Croatian Emigrant Almanac 2020 was promoted in Croatian Heritage Foundation on the 12th of February 2020. Paper entitled A Virtual Bibliography of Diaspora Periodicals, by Ivana Hebrang Grgić and Ana Barbarić, is published in the publication.


Croatian Emigrant Almanac 2020 was promoted in Croatian Heritage Foundation on the 12th of February 2020. Paper entitled A Virtual Bibliography of Diaspora Periodicals, by Ivana Hebrang Grgić and Ana Barbarić, is published in the publication.


Selected sources on Croats in Australia and New Zealand:
Publications resulting from the project:
1. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana; Barbarić, Ana. Metodologija prikupljanja podataka i izrade retrospektivne bibliografije iseljeničkog tiska. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske. 62, 1(2019), 29–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.30754/vbh.62.1.744
2. Krtalić, Maja; Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication. 68, 6(2019), 652-673. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-02-2019-0017
3. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana ; Barbarić, Ana. Virtualna bibliografija periodike iz dijaspore. Hrvatski iseljenički zbornik 2020. Zagreb: Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2019, 371-378.
4. Hebrang, Grgić, Ivana; Barbarić, Ana. Modeli komunikacije hrvatskih iseljenika u Novom Zelandu: od usmene predaje do društvenih mreža. Medijska istraživanja. 26, 1(2020), 87-108. doi: https://doi.org/10.22572/mi.26.1.5
5. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana; Barbarić, Ana. Ni s kućom ni bez kuće: nakladnička djelatnost Hrvata u Novome Zelandu. Zagreb: Ljevak, 2021.
6. Barbarić, Ana. Projekt HIT: Hrvatski iseljenički tisak. @rhivi. 9(2021), 24-25.
7. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Newspapers Published by Croats in New South Wales: From Print Environment to Social Networking Sites. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association. 71, 2(2022), 123-138. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2022.2046385
8. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Hrvatske novine u Australiji početkom 1930-ih godina: načini provođenja i izbjegavanja cenzure. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske. 65, 1(2022), 273-298. doi: https://doi.org/10.30754/vbh.65.1.940
9. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana; Barbarić, Ana. Čuvanje kulturne baštine : novine novozelandskih Hrvata. Hrvatska izvan domovine IV: zbornik radova predstavljenih na 4. hrvatskom iseljeničkom kongresu (Zagreb, 5. – 6. studenoga 2020. i Marija Bistrica, 10. – 11. lipnja 2021.) / Hebrang Grgić, Ivana ; Lemić, Vlatka ; Sopta, Marin ; Trošelj Miočević, Tanja (eds.).
Zagreb: Centar za istraživanje hrvatskog iseljeništva, 2022, 129-134.
10. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Važnost arhivskih izvora za istraživanje publikacija hrvatskih iseljenika na primjeru Australije i Novog Zelanda. Arhivski vjesnik. 65, 1(2022), str. 81-96. doi: https://doi.org/10.36506/av.65.4
11. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Mogućnosti istraživanja povijesti Hrvata u Australiji i Novome Zelandu na temelju digitalnih izvora. Hrvatski iseljenički zbornik 2023. Zagreb: Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2022, 151-165.
12. Barbarić, Ana. Izradba bibliografije knjiga hrvatskih iseljenika: od konceptualnog okvira do praktičnih rješenja. Kreativni pristupi nakladništvu i baštini (ne)vidljiva Nives Tomašević. Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru, 2023, 67-73.
13. Barbarić, Ana; Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Publikacije hrvatskih iseljenika u Australiji i Novome Zelandu: od bibliografije do bibliometrije. Miroslav Tuđman i paradigma znanja. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu; Udruga sv. Juraj, 2023, 177-188.
14. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana; Barbarić, Ana. Their faraway home: the story of Croats in New Zealand through publications. Dunedin; Chatswood: Exisle Publishing; Naklada Ljevak: Zagreb, 2023.
15. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Digitalizirani izvori o povijesti Hrvata u Novome Zelandu: važnost međuinstitucijske suradnje i otvorenoga pristupa. Hrvatska izvan domovine V / Sopta, Marin; Benić Penava, Marija; Trošelj Miočević, Tanja (eds). Zagreb; Osijek: Centar za istraživanje hrvatskog iseljeništva; Ekonomski fakultet u Osijeku, 2023, 135-140.
16. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana Citiranje digitalnih izvora u istraživanjima tema povezanih s hrvatskim iseljeništvom. Hrvatski iseljenički zbornik 2024. Zagreb: Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2023, 99-109.
17. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Pronalaženje zagubljenih publikacija: Dom i svijet i Caritas Croata. Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske. 67, 1(2024), 189-201. doi: 10.30754/vbh.67.1.1185
18. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Tragovi Hrvata u Novome Zelandu: spomen obilježja kao znaci vremena. Hrvatski iseljenički zbornik 2025. Zagreb: Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2024, 138-145.
19. Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. Pisana baština novozelandskih Hrvata u tekstovima o životu i radu Amelije Batistich. Tebe ću čekat ja…: iz (is)pisane ostavštine novozelandskih Hrvata: zbornik radova / Kurtović Budja, Ivana; Lasić, Josip (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2025, 176-191.
Conferences:
December 6, 2019 Bibliographic information was also collected from the National Library of Australia and the Parliamentary Library. December 6, 2019 Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić briefed Betty Pavelic Sirois, Croatian Ambassador to Australia, on the project. The ambassador suggested further contacts and expressed readiness to cooperate. December 3, 2019 State Library New South Wales in Sydneyju has online catalogues, but also card catalogues. Project team members searched card catalogues and found new records that will be included in the bibliography. December 1, 2019 Project team members Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić attended the book promotion (My Mother’s Kitchen), where they spoke to Joesph Gene Petric, Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Melbourne; Luka Budak, professor ad Croatian Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney; Ivanka Barić, president of the Croatian Cultural Association; Katica Perinac, president of the Association of Croatian Language Teachers of Victoria and many others. November 30, 2019 State Library Victoria is one of the oldest Australian libraries and one of the first free libraries in the world. During the visit card catalogues were searched and contacts with librarians were made. November 3, 2019 Seminar Archives and Publishing: Sources, Heritage, Public was organized by ICARUS Croatia (International Centre for Archival Research) in Gospić, Croatia, from 4th to 5th October 2019. A presentation entitled Heritage Institutions as Access Points to Publications of Croats in Australia and New Zealand was held. In the picture: Vlatka Lemić, president of ICARUS Croatia and Ivana Hebrang Grgić, invited speaker at the seminar. September 23, 2019 Conference Croatia and Croatians in Past and Present Networks took place in Sydney from 19th to 21st September 2019. It was organized by Croatian Studies Centre at Macquarie University and Croatian Studies Foundation, on the 35th anniversary of Croatian Studies at Macquarie University. Presentation entitled Newspaper and journal communication in the Australian Croatian community by Ivana Hebrang Grgić and Ane Barbarić from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb and Jasna Novak Milić from the Macquarie University was presented by Jasna Novak Milić. June 13, 2019 In the Natonal and University Library in Zagreb the 34th panel discussion of Foreign Croatica Collection was held. The theme was the project of making a bibliography of the Croatian emigrant press. The panel was announced on the portals MojZagreb, culturenet.hr and Hrvatska matica iseljenika. May 13, 2019 Presentation Croatian Emigrant Press – from bibliography to digitization was presented within the 9th Festival of Croatian Digitizing Projects. The festival was held on May 9 and 10, 2019 at the National and University Library in Zagreb. The summary is published in abstract booklet. April 1, 2019 The project will be presented at Kreativna riznica (Creative Treasury), symposium that has been organized annually (since 2015) in Osijek, Croatia. The aim is popularization of science and promotion of creative industry. Organizers of the symposium are Andizet – Institute for Scientific and Artistic Research in Creative Industry and the Faculty of Economics, University of Osijek.
National Library of Australia and Parliamentary Library in Canberra

Reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Canberra

State Library New South Wales, Sydney



Croatian Cultural Association, Geelong



State Library Victoria, Melbourne


Seminar Archives and Publishing

Conference in Sydney


Foreign Croatica – National and University Library in Zagreb

DFest – Festival of Croatian Digitizing Projects
Creative Treasury: Croatian newspapers at the end of the world

During the stay in Sydney, meetings were held with individuals who, as authors and/or editors, participated in publishing books (Figure 1 – poet Ana Kumarich). Croatia House is association that promotes Croatian culture and art (Figure 2 – Ned Tičić from Croatia House). A working dinner was held with Renata Dyer, a system librarian at the Parliament Library and with Jasna Novak Milić, project associate form Macquarie University (Figure 3).



The project, possible contact and future plans were discussed at the meeting with Ivica Glasnović, Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Sydney.

Bibliographic information was also collected from the National Library of Australia and the Parliamentary Library.

Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić briefed Betty Pavelic Sirois, Croatian Ambassador to Australia, on the project. The ambassador suggested further contacts and expressed readiness to cooperate.

State Library New South Wales in Sydneyju has online catalogues, but also card catalogues. Project team members searched card catalogues and found new records that will be included in the bibliography.



Project team members Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić attended the book promotion (My Mother’s Kitchen), where they spoke to Joesph Gene Petric, Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Melbourne; Luka Budak, professor ad Croatian Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney; Ivanka Barić, president of the Croatian Cultural Association; Katica Perinac, president of the Association of Croatian Language Teachers of Victoria and many others.


