Can you help support this project. Many Lithuanian's coming to Australia were first housed interstate but some were placed in the Woodside Migrant camp. The details are below.
In SA History Week 2010 the Migration Museum launched an exciting new project called ‘Hostel Stories’. The aim of the project is to collect records of migrant hostel life, which will contribute to an exhibition in 2013.
The University of Adelaide are undertaking research into the Migrant hostels which will continue after the exhibition. Museum staff and volunteers are very excited about this partnership which will contribute to much greater resources for people wanting to find out about migrant lives in the hostels.
Thousands of migrants passed through South Australia’s migrant hostels, reception centres and camps – including Elder Park, Gepps Cross, Glenelg, Rosewater, Pennington/Finsbury, Smithfield, Willaston and Woodside – from the 1940s to the 1980s. The hostels were temporary homes to a wide range of migrants, from Displaced Persons and refugees, through to Ten Pound Poms.
The opportunity to gather first-hand accounts of day to day life in the hostels is diminishing as the years pass by. This project will help ensure that the memories are captured for future generations.
The Museum is keen to hear from people who are willing to complete our questionnaire and loan, donate or have relevant material scanned.
Please complete the registration of interest form, or for further information please ring 08 8207 7570.
http://migration.historysa.com.au/research/callouts/hostel-stories
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