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MHP Committee and participants at first MHP workshop at the Greek Community Hall, Atchison Street, Wollongong, in 2003. mhp01273
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At the first MHP workshop, Arthur Mandicos interviews Rina Montgomery, 2003. mhp00198
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Franca Facci, chair of MHP, addressing a community meeting in Wollongong to save the remaining Nissen Huts at Fairy Meadow, 2003. mhp00090
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Louise Thom, heritage consultant and member of MHP, addressing a community meeting in Wollongong to save the remaining Nissen Huts at Fairy Meadow, 2003. mhp00091
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Fidelia Pontarolo, secretary MHP, receiving Multicultural Documentary Heritage Workshop Certificate, held at the National Library of Australia, from Sir James Gobbo, Chairmen National Library of Australia Council, 2004. mhp00200
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MHP presentation at the George Cross Falcons Club, 25-27 Lake Avenue Cringila “Preserving Your Local History through Objects, Records and Oral History” featuring the George Cross Falcons Club and Members of the Maltese Community, 2004. mhp00086
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Franca Facci, chair of the MHP, addressing attendees at the MHP AGM, 2005. mhp00002
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MHP first website was launched in 2006, prior to then it was still new and relatively out of reach financially to non-profits. mhp00073
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Franca Facci addresses the audience at the Launch of the MHP's first website, held at the Old Wollongong Court House Belmore Basin, 2006. mhp00059
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Franca Facci, Chair MHP, greeting guests outside the Old Wollongong Courthouse at the Launch of the first MHP website, 2006. Beside Franca is Peter Bestman, committee member of MHP (hands in pocket). mhp00040
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Wes Wickham (website designer) Gregor Cullen, Louise Thom and Peter Bestman (MHP committee) with a guest outside the Old Wollongong Courthouse at the Launch of the first MHP website, 2006. mhp00045
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(Rear L-R) David Campbell, Val Zanotto and Olga Romano (MHP committee), (Front L-R) Rina Montgomery, Giulia Bonacina, ,MHP committee, Fidelia Pontarolo (MHJ secretary) and Franca Facci (MHP chairperson) at the Launch of the first MHP website, 2006. mhp00071
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Mendo Trajcevski, Vice Chair of MHP, addressing the guests at the Maltese St George Cross Falcon's Club Exhibition held in the foyer of the Wollongong City Council building in 2006. mhp00692
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David Campbell, MP, officially launching the Maltese St George Cross Falcon's Club Exhibition held in the foyer of the Wollongong City Council building, 2006.
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At the launch of the Maltese St George Cross Falcon's Club Exhibition held in the foyer of the Wollongong City Council building in 2006. (L-R) Councillor Anne Woods, David Campbell, MP, Councillor Anne Woods, Sharon Bird MP, Lorraine Vargas (Maltese Community Worker), Noreen Hayes MP, Gregor Cullen MHP committee and exhibition designer, mhp00701
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Franca Facci, Chair of MHP, opening the 2007 MHP AGM. mhp00010
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2007 MHP AGM guest presenter, Meredith Walker, giving her talk on “First Accommodation” that migrants lived in after migrating to Wollongong Post WW2. mhp00008
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MHP members and guests at the 2007 MHP AGM. mhp00011
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Franca Facci, Chair of MHP, thanking Meredith Walker, guest presenter at the 2007 MHP AGM. mhp00012
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Presentation by Franca Facci, Chair MHP, to the Illawarra & Southern Highlands Chapter of Musems Australia at the Wollondilly Heritage Centre in 2007. mhp00089
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Tamara Hynd, Tongarra Heritage Society, presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Franca Facci following a presentation by MHP to the Tongarra Heritage Society in 2008. mhp00110
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2008 MHP AGM, Michael Organ guest presenter who spoke about Count Paul Strzelecki. mhp00014
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Zofia Laba presenting her and Barbara Mazur’s research about early Polish pioneers in Wollongong, Ignacy Zlotkowski and John Radecki, at the 2008 MHP AGM.
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Michael Organ, Barbara Mazur and Zofia Laba, the 2008 MHP AGM guest presenters, who spoke about the early Polish pioneers in Australia. mhp00017
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Ryszard Sarkowicz, the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, presents a gift to the MHP Chairperson, Franca Facci in appreciation of the presentation on early Polish pioneers in Australia given at the 2008 MHP AGM.
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MHP collaborated with students from the UOW Arts faculty who used MHP research to create plays on how migrants must have felt about living in hostel huts. The replica mini Nissen huts were created by UOW's Flossie Peitsch. Plays were presented by the students during 2009 Viva la Gong. mhp00196
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Eva Castle, MHP committee member, was the Guest Speaker at MHP 2009 AGM held in the BlueScope Steel Gallery in the Wollongong City Gallery. Eva’s presentation was based on her research on ‘Women in Work: Unpicking the Working Lives of Women in the Illawarra Textile, Clothing & Footwear Industry from 1940s to 2009’. mhp00024
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Display of Women in Work Research material created by the MHP, MHP 2009 AGM, BlueScope Steel Gallery in the Wollongong City Gallery. mhp00025
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MHP Places Project Workshop 20 February 2009 held at the University of Wollongong. MHP often collaborates with other organisations and associations. mhp01074
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The Public Art Project committee who were responsible for the funding and installation of the Migrants Monument in George Dodd Park, Cliff Road, North Wollongong, 2009. mhp01081
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MHP 2010 AGM guest speakers who gave illustrated talks on: (L-R) Dutchies in the Illawarra by Bill Fikkers; Early Immigrants to the Illawarra by Zofia Laba; and the Macedonian Community by Mendo Trajcevski, seen here with the MHP Chair, Franca Facci. mhp00039
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Bill Fikkers presenting his illustrated talk on Dutchies in the Illawarra at the MHP 2010 AGM. mhp00035
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Zofia Laba presenting her illustrated talk on Early Immigrants to the Illawarra at the MHP 2010 AGM.
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Mendo Trajcevski presenting his illustrated talk on the Macedonian Community at the MHP 2010 AGM. mhp00037
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Celebration of 10th anniversary of the MHP. mhp01129
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Franca Facci (Chair) and Peter Bestman (MHP Committee) cutting the MHP 10th Anniversary Cake, 2011. mhp01130
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Franca Facci addressing the audience at the MHP 2011 AGM annual presentation. mhp01122
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MHP Committee meeting, BlueScope Room Wollongong City Gallery, 2011. mhp01121
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MHP Committee, 2011: Darinka Radinovic, Fidelia Pontarolo, Gregor Cullen, Mendo Trajcevski, Peter Bestman, Zofia Laba, Eva Castle, Franca Facci, Marzia Zochil, Giulia Bonacina. mhp01120
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Book launch of MHP's 'Every Story Counts : Recording Migration History : A Wollongong Case Study' guests gather before the proceedings begin on 17 October 2022. mhp01136
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Audience at launch of MHP's publication 'Every Story Counts : Recording Migration History : A Wollongong Case Study' at Wollongong Art Gallery, 2015. mhp01151
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Behind the scenes at the book launch of MHP’s 'Every Story Counts : Recording Migration History : A Wollongong Case Study' on 17 October 2015, committee members and volunteers preparing refreshments for the guests. mhp01132
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Franca Facci, Chair MHP, being interviewed by WIN TV, at THE launch of MHP's publication 'Every Story Counts : Recording Migration History : A Wollongong Case Study' at Wollongong Art Gallery, 2015. mhp01140
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A collaborative exhibition between the UOW and MHP on Migration to the Illawarra launched in October 2016, was held in the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong Library. Eva Castle, MHP committee and the MHP’s exhibition curator works on installing the exhibition before the official launch. mhp01423
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A collaborative exhibition between the UOW and MHP on Migration to the Illawarra launched in October 2016, was held in the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong Library. Andrew Krajewski assists with the installation of the exhbition before the offical launch. mhp01424
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A collaborative exhibition between the UOW and MHP on Migration to the Illawarra launched in October 2016, was held in the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong Library. Fidelia Pontarolo (secretary MHP) assists with the installation of the exhibition before the official launch.
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A collaborative exhibition between the UOW and MHP on Migration to the Illawarra launched in October 2016, was held in the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong Library. Andrew Krajewski assists with the installation of the exhbition before the offical launch. mhp01426
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Chair of MHP Franca Facci speaking with guests at the launch of the Migration to the Illawarra Exhibition, collaborative UOW/MHP exhibition at the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong, October 2016. mhp01429
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Chair of MHP, Franca Facci, addressing the audience at the MHP/UOW Migration to the Illawarra Exhibition, Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong Library, 2016.
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Chair of MHP speaking with guests at the launch of the Migration to the Illawarra Exhibition, collaborative UOW/MHP exhibition at the Panizzi Room, University of Wollongong, October 2016. mhp01428
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The MHP Committee at the MHP/UOW Migration to the Illawarra Exhibition, 2016 (Front): Franca Facci, (L-R) Marzia Bonacina Zochil, Zofia Laba, Gregor Cullen, Andrew Krajewski, Eva Castle, Fidelia Pontarolo, Darinka Radinovic. mhp01430
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The MHP work at installing the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition panels before the official launch at the Wollongong Library Theatrette on 24 June 2017. mhp01174
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Some of the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition panels at the Wollongong Library Theatrette on 24 June 2017. mhp01176
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Zofia Laba (MHP Committee) and Franca Facci (Chair) discuss refreshments to be served at the official launch of the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition, June 2017. Official launch held at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. mhp01177
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Franca Facci, Chair MHP, welcoming guests at the official launch of the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. mhp01189
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Lord Mayor, Gordon Bradberry, officially opens the the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. mhp01196
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Zofia Laba, MHP committee, presenting her research on the early pioneer migrants featured in the at the official the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition launched on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. mhp01191
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Zofia Laba (MHP) with Simone Scott a descendent of the Beatus family featured in Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition, 24 June 2017. Many of the descendants of the people featured in the exhibition came to the exhibition launch including members of the Imisides family seen in the background.
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Franca Facci, Chair MHP, speaks with Bob and Dorothy Gillis from the Tongarra Heritage Society at the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. The Tongarra Heritage Society have always been supporters of the MHP. mhp01213
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Eva Castle, member of MHP with Fidelia Pontarolo (secretary) and Marzia Bonacina Zochil (committee) at the launch of the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. mhp01221
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Franca Facci speaks with a guest at the Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition on 24 June 2017 at the Wollongong Library Theatrette. Marzia Bonacina Zochil, MHP committee, working behind the scenes. mhp01209
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The Food Business: Stories of Early Migrants who Tantalized our Palettes Exhibition toured the Illawarra. Here the exhibition panels were placed in the Wollongong Local Studies Library, 2017. mhp01224
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Franca Facci addressing guests at ‘Greek Cafes & Milkbars in Wollongong 1930-1960’ presentation by Nickolas Tambakis at the MHP 2018 AGM at the Wollongong Library Theatrette on 1 December 2018.
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Nick Tambakis presenting ‘Greek Cafes & Milkbars in Wollongong 1930-1960’ at the MHP 2018 AGM at the Wollongong Library Theatrette on 1 December 2018.
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Franca Facci (Chair MHP), thanks Nick Tambakis for his presentation on ‘Greek Cafes & Milkbars in Wollongong 1930-1960’ presentation by Nickolas Tambakis at the MHP 2018 AGM at the Wollongong Library Theatrette on 1 December 2018. mhp01232
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Franca Facci speaking on behalf of the MHP at the official opening of Italo Mazzola wing at the Multicultural Aged Care Illawarra Village at Warrawong, 2019. MHP were commissioned to research and write the memoir of the benefactor Italo Mazzola for the official opening.
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Not all business - fun too, the MHP Committee, 2021, Andrew Krajewski, Gregor Cullen, Darinka Radinovic, Zofia Laba, Loan Nittel, Franca Facci, Colleen Mandicos, Fidelia Pontarolo. mhp01456
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MHP’s “Hostel Life” presentation in recognition of the 70 anniversaries of migrant hostels in the Illawarra held at the Fraternity Club on 29 February 2020. Franca Facci, Chair of MHP, welcomes guests at the presentation. mhp01234
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MHP’s “Hostel Life” presentation in recognition of the 70 anniversaries of migrant hostels in the Illawarra held at the Fraternity Club on 29 February 2020. Fidelia Pontarolo (secretary MHP) presenting her research into migrant hostels. mhp01235
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Guests at the MHP’s “Hostel Life” presentation in recognition of the 70 anniversaries of migrant hostels in the Illawarra held at the Fraternity Club on 29 February 2020. mhp01236
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Zofia Laba a member ofthe MHP committee is always happy to sell Every Story Counts including at the MHP’s “Hostel Life” presentation in recognition of the 70 anniversaries of migrant hostels in the Illawarra held at the Fraternity Club on 29 February 2020. mhp01239
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And then there was Covid, and like everyone else, from 2020 to 2022, it impacted on projects, research and meetings which were conducted via video conferencing. Here some of the MHP committee are having their monthly meeting via video on 29 November 2021. (top L-R) Franca Facci, Gregor Cullen, (bottom L-R) Zofia Laba, Loan Nittel, Darinka Radinovic (and bottom right corner) Fidelia Pontarolo. mhp01431