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Levey, Catherine Braidwood NSW The artist arrived from Scotland as a 13 year old in 1950 with her mother, father and four brothers and sisters to the promise of work at an outback station out of Brisbane which had “nominated” the family. The artist went on to marry and have four children. ID063 “After a three-day journey by train, we arrived in the middle of nowhere at a railway siding. All our goods and chattels were dumped out with all seven of us. We waited over an hour for someone to turn up – we were hot, sticky and dirty. A truck arrived and all of us kids sat in the back of the truck with our luggage – Mum and Dad in the front. Forty minutes later we were at the property. “Us kids were fascinated by it all – men on horses. Mum and Dad and all of us went in the back door to meet the boss who told us that the house they had for us had burnt down and my older sister would be going to Katherine to be a maid – my brother would stay and help at the station with Mum and Dad and us three younger ones would be sent back to Brisbane to boarding school. “My 5’1” mother just asked when the next train would be coming through and the next day we were dumped at the siding to await the train. People from all over the region came and offered my mother and father work and to give us accommodation. We met truly wonderful Australians, but Mum and Dad said ‘no’ that we would go back to Brisbane and start a new life there where we could finish our education and get good jobs. That was 55 years ago. “I am a quilter, gardener and reader. I love my country.”
Lima, Teresa Rosemeadow NSW “Migrating from Uruguay, South America, in 1977 the only visions we had of our new intended home were the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, thanks to a picture on the wall in the capital, Montevideo. ID155 “This was all that we knew about where we were going, but after 28 years, my family and I know that Australia is much more than that. It is a beautiful country which we are proud to call home and proud to be Australian citizens.” Constructing quilt squares ID203, 204 & 205 Photo: Courtesy NSW Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre Arabic Playgroup
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