Prior to immigrating to the continent, Maltese people were given training in particular trade in order to be accepted in that country – this particular bungalow was used to teach islanders who wanted to establish a better life in Australia how to build houses made of wood.

The small house will now endure a delicate procedure wherein it will be dismantled from the state farm and relocated to the Ta’ Qali Family Park.

This project, led by Din L-Art Ħelwa, will be supported by The Melita Foundation, according to the Times of Malta. It will take around 15 years to be completed, incurring a cost of an estimated €400,000.

The idea, Joseph Farrugia explained to TVM News, is to place interactive panels with information about the history of immigration from Malta.

The organisation has several adventurous stories which it is eager to share regarding the experiences of some of the first Maltese emigrants and immigrants who had to endure “enormous sacrifices”.

The aim is for the bungalow to be open to the public at the weekends and then more frequently for those who take an interest – for instance schools and tourists.

An external portico was already dismantled, with the roof to be dismantled next, and then the walls.

Maltese migration to Australia increased after 1944 while the peak period occurred in the 1950s and 1960s.

The majority of citizens, or “white British subjects” as they were referred to, left the island due to poor socio-economic conditions or in response to government schemes intended to slash the country’s population.

Migrants were offered assisted migrant passage to Australia.

Most Maltese who arrived in Australia at the time were semi-skilled or unskilled workers, with a large amount being poorly educated, therefore these training programs were somewhat necessary for a smoother transition of migrants into the continent.

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