Life in Campbelltown in 2001

Use for any purpose requires written permission from the Campbelltown City Council and the State Library of South Australia. Published by the Campbelltown City Council, 2001. Writer & director, Cole Larsen ; cinematographer, Ronald Bollman ; production coordinator, Robert Habel ; sound recordist, sound & picture editor, Karl Larsen. This is a segment of a video produced by Campbelltown City Council as part of the commemoration of Australia's Centenary of Federation in 2001. The video was distributed free to all households in the district. For more information about this film see http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/pa... The Library has endeavoured to identify and contact all copyright holders for this material. The Library invites people who believe they are further copyright holders to contact Library staff to discuss usage of this item. Contact details: http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.c... A transcript of the film has been posted here as captions cannot be added correctly. The migrant monument is a symbol of the diverse and rich cultural makeup of Campbelltown, and is a true representation of todays multicultural Australian society. Migrants have played a major role in the development of the Campbelltown area, with significant contributions to business, cultural and religious activity, education and urban planning. "My name is John. My name is Giovanni in fact. I'm right here at this migrant monument. At this Glynde corner, because at Glynde corner where a lot of people years ago used to meet. Then from here they used to gain work in farms, in gardens and so on." "My name is Reb Jordana. I'm the architect for the migrant monument here at Campbelltown. Basically the monument, the design we have a circular pathway, which is 20 metres diameter, which represents the world. The actual monument has four doors, four entrances, to represent the four corners of the world." Today, the multicultural mix of the community continues to grow, with nationalities from South Africa to China and beyond. "We've got one friend here, a friend of the family, right Johnson. My eldest daughter Erica, my wife Sonia, Kerry sitting in the corner, and Clare who's not eating tonight because she's going dancing. We came from Johannseburg about two years ago. First to Brisbane, then when I got a job, we settled in Adelaide in January of last year." "This is my wife... This is my two years and eight months old daughter, Natalie. Say hallo. My name is Rali. I migrated here from China, my wife migrated from Malaysia. We came here, got married, and pretty much here we are. I'm working with an internet company called Asia Online and my job mainly involves the technical area." "I'm a medical social worker and I work at the Flinders Medical Centre." In a community as diverse as Campbelltown, religion plays a major role, as reflected by the many religious denominations operating in the area. "I'm... I'm the secretary of the Parish of St Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Orthodox church in Athelstone. You might be wondering, what's a Chinese man doing as the secretary of the Greek church. Well, fortunately I'm married to a Greek and as a result I'm an orthodox and all my family are orthodox." Each year the Italian Catholic Community in Campbelltown host the Montevergine Festival, one of the largest religious festivals in Australia. More than 5000 people take part in church services at the Church of the Annunciation at Hectorville and then march in procession to the St Francis of Assisi church at Newton for a giant mass.