Author: HIT

During research at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra, three issues of the Caritas Croata bulletin published in Sydney in 1951, 1952 and 1953 were found. The bulletin is not mentioned in other sources, and was the subject of an investigation by the Australian authorities as a foreign language publication. In addition to the surviving copies, the National Archives of Australia also held documents related to the investigation (NAA: A6122, 306).

The three colors are available in the Caritas Croata virtual collection in the Croatian Emigrant Press repository.

At the reception after the commemoration of ANZAC Day at the Australian Embassy in Zagreb, the new Australian ambassador, H. E. Mr Richard Rodgers was reported about the work on the Croatian emigrant press project.

On January 27, 2023, research was conducted in the library of the Croatian Catholic Center in Wollongong, near Sydney. Based on the available material and in a conversation with the head of the center, Fr. Ivo Tadić, information was gathered about the publications that will be included in the bibliography. Digitization of one publication was also agreed upon.

 

In January 2023, a virtual collection Books about Croats in New Zealand was created in the Croatian Emigrant Press repository,  currently containing 8 books (2 in Croatian and 6 in English). A link to the collection was shared on Facebook pages associated with Croats in New Zealand, resulting in an increase in views and downloads. In the period from January 22 to January 25, 737 views and 219 downloads were recorded in the repository.

In Rome, Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić visited the Vallicelliana library and the Central National Library in Rome (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma) within which operates ICCU (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche). ICCU is developing union catalog of Italian libraries that will be used for further research into Croatian publications outside of Croatia.

 

Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić met in Milan on November 30, 2022 with the Consul General of the Republic of Croatia Stjepan Ribić. The topic of discussion was the publications of Croats outside Croatia.

 

At the conference Archives, Libraries, Museums: Opportunities for Cooperation in the Environment of the Global Information Infrastructure, as part of the workshop Publishing in a new context, on November 24, 2022, a presentation  Publishing Activity of Croats Outside Croatia was held.

On Saturday, October 15th, 2022, Croatian Catholic Radio aired the program Živa veza (Live Connection) edited by Tuga Tarla, in which the latest activities within the Croatian emigrant press project were presented.

In the library of the Croatian Catholic Center St Nikola Tavelić in St Johns Park in Sydney, a meeting was held with the head of the center Fr. Petar Horvat. The library holds mostly books published in Croatia and Australia, and uses the Metel library software.