The gardens migrants make show how memories and dreams take form in the new country. All Australian gardens, whether grand or modest, are intriguing mixtures of influences from other countries and curious Australian plants growing in unusual settings.
There are complex reasons why migrants leave their home country; ranging from simple traditions of migratory work to chaotic displacement associated with war. Many Mediterranean migrants in Australia were following the tradition of migratory work. The gardens of such migrants tend to follow the traditional patterns of growing provisions for the family and the market. This was also true of the Chinese when they came to Australia.
Other migrants were forced to flee their countries due to war. Such refugees believed that they would never be able to return to their countries, so the garden took on a particular poignancy as a place to re-establish order after chaos, a place to experience the healing power of seasons and to give expression to cherished aspects of lost homelands.
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