Laiba was born in Peshawar, a city in the North West of Pakistan. She smiles when describing her early life, as the ‘princess’ of her parents, belonging to an economically sound family who employed enough servants that she never even had to do any house chores! She invested her time studying a master’s degree in economics at […]
Tag: Migration
Migration stories – Glenroy conversation club
Since February of 2017, an English Conversation Club has been meeting at the Glenroy Library as a part of the ‘Libraries After Dark’ project. In June of 2019, the attending members shared their stories of migration to Moreland. Giovanni Giovanni was born in Calabria, a city in the South of Italy. In 1966 he travelled to Australia […]
Migration stories – Glenroy conversation club
In October 2016 participants of the Glenroy library conversation club sat down and shared their stories of migration and home. Some were recent arrivals to Australia, while others have been here for many years. Syamala Syamala left her home in Bilaspur city, Chhattisgarh state, India to live with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson in […]
Moreland quilt project – A changing community
The Moreland Quilt was a community arts and storytelling project curated by Tamara Russell, a textile artist specialising in free machine embroidery and hand stitching. The panels in the quilt record local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. I lived on a dairy farm in Glenroy growing up. It was a lovely […]
Moreland quilt project – Work
The Moreland Quilt was a community arts and storytelling project curated by Tamara Russell, a textile artist specialising in free machine embroidery and hand stitching. The panels in the quilt record local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. I was a seamstress like my mother, aunt and sister. We would all work […]
Moreland quilt project – Migration
The Moreland Quilt was a community arts and storytelling project curated by Tamara Russell, a textile artist specialising in free machine embroidery and hand stitching. The panels in the quilt record local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. We came to Australia from Italy after the war. My father worked […]
Migration story – Aziza Hussein
A new life – Glenroy. Aziza Hussein has been a regular visitor to Glenroy library since migrating to Australia in late 2014. The library was one of the first places she visited when she moved to Glenroy, “it’s the thing I need most” she says. Aziza presents a weekly radio show on 3CR Community Radio, […]
Migration story – recent arrival
Madiha arrived in Australia in 2013 from Pakistan with her husband and two children. Initially they settled in Glenroy with family and then moved to Fawkner. Madiha is a qualified doctor in Pakistan and worked in a hospital and clinic. Her qualifications are not recognised in Australia so she would need to undertake more study. […]
A refugee journey from Africa to Australia
Amongst other things, Baraka Emmy is employed as a casual library officer at Moreland City Libraries. This is a personal account of his journey from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo to Australia. By Baraka Emmy
Massima Calgaro (b. 1922, Marano Vicentino, Italy)
Date of birth: 7 December 1922 Place of birth: Marano Vicentino, province of Vicenza Arrived in Australia: 1 November 1957 Occupation: Factory Worker and Out Worker Marano lies at the feet of Mt. Pasubio. My town is a country town. Back then the majority of the people were farmers but they had children who went […]