Australian Bungalow - Din l-Art Helwa

13/09/2024

https://youtu.be/9nxDlbZI1KM

The roof has since been put back onto the building but this stunning video produced by SkyEye Malta explains how we got to this stage....

The main sponsor for the project is the Melita Foundation.

This stunning video produced with the help of SkyEye Malta explains the history of the Australian Bungalow and Din l-Art Helwa's plans to turn this historic ...

06/09/2024

https://youtu.be/M8ZMk-Tm4so

Learn more about this challenging project - watch this video, showing how the Australian Bungalow was taken apart at Ghammieri and re-assembled at Ta' Qali National Park. All thanks to our volunteers and Melita Foundation.

The Australian Bungalow was in Ghammieri when our project started, but it is now being re-assembled at the Ta' Qali National Park. Many thanks to Melita Foun...

05/09/2024

Step 1, step 2, step 3 - and the roof is back on! Another momentous phase completed!

The Australian Bungalow is now at the Ta'Qali National Park - although it is still not open to visitors, you can peek at the progress!

All possible thanks to the marvellous support of the Melita Foundation. :-)

31/05/2024

Some fabulous photos of the various parts of the Australian Bungalow, waiting at Ta' Qali to be re-assembled... Many thanks to John Aldhouse of SkyEyeMalta.

Get involved! Make a donation to save this historic site!

https://dinlarthelwa.org/product/donation/

27/05/2024

The Australian Bungalow is slowly but surely taking shape. Watch this marvellous aerial video by (John Aldhouse) which gives you a good idea of where it is at Ta' Qali.

29/04/2024

FLASHBACK!

Perhaps the best way to appreciate the scale of the project is to see what it looked like when work started!

It is such a lovely building - much larger than it looks! - with a typical patio providing shade...

22/04/2024

FLASHBACK!

Main contractor Alan Debattista of Chillis Chilli had shown round former DLH president Alex Torpiano some months ago. You can see the terrible state that the bungalow was in - some of it could be restored but some had to be replaced from scratch.

19/04/2024

We are trying to find out as much as we can about the Bungalow. If you find any memorabilia about people who were trained at the Bungalow, we would love to hear from you!

15/04/2024

DIn l-Art Helwa has done a great deal of research to find out more about the Australian Bungalow. You can read about it here...

InHeritage Sites, Heritage Sites managed by Din l-Art Helwa, Other The Australian Bungalow was brought to Malta in the early 1920s to enable prospective Maltese migrants to Australia to adapt themselves to their new environment and to be able to dismantle and rebuild such structures. The British wer...

11/04/2024

WE NEED FUNDING!

It will take around €200,000 more to complete the Australian Bungalow restoration. You can help us! We are crowdfunding here:

https://simplygiving.mt/project/restoration-of-australian-bungalow/ #

Every little bit helps!

The restoration of the Australian Bungalow by Din l-Art Helwa is important project to promote and enhance the collective memory of Maltese migration both in Malta and abroad, especially in Australia.

11/04/2024

The restoration would not have been possible without the Melita Foundation's generous sponsorship. This is what the Bungalow looked like when dismantling started!

And here is more information about Melita's sponsorship!
https://dinlarthelwa.org/uncategorized/melita-foundation-to-support-the-australian-bungalow-salvage/