Illawarra’s migrant settlers and refugees from diverse cultural backgrounds is available for…
‘I Arrived with One Suitcase, A Woman’s Journey’ The Migration Heritage Project is pleased to host Julijana Griffiths as our AGM guest speaker on Saturday, 2 December 2023, commencing at…
Updated 9 September 2023 The Development Application for the relocation of the three remaining NSW State Heritage Listed Hostel Huts at the former Balgownie/Fairy Meadow Hostel has been withdrawn with…
How Castagne Day Got Started in Wollongong Depending on what suburb you lived, what Italian community group you belonged to or your circle of Italian friends, there are different versions…
#RideThePast Exhibition A collection of 14 stories of migrants and refugees cyclists living in the Illawarra ranging from everyday people to elite sportsmen and women. #RideThePast Exhibition is a Spin…
Right now, I love living and working in the Illawarra (home to Aboriginal people for over twenty thousand years and in Dharawal language aptly meaning “a place near the sea”). What makes…
LEST WE FORGET OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN OF DIVERSE CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS – REMEMBRANCE DAY Among the soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) were men from first, second and third…
May 2021 – This study is now complete and available for download. March 2020 – Franca Facci (MHP), Chris Lacey (MCCI) and consultant John Petersen met with the feasibility study…
MHP’s recent Facebook post on Wednesday 17 February 2021 about the half house built by Theodorus and Mathilda Jansen has raised the curiosity of some our followers which I hope…
MHP Presentation on Hostel Life – Stories of Assisted Migration & Housing Saturday 29 February 2020, 9.30am, Fraternity Club 11 Bourke Street Fairy Meadow, NSW Admission Free but Booking Essential.…
The ‘Illawarra Food Business Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalised our Palates’ exhibition enjoyed an encore presentation September to 14 October 2019 at the Wollongong City Council’s Curio Gallery, an…
The FOOD BUSINESS was an exhibition about Wollongong’s own ‘foody’ pioneers. The exhibition showcased the individuals that brought new flavours and colours to the palates of the people in the…
A history of the Dutch Immigrant families who settled in the Illawarra in the 1950’s Bill Fikkers is a member of the Migration Heritage Project, an example how the Migration…
