Darebin’s Australians: Immigrants to Citizens
Immigrants to Citizens Wurundjeri Rose, Shamrock & Thistle Germans Chinese Market Gardens Federation 1901 Lebanese Italian Fruiterers Henry P Zwar Populate or Perish Italians Greeks Macedonians Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls Industry Chinese Vietnamese Hmong India Arabic Community East Timor The Sudanese Faith Australia Card

Darebin Ethnic Communities Council - DECC,
The Connies, The City of Darebin & The Victorian Multicultural Commission are proud to present Darebin’s Australians - Immigrants to Citizens.
A celebration & exploration of the contribution that numerous waves of immigrants have made to Darebin. All are linked by the common experience of a journey. Many fleeing the ravages of war, hunger, religious persecution or political repression. Others lured by a sense of adventure, the prospect of a new beginning, of owning land, to get married or to be reunited with loved ones. They arrive with knowledge, skills, memories, traditions, sorrows, joys and their hopes for the future.

148 COUNTRIES SPEAKING 105 LANGUAGES

Darebin is one of Melbourne’s most culturally diverse cities with a population of around 130,000 people from 148 Countries, speaking 105 languages. Located in Melbourne’s north, Darebin includes the suburbs of Northcote, Alphington, Fairfield, Thornbury, Preston, Reservoir, Kingsbury & Bundoora.

AUTHOR'S NOTES
Project Coordinators
Carmelina Di Guglielmo was born in Abbotsford, Melbourne to genitori from Abruzzo Italia, Carmelina came to live in Reservoir in 1959. She grew up in Reservoir and has lived in Northcote since 1986.
Carmelina is an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Community Artist. She was member of Handspan Theatre. Other work includes, 'Mum's the Word', 'The Bridge -Torch Project' and community story-telling events such as 'Oh My Papa' and 'Ballo Liscio'. Carmelina also performers with The Connies.
Roberto Nunzio D’Andrea was born in 1961 to parents from Sicilia-Italia who met in Melbourne on a tram. He worked for 10 years as a tram conductor and driver. Roberto is a story-teller, broadcaster, performer, writer, environmental activist and tramway historian. He has worked at Melbourne's Immigration Museum on several projects and worked in Calcutta-India alongside Calcutta’s tramway workers and community, decorating trams and celebrating our tram-loving traditions. Roberto is the director of ‘The Connies’ Performance Troupe.

Darebin’s Australians - Immigrants to Citizens has been a fascinating journey for us. From the Wurundjeri to the Sudanese we've tracked a social history of Darebin. We combed through Sands and McDougall archives, old Preston and Northcote Leaders Newspapers on micro film at the Northcote, Preston and the State Libraries. We sourced over 30 reference books and conducted over 60 interviews. We felt like detectives driving around Darebin looking for old fruit shops, Nissen Huts, market gardens and other historic and contemporary landmarks. As always with these projects people have been remarkably generous with themselves, their time and their stories. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved. It's been an honour and a joy to work with you all!
Thank you to Darebin Ethnic Communities Council, ( DECC) for its vision in creating this unique project and especially to Gaetano Greco for untrusting the project to us.
Thank you to our diligent, dedicated and committed steering committee who were an invaluable resource. Special thanks to our Artist, Imogen Hall.
The Steering Committe
Chairperson - Roberto Malara - Community Grants Officer, Gaetano Greco - DECC Chairperson, Dalal Smiley - Multicultural Affairs Coordinator, Lesley Hall - Arts and Cultural Development Officer, Gary Edge - Darebin Libraries, Paul Michell - Darebin Libraries, Product Librarian & Historian,
Merv Lia - President Preston Historical Society, Helen Sartinas - Immigration Museum Discovery Centre Coordinator.

THANK-YOU
DECC, City Of Darebin, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Maggie Clarke, Costas Athananssiou, David Diaz, Barbara Baker, Trevor Batrouney, Mandy Caroll, John Zika, Peter Casamento, Maria Casamento Ang, Bob Matisi, Andy Mylonas, Apalo Anglo, Nagmeldin Osman, Osman, Simon Casamento, Gabrielle Fakhri, Lina Kamel Hassan, Hajir Eltaieb, Osman Juma, Ros Mitchell, Lyn Boughton, Vietnamese Senior Citizens Group at Preston Neighbourhood House, Sivagunga Sahathevan, Bernie Sharples, Bernard Commandeur, Deepak Vinayak, Monica Vinayak, Litsa and George Gogas, Joanna and Vasilis Liakakos, Arthur and Jadwiga Yong, Ian Hunter, Charles Williams, Janice Muir, Mayor of Darebin - Rae Perry, Kevin Breen, Nicolette Vaszolyi, Gwen and Eric Saleeba, Koste Kolevski, John Carter, Parag Mody, Rosa and Achille Di Guglielmo, Matia Evans, Risto Altin, Betty King, Carmel and Arthur Lee, Tam Nygen, Andy Miller, Leonie Dunbar, Aldo and Silvana Di Pasquale, Laxmi Fonseca, Tomaso Butera.
Artist - Imogen Hall Graphics - Lin Tobias, La Belle Design
Website - Marcia Leonard