Life in the Homeland
Filippi Family portrait taken in Italy prior to Giacomo leaving for Australia to prepare for his family's migration to Wollongong. mhp00267
Life in the Homeland
Family home in Tombolo, Padova, Italy ca 1960s. mhp01382
Life in the Homeland
Family home in Vedelago, Italy. Photo date is 1987. mhp01381
Life in the Homeland
Monument honouring all those who migrated to other lands, Valli del Pasubio, Italy. "in memory of our emmigrants who, over the course of many years, with silence and dignity, took to the roads of the world". mhp01327
Life in the Homeland
A street in the village of Velusina, Macedonia in the 1980s. mhp01284
Life in the Homeland
Syringe kits brought from Italy by Anna Maria Facci in 1960. These kits were kept in the family home for use by the doctor or family member when administering medications intravenously. mhp01374
Life in the Homeland
Fikker-Wubbolt family one month before migrating to Australia in June 1950. Family settled in Wollongong. mhp01329
Life in the Homeland
William Gartley McGill with his mother, aunt and father in Scotland 3-5 years prior to his migrating to Wollongong, Australia, in 1952. mhp01299
Life in the Homeland
As a young man before migrating to Australia with his wife and children in the 1950s, Robert Neil Tyghe served in the British Army during World War 2. mhp01298
Life in the Homeland
As a young woman before migrating to Australia with her husband and children in the 1950s, Ethel Mary Tyghe (nee Brooker) served in the WRENS during World War 2. mhp01292
Life in the Homeland
YMCA and YWCA run camp at Glasenbar, Austria, 1958. Many stayed in this camp before coming to Australia such as Drago Radinovic in the centre of the group wearing a trench coat. mhp01270
Life in the Homeland
Coat worn by Drago Radinovic before he came to Australia. This was on of the few pieces of clothing that he brought to Australia. mhp01262
Life in the Homeland
The Trajcevski wedding photo (date unknown) taken in Macedonia. They later migrated to to Australia with their children and settled in the Illawarra. mhp00407
Life in the Homeland
Group of people in front of a bus about to depart the village of Meseista in Macedonian for Australia, ca 1974. mhp01269
Life in the Homeland
Group of people on the steps of teh park at Bitola station in Macedonia prior to leaving for Australia, ca. 1959. mhp01260
Life in the Homeland
Group of people in front of a house in Velusina, Macedonia, ca 1959. mhp01259
Life in the Homeland
Trendo Trajcevski with his wife and sons at the back of their family home in Velusina, Macedonia, 1959. mhp01258
Life in the Homeland
People from villages in Macedonia were self-sufficient farmers including making clothing like these aprons which were an integral part of the wedding dress with patterns and colours telling which part of Macedonian people came from. mhp01058
Life in the Homeland
Three Greek men on the beach in Alexandria, Egypt ca. early 1930s. A large Greek community was living in Egypt but changing laws saw many resettle in other countries like Australia. mhp01084
Life in the Homeland
Eva and Lukacs Castle working in a vineyard in Hungary in the early 1950s. mhp01265
Life in the Homeland
Money (note) kept by Tadeuz Lewandowski, who migrated from Poland. mhp01421
Life in the Homeland
Bible and wedding corsage used by a Croatian couple, the Radinovics, who were living at a refugee camp in Austria before they migrated to Australia. mhp01419
Life in the Homeland
Elizabeth Mosar, who was originally from Poland, and her first husband Elemer in Vienna, Austria, 1948. mhp01418
life in the Homeland
Sandor Csok as a young boy in Hungary, date unknown. Sandor wopuld later migrate to Australia in the 1950s and settle in the Illawarra. mhp01417
Life in the Homeland
Sandor Csok visiting his aunty at her family home in Vizvar, Hungary, 1991, first visit to Hungary since late 1950s when he migrated to Australia. mhp01416
Life in the Homeland
Terezija Vucko with friends in Zarovnica, Croatia, 1950.
Terezija would later migrate to Australia and settle in the Illawarra. mhp01415
Life in the Homeland
Gunda Weiss (from Latvia) and Willi Klavins on their wedding day 1949, Nuremberg Germany. They later were re-settled in Australia. mhp01412
Polish couple, Elisabeth Wacholtz and Tadeusz Lewandowksi, on their wedding day in Gottingen, Germany, 1948. They were later re-settled in Australia. mhp01411
Life in the Homeland
Grandmother saying goodbye to her grandchildren as they leave Malta to migrate to Australia with their parents from the Scibberas and Borg Families. mhp01388