The newspaper Brotherly Unity (Bratska sloga) is a newspaper that was published in only four issues in 1899. All the four issues can be found in Alexandar Turnbull Library that is a part of National Library of New Zealand in Wellington. In the same library some issues of The United Front (1942-1943) are available.
Our project collaborator Maja Krtalić arranged some meetings in Wellingtonu – with members of the Croatian Cultural Society, Ester Slee and Lyn Bareta (Figure 1) and with Janet Toland, the dean of the School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington (Figure 2).
Figure 1. Ester Slee, Lyn Bareta and Ivana Hebrang Grigć
Figure 2. Janet Toland and Ivana Hebrang Grgić
The first meeting of the team members from all the three countries was held in Sydney – Maja Krtalić (New Zealand), Jasna Novak Milić (Australia) and Ivana Hebrang Grgić (Croatia).
An interview was recorded for Radio SBS, explaining the aim of the project. The interview is in Croatian and it calls for all the Croats in Australia to collaborate in gathering data about publications that are of interest. The interview will be broadcast by the end of November and shared on social media afterwards.
At Macquarie University a meeting was held with Dr Walter Vori Lalich, a scientist who also participated in some important events regarding Croatian immigrants and who knows some important facts about Croatian newspapers in Australia.
Interesting materials were found in the Croatian Archives of Australia in Sydney. New data about newspapers was gathered through interviews with members of the Archives – Fabijan Lovoković (president and former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Spremnost that was published in the period of 1957-2007), Ante Glavor (co-president of the Archives and president of Croatian-Australian Literary and Artistic Society), Ana Watson, Bože Žuro, Zora Marušić and reverend Petar Horvat. Interviews were made by project team members Jasna Novak Milić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić. On the portal Domovina a text about the meeting was published.
There were three meetings at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Canberra – with Betty Bernardica Pavelich Sirois, Croatian Ambassador to Australia(Figure 1), first secretary Sandra Tvrtković (Figure 2), Mario Dešpoja (Figure 3) and Vanda Boras Podravac (Figure 4). New meetings have been arranged as well as cooperation with Zoran Šangut, Consul General of Croatia in Perth.
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In a meeting with Ivica Glasnović, Consul General of Croatia in Sydney, new meetings with members of Croatian community have been arranged.
After first version of bibliography of newspapers and journals for Australia, the first version for New Zealand has been published. Both bibliographies will be updated based on research conducted in Croatia, Australia and New Zealand. The newest versions will be available at Bibliographies.
