| This email is addressed to Polish community groups researched via the web.Celebrating and gathering of the diverse groups associated with the historic site named ‘Scheyville’ in 1911. During its one hundred-year history, the site has hosted a range of uses – the most important occurring during socially, culturally and politically significant phases of Australian history.
To mark the centenary, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NWPS) will host a celebration open to all the diverse groups associated with Scheyville. There will be an exhibition of photographs, documents and recorded histories of the site. There will be an opportunity for oral histories to be recorded for those who are interested in participating.
If you are aware of members of your group or association who have a connection to Scheyville, particularly during the Migrant Hostel era 1948-1964, I would like to hear from you. Please send me your expression of interest so that I may include your members in a formal invitation to attend the Centenary event.
Scheyville Centenary, Sunday 15th May 2011
Event Coordinator: Phil Nicholas / Tel. 02 9995 5532 /
philip.nicholas@environment.nsw.gov.au
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Phil Nicholas
Scheyville National Park is one of the most important places in the history of migration to Australia. Scheyville's history covers two major periods of Australian nation-building - when migration was focused on expanding our place in the British Empire and, after 1945, when citizens from the wider world were invited to become Australian.
A visit to Scheyville expands our understanding of migration to Australia. Many of the buildings and landscapes have survived, allowing us to experience elements of the migration story.
Scheyville National Park was part of Pitt Town Common set aside for the new neighbouring town in 1804. Although used for grazing and farming, Scheyville remains one of the largest surviving remnants of the Cumberland Plain bushland which once covered the Sydney Basin.
In 1893, with the Australian colonies suffering the first 'Great Depression', a co-operative farm for unemployed workers was established on 2,500 acres of the Common. This socialist experiment failed by 1896, and the NSW Government established a Casual Labour Farm to train unemployed city workers as farm labourers.
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Migration Heritage - Fields of Memories - Scheyville
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