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We used to like to fish on the wharves. There was every kind of fish in the Harbour. We used to go there when the mackerel was on. Australians don’t like the mackerel but we like it. We fished from all the wharves, Woolloomooloo, under the Bridge, Walsh Bay – all the different communities – Greek, Maltese – all with a bucket … these were families … that was our entertainment.

John F, Maltese immigrant,
1995
Australian Heritage Commission,
Protecting Local Heritage Places,
1999 © Commonwealth of Australia

Czech children in national costume
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Czech children in
national costume

1968
National Library of Australia

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