The Croatian Studies Foundation published posts about the visits to Macquarie University and to the Croatian Archives of Australia on their Facebook page and on Instagram.
Category: Australija i Novi Zeland
Macquarie University
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.
Croatian Archives of 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.
Meetings at the Croatian Embassy in Canberra
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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Meeting in Consulate General of Croatia
In a meeting with Ivica Glasnović, Consul General of Croatia in Sydney, new meetings with members of Croatian community have been arranged.
Bibliography for New Zealand, v. 1
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.
A meeting in Zagreb
At a meeting in Zagreb, the first version of the bibliography for Australia was analysed. New actions regarding data collection have been arranged. The meeting was attended by Luka Budak (Macquarie University, Sydney), Ana Barbarić and Ivana Hebrang Grgić (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb).
Bibliography for Australia, v. 1
First version of the bibliography of newspapers and journals published by Croats in Australia has been published. The bibliography will be updated regularly, based on the researches in Croatia, Australia and New Zealand.
Insight in the first version of the bibliography (Koha)
First version of the bibliography of newspapers and journals published by Croats in Australia (pdf)
The beginning of the project
In June 2018 the first preliminary list of serials has been produced, based on the analysis of library catalogues. Software Koha was chosen and tested in the period from June to August 2018.
In September 2018 the work on creating bibliographies in the Koha software began. The plan is to add all the records from the preliminary list by October 15, 2018.
Working version of the interface in Koha
The project
The project Publishing activities of Croats in diaspora: Australia and New Zealand is co-funded by the University of Zagreb in 2018.