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Brighton Historical Society
Suit, 1940s
This suit was tailor-made for Latvian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Vija Vetra, who lived at the Old Hall, 93-95 Bay Street, Brighton and ran a dance academy at 97 Bay Street during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1923, at the age of sixteen Vija ran away from home in order to study classical, character and modern dance at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts. She spent several years performing on European stages. When Latvia was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944, more than 100,000 Latvians fled, seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Vija's sister, mother and aunt were among them, managing to join her in Vienna. The following year, all four had to flee again when the Soviets moved into Austria. Escaping to Bavaria, they spent three years in displaced person camps before emigrating to Sydney as refugees in 1948. Vija found success as a dancer in Sydney. She toured Australia and New Zealand with the Bodenwieser Ballet, formed a Latvian folk dancing group and established a dancing school. By the mid-1950s she had gained recognition as a recitalist in her own right. She developed a passion for Indian classical dance. In the late 1950s she moved to Victoria. She opened a dance school in Bay Street, Brighton, while continuing to perform on stage in productions such as the musical 'Kismet' and the ballet 'Corroboree'. In 1959 she starred in the four-part live ABC television program 'Music and Dance'. She left Australia in 1964 for a tour of the United States and Canada, ultimately settling in New York City. Interviewed in the 'ABC Weekly' in 1957, Vetra described her taste in clothing as minimalist, saying she preferred to own as few clothes as possible to save the trouble of deciding what to wear: "And no bows or extravagances, but always a simple line."Two-piece women's suit made of maroon corded silk; comprising fitted jacket (.1) and straight skirt (.2). Jacket fastens with one large black faceted glass button. Jacket lined with pink satin; skirt unlined. vija vetra, migration, brighton, refugee, dancer, 1940s -
Slovenian Association Melbourne
Photo, Town Latina Parish church, L Markic, Summer 1960
Slovenian refugee on an outing to explore Latina, ItalySlovenian refugee passing time by exploringBlack and white photo of Lojze (Alojz) Markic in Latina Italy in front of the parish churchslovenian refugee, slovenian association melbourne -
Australian Multicultural Community Services
baby milk bottle
it was given by Red Cross to the Polish family with one child in the displaced persons camp in Paderbonn, Germany, 1950 prior to migration to Australiaone of a few items of this kind which has survived to present daysglass"made in USA 3 A 45" mark on the bottom of the bottlebaby milk bottle, refugee, red cross -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
wooden recorder, Approx W.W 2
Recorder made by German refugees from Palestine in camp 3Recorder made from red gum in camp 3. Made by German internees from Palestine.w.w.2, internment camps in australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
DVD, "From Venice to Australia" and "Dunera to Australia"
Reinhold Eckfeld's record of experiences as a Jewish refugee in England to Australia.DVD-rReinhold Eckfeld. May 19, 2015."Vienna to England" and "Dunera to Melbournereinhold eckfeld, erica chadderton, tonia eckfeld, jewish refugee, from venice to australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Macrame Belt, Approx W.W 2
Macrame belt made by German refugees from Palestine in camp 3 Made by German internees from Palestine .Macrame belt made from cotton - metalw.w.2, internment camps in australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Paul Bridgeman, late 1940's
Paul was an Singapore refugee and in Camp 3. Joined the 8th Employment Co. Black and white photos of Paul Bridgeman in slouch hat and uniform of the 8th Employment Co. singapore refugee, paul bridgeman, 8th employment co. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - copy, Australian Soldier sculpture
black and white photocopy of a sculptured head of an Australian solder by Private Bruno Simon, a 30 year old refugee subsequently a member of the CMF Employment Company. After Nazism came to Germany in 1933 Bruno Simon studied sculpture in Paris and Florence and then came to Australia. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Art behind the wire, 2014
The untold story of refugee families interned in Australia during the second world warrectangular, white cover, with a black pen and ink sketch of two horses. behind barbed wire with a tree in the forground. B/W photos, colourful picturesart -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Behind the Fence, 1941
Made by internees, Singapore Group Refugees at Camp 3 Tatura for entertainment purposesSoft cover loose leaf book "Behind the Fence" Sept 1940 - Sept1941. 12month periodical. Has camp sketch on front cover. Written (typed) in English and German. Black & White illustrations and sketches. Card cover bound with coloured thread.tatura, singapore group camp 3, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Clothing - Men's Underpants, 1940's
Worn by Helmut SEEFELD, a Jewish Austrian refugee at Tatura. Part of the Singapore group of internees.Long woollen cream underpants with 3 button holes, 1 button. A tape is laced through 2 holes at the centre back.men's underwear, helmut seefeld, singapore group -
City of Whittlesea
Award (item) - Council Awards, Victorian Local Government Women's Charter Awards
Women's Participation in Local Government Coalition Strengthening Communities Through Women’s Participation 2008 Victorian Local Government Women’s Charter Awards Whittlesea City Council For outstanding contribution in supporting and championing women’s participation in local government CR. Beth Ripper Chair Women’s Participation in Local Government Coalition Local Government Professionals Municipal Association of Victoria Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition Victorian Local Governance Association Victorian Women’s Trust WEL Victoria Women’s Planning Network YWCA Victoria hansen VLGA Municipal Association Of Victoria Victorian Women’s’ Trust making a differenceWomen's Participation in Local Government Coalition Strengthening Communities Through Women’s Participation 2008 Victorian Local Government Women’s Charter Awards Whittlesea City Council For outstanding contribution in supporting and championing women’s participation in local government CR. Beth Ripper Chair Women’s Participation in Local Government Coalition Local Government Professionals Municipal Association of Victoria Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition Victorian Local Governance Association Victorian Women’s Trust WEL Victoria Women’s Planning Network YWCA Victoria hansen VLGA Municipal Association Of Victoria Victorian Women’s’ Trust making a differenceawards -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Programme, Tatura Melody 1940, 1940
Programme of musical show presented by Hans Blay & Company. Refugees at the Tatura Camp (of the Singapore Group)Hand produced programme of concert "Tatura Melody 1940". Cover of waxed paper, printed and illustrated in ink (black). Insert of programme typed dated 3 nov 1940. Wording on cover Hans Blay presents: Tatura Melody 1940Meilichtatura, documents, programmes -
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Whittlesea Leader, City makes a song and dance about refugees, 17 Oct 2001
Refugee Week Celebrations Day event held at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE's Epping campus.Newsprint 1 p. text with black and white photographs.refugee week celebrations day, northern melbourne institute of tafe, epping, macedonian dancers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Austrian Jewish refugees - Singapore, 06/08/1941 with additions later
An outstanding collection of memorabilia of Karl Duldig, Ludwig Mielich, Helmut Seefeld and all those who arrived in Australia on the Queen Mary 26th September 1940A clear plastic folder with a black margin with a white paper insert, on which is written "Memorabilia from Austrian Jewish refugees interned in Singapore and camp 3 1940'. The heading of the text is "Press release- reluctant passengers on the Queen Mary" and concludes Authorised by Eva de Jong - Duldig As above -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - Photograph - copy, The Young Girl by Bruno Simon, 1940's
Bruno Simon, German,Italian, Jewish refugee interned Australian WW2 8th Employment Co. AMFPhotographed copy of Bruno Simon and one of his sculptures entitled "The Young Girl".photography, sculptures, bruno simon, internment camp sculptors -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Administrative record - Book, Record of Service Book
Kurt Lewinski was a Dunera boy. Formerly a refugee of England 1938, originally from Berlin. Transported to Australia in 1940. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sculpture - Wood Carving, Wild Pony
Kurt Lewinski was a Dunera boy. Formerly a refugee of England 1938, originally from Berlin. Transported to Australia in 1940.Hand carved pony made of teak and polished. The pony has its head down grazing.KL 1974 Teaklewinski, sculpture, woodwork, dunera, 8th employment co -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sculpture - Wood Carving, Spanish Fight Bull
Kurt Lewinski was a Dunera boy. Formerly a refugee of England 1938, originally from Berlin. Transported to Australia in 1940.Hand carved Bull. Polished teak.K Lewinski 1996lewinski, dunera, woodwork, sculpture, 8th employment co. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sculpture - Wood Carving, Flying Porpoise
Kurt Lewinski was a Dunera boy. Formerly a refugee of England 1938, originally from Berlin. Transported to Australia in 1940.Hand carved polished teak porpoise. The porpoise is leaping in the air.K Lewinski Camp 2 Tatura 1941 lewinksi, dunera, sculpture, woodword, 8th employment co -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - Photocopy of Painting, Bank Director, 3 August 1943
Heinz Kuehlenthal, Dunera refugee, internee in camp 3 during WW2. His name is on the door as the Bank Director.Painting depicting a bank director in is office.heinz kuehlenthal, peter dein -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, Diamond Valley Leader, Asylum seekers open up, 21/06/2017
A former asylum seeker who spent time in detention will speak about his experience at a special Refugee Week event in Montmorency.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.montmorency, refugee week, asylum seeker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Nichols, Denise
Montmorency resident, Denise Nichols awarded an Australia Day honour for 20 years of service to humanitarian aid programs assisting women and refugees including those in Kosovo and Thailand, and organisations including the United National High Commission for Refugees and Oxfam. Contents Newspaper article: "Aid: Denise Nichols," Diamond Valley Leader, 27 January 2010. Outlines Denise Nichols work and and her Australia Day honour.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcdenise nichols -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura, 1990 typed
POW Internment camps. WW2. Jewish refugees interned from Singapore in 1990. Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura.Clear plastic blue back folder.jewish internees, internment camps, pow, tatura victoria, camp 3 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Tatura, 1940's
Poem written in Camp 3 by Mrs. Sophie Meier, mother of Mrs. Helmut Seefeld, Singapore Group, refugees, internees at Camp 3 TaturaFramed and mounted single sided sheet of paper, photocopy of handwritten (in German) poem titled "Tartura"tatura, documents, pamphlets, internment camp poetry, helmut seefeld, sophie meier -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Dunera News, 2004
A publication for former refugees from Nazi and Fascist persecution (mistakenly shipped to and interned in Australia at Hay and Tatura, many serving with the allied forces) their relatives and friendsPlastic covered blue two ringed binderdunera news, camp 3, tatura, documents, newspapers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Dunera News, 1984
A publication for former refugees from Nazi and Fascist persecution (mistakenly shipped to and interned in Australia at Hay and Tatura, many later serving with the Allied Forces), their relatives and friendsBlue plastic two ring binderww2 camp 3, documents, newspapers -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Dunera Boys by Robyn O'Sullivan, 2003
Collection of stories by some of the Jewish refugees who arrived in Australia from England on the "Dunera". Interned in Camps in Hay,NSW, Camp 8 and Tatura, Victoria Camp 2Grey and rust coloured soft cover with a picture of the Dunera Boys on the front cover with yellow text, spine blue with yellow and blue text, back cover yellow and blue with yellow and black text and a picture of HMT Dunera and two men -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mr. Vincent Makaravicius, July 2000
Vincent Makaravicius was born on the 23rd of January, 1922 in a small Lithuanian village. He was the youngest of six children and after completing his primary education he went on to study horticulture at Kaunas and Vilnius. During WWII, under the threat of Soviet occupation and conscription, Vincent travelled to Germany, before coming to Australia as a refugee after his wife in 1949 on the ship 'Victory.' Vincent eventually settled in Beechworth, working at the local tannery and the Beechworth Asylum, as well as taking on boarders in the tannery boarding house in which his wife and he lived for a number of years. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Vincent Makaravicius' story is historically and socially significant as it provides a unique insight into the trials, tribulations, hopes, and dreams of Australian immigrants during the mid 20th century. Mr Makaravicius references the turbulent political situation and lack of food in Europe as being the reason for the mass exodus from Europe that saw an influx of refugees and migrants to Australia. His personal account highlights the spirit of survival and perseverance that is quintessential of Australian settler history. His contributions to the township of Beechworth gave him a detailed understanding of the social and historical significance of the township and the people, institutions, and local businesses on which it was built, namely the Beechworth Asylum, the local tannery, and relations between migrants and the established community. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mr. Vincent Makaravicius /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, vincent makaravicius, wwii, lithuania, kaunas, vilnius, soviet, germany, australia, victory, tannery, beechworth asylum, refugee, jennifer williams -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Alex Momot, 1962
Alex Mamot was a White Russian immigrant from China, sponsored by the Association of the Blind. Despite initial language barriers, his determination to succeed was an inspiration to those around him, who developed new ways of teaching which took into account his growing knowledge of English. In these images Alex Momot is showing with a Russian typewriter, being shown how to make stools by Mollie McDowell, feeling texture of a new suit held up by Matron Agar, being taught English by Carole Laird, learning the alphabet with H. Mackenzie and greeted at Brighton reception by Ms A. Mann. In addition, there are two typed notes without images: - The ship Tjiluwak, carrying Alexander Momot and other White Russian refugees approaching the wharf in Melbourne. - On the wharf, Alex 2nd from left, is greeted by Mrs W Christian (left) a blind Committee member of the Association for the Blind and Miss Constance Duncan of the Australian Council of Churches. At the right is Sergie Bankovski, also a blind White Russian who acted as interpreter. Miss Duncan also initiated the move which resulted in the Association for the Blind giving refuge to Sergie and his mother. Standing at the rear is Major General S.F. Legge, Director of Public Relations for the Association of the Blind.12 b/w photographs of Alex Mamot1 - No 4, 3" wide all in full depth, Hayer top + Bottom, #85, 3178 3 - P14. Reduce to 3" wide. Hayer top + Bottom, #85. 3178 4 - Volunteer Carole Opperman teaches English to White Russian refugee Alex Momot, who has been sponsored by the Association for the Blind. 2/8 9 - Celine Mann & Alex Mamot at point of arrival. No 1. 3" wide all in, full depth, Hayer top + Bottom, 3178, 45, 16B. 12 - 3181association for the blind, elanora home (brighton), alex mamot