017547PD MIGRATION STORIES Northbridge Walking Trail 1 5 8 Start at State Library Francis Street entrance. The Cross Roe Street at the lights and walk west. You’ll Continue along James Street to Russell Square. Perth railway station and bus stations are close to find the Northbridge Chinese Restaurant. Walk through the entrance and up Moon Chow the Library. *PUBLIC TOILETS Promenade to the central rotunda. Moon Chow, a carpenter, is Western Australia is rich with stories of people considered the first Chinese person This square was named for Lord John Russell, the who have migrated here. The State Library shares to settle in Western Australia in Secretary of State and Colonies, 1839, and later minutes minutes these stories and records the impact of migration. 1829. Chinese people migrating to Prime Minister of Great Britain. It became known 30 3 Perth came as labourers and farm as Parco dei Sospire, ‘the park of sighs’ referring lking Trail lking Wa dge Northbri slwa.wa.gov.au/our-services/teachers minutes hands and ran businesses such as to the homesick Italian migrants who would AREAS WHERE GROUPS 15 market gardens, laundries, bakeries, meet here. ATION STORIES ATION MIGR CAN REST AND PLAY furniture factories, tailor shops and What do you think they would talk about? 2 grocery stores. In 1886, Western Walk through to the Perth Cultural Centre, head Australia introduced an Act to 9 west towards William Street. Stop on the corner regulate and restrict the immigration BA1483 Russell Square of William and James streets. of Chinese people. Rotunda. slwa.info/teacher-resources slwa.info/2011-census The history of This park was Northbridge 6 designed by head has been formed by Keep walking west until you see the Chinese gardener for the minutes gates. Go through the gates, Chung Wah Lane 5 more waves of migration City of Perth, John than any other area of and through the Old Shangai food court to Braithwaite, in 1899. minutes Western Australia; this James Street. The rotunda and 35 004046d rich, ethnic diversity has THE BRASS MONKEY the sculptures by artists Greg James and shaped its character. The Chung Wah Drago Dadich were added in the 1990s. The 3 Association, 128 art refers to Aboriginal, European and Asian James Street, influences, the environment and today's lifestyle. 196 William Street. was formed in What cultural links can you find in the art work? 1909 to advocate Agenzia Merizzi, minutes for the Chinese 10 travel and land agent, 20 community. Walk along Megisti Promenade to the exit once located at MIGRATION Migration from opposite the Greek Orthodox Cathedral. 196 William Street. CHINESE GATES China to Western Australia remained STORIES Giuseppe Gianfranco small-scale until the dismantling of the White The first Greek minutes Merizzi (1927–2007) migrated from Tirano BA1626/12 Australia Policy. Between 1971 and 1980, 275 people people who Northbridge 10 Sondrio in the late 1940s. After working in the migrated from China. came to Australia bush, he became a migration agent. He was slwa.info/hasschats-chinese-migration arrived in the Walking Trail involved in the migration of many Italians to slwa.info/chungwah-history 1820s. There have Western Australia. slwa.info/chungwah-article been many waves slwa.info/merizzi-advertising 7 of Greek migration The State Library of Western Australia hopes you 4 since then. The Travel west to the corner of James and Lake streets. minutes GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL enjoy this walk exploring the city of Perth’s migrant Walk south along William Street past the largest periods of migration 40 heritage. It begins and ends at the State Library of State Theatre Centre to the corner of Roe and occurred between the 1950s and 1970s. There are many businesses in the area that are clues Western Australia in the Perth Cultural Centre. Allow William streets. an hour to comfortably complete this walk with a to Western Australia’s migration history. Can you spot The Greek Orthodox Church provided familiarity school group. signs for Torre Butchers, An Sibin, Midori Teppanyaki to the Greek migrants. They worked together to From here you can and Pocha Pocha? What raise funds and build what is now the Cathedral This trail is an introduction to migration history see the State Theatre heritage do they connect of St Constantine and Helene. Northbridge has and stories. Centre and the minutes with? Some butchers had centres for many different faiths, including The State Library collects and preserves maps, Horseshoe Bridge 25 came from post-war Italy Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Catholic, Muslim photographs and other items to record the history which takes traffic where meat was scarce and Protestant. of Western Australia. It also provides free online over the railway line. minutes and expensive. resources and workshops for school students to ‘Northbridge’ was not 013607D 12 develop historical investigation skills slwa.wa.gov.au known as Northbridge until the 1970s. The railway stsconstantinehelen.org hcwa.org/en/about/history To book a workshop, speak to an education officer transported people and goods to and from mining torre.com.au/butchers/ slwa.info/greek-resources on (08) 9427 3202, complete the online form or email and agricultural areas. perth/history slwa.info/greece-census your request to [email protected] Why do you think people newly arrived settled Links to additional resources can be found through the by the railway? THE NORTHBRIDGE PIAZZA State Library catalogue and website. PROVIDES A SMALL slwa.info/hasschats-transport SHADED REST AREA AN SIBIN 14 15 16 Continue along Aberdeen Street, stopping at Turn south into Museum Street. At the end of Museum Street find the the corner of Museum Street. Find St John’s State Library of Western Australia. Lutheran Church. Built in 1897, 27 Museum If you’re attending The first Lutheran church was established in 1902, Street is the only workshops, please and further German immigrants expanded the surviving historical notify the Welcome 11 Perth Lutheran residential building Desk of your arrival. Walk east along Francis Street and turn left at congregation. in the area. You can become Lake Street. On the right find The Re Store. minutes minutes In the late 19th a member of the What do 58 60 century, there State Library, it's free. you think 27 MUSEUM STREET While meat was was a rapid expansion of building in contributed to plentiful other Western Australia during the gold other waves Have you joined Italian food staples boom when many new migrants arrived. of German your local library? such as olive oil, Perth Mosque was built on William immigration? coffee, and pasta Street in 1906 with money raised by BA2899/140 minutes were scarce. Italians Afghan cameleers. 325683PD 45 relied on importers like Giovanni Re, THE RE STORE founder of The Re Store/European Foods. JOHN STREET State Library of Western Australia The business thrived by supplying migrant RUSSELL ABERDEEN STREET Perth Cultural Centre clientele with a taste of home. SQUARE 25 Francis Street, Perth WA 6000 NEWCASTLE STREET What tastes from home would you miss? SHENTON STREET +61 8 9427 3111 9 youtu.be/no2I5J_VmV8 slwa.info/italian-resources slwa.wa.gov.au 11 ABERDEEN THE RE 12 10 HOTEL JAMES STREET STORE Turn into Aberdeen Street and walk east. 12 @statelibrarywa Down on the north side of the street PARKER STREET 8 NORTH you will find the DRAGON METROPOLITAN TORRE Aberdeen Hotel, BUTCHERS PALACE MOUNTAIN TERRACE TAFE one of the oldest FRANCIS STREET minutes hotels in Perth. AREA REST 13 LAKE STREET 50 The original 312777PD MELBOURNE STREET building was first licensed as a hotel in NORTH-BRIDGE PIAZZA 1886 as the All Nations Hotel, indicating a 7 CHUNG WAH NORTH 14 SMALL SHADEDASSOCIATION welcome to travellers from all over the world. METROPOLITAN slwa.info/all-nations-hotel 6 TAFE 27 PERTH CITY LINK WILLIAM STREET 15 13 DEVELOPMENT Cross William Street and continue east along JAMES STREET Aberdeen Street. North Metropolitan TAFE is BRASS STATE 16 on the corner. MONKEY ROE STREET LIBRARY OF PUBLIC 2 WESTERN TOILETS Today new Western Australians can access classes AUSTRALIA at North Metropolitan TAFE, including English 1 tuition. Approximately 170,000 people arrive each 5 WA MUSEUM year to live in 3 BEAUFORT STREET Western Australia, AREAS WHERE but recently even GROUPS CAN minutes more people WELLINGTON STREET 4 REST AND PLAY 55 have been PERTH BUSPORT leaving. Flows of migration change all the time. ART STIRLING STREET YAGAN SQUARE NORTH METROPOLITAN TAFE GALLERY northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/ CMD553/Feb2020 HORSESHOE BRIDGE.