Wollongong Migration Heritage Places Study First Accommodation for Post WW2 Migrants in Wollongong

Wollongong’s Migration Heritage Places Study, 2007, was an initiative of the Migration Heritage Project and was also known as ‘The Places Project’. The study was made possible through funding from the Department of Planning NSW Heritage Office, the Migration Heritage Centre of NSW and Wollongong City Council.  One of the themes studied was the places post-WW2 migrants first lived when they came to the Illawarra.

Wollongong Migration Heritage Places Study The Places Migrant Women found Work in Wollongong Post WW2

Wollongong’s Migration Heritage Places Study, 2007, was an initiative of the Migration Heritage Project and was also known as ‘The Places Project’. The study was made possible through funding from the Department of Planning NSW Heritage Office, the Migration Heritage Centre of NSW and Wollongong City Council.  One of the themes studied was the places post-WW2 migrant women found work in the Illawarra.

Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry in Wollongong

Working Life, Migrant Heritage & The TCF Industry in Wollongong 1940s – 1970s

Early Pioneers from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds

“Identifying Early Illawarra Pioneers from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds from Settlement to the 1940s” was a Migration Heritage Project (MHP) Research Project.

Every Story Counts

Every Story Counts encourages the recording of experiences and local knowledge of post-Second World War migration and settlement.

Italio Mazzolo

A short biography of the life and contributions to the Illawarra of Mr Italo Mazzola, an Italian migrant who came to call Wollongong his home.