Exhibitions
EAA exhibitions are developed by Archive volunteers and in some cases with help from additional people or groups. Most exhibitions are held in the foyer of Estonian House, Sydney but for Estonian Festivals and special occasions, the exhibitions are displayed in other venues as well. The “DP camp life 1945-1950” exhibition has travelled around Australia and the world: Vilnius in Lithuania, Riga in Latvia, Tartu in Estonia and Turku in Finland.
Current Exhibition - Feb 2026
Ephemera
Ephemera is material, which is only intended to last a very short time. It includes advertising flyers, known today as ‘junk mail, tickets for buses or for concerts, product packaging, those annoying paper tags attached to new clothes, cardboard beer coasters, posters, paper dolls, envelopes, receipts and bookmarks, just to name a few.
When they survive, they give insights into past lives and past activities. They are the rubbish of everyday life. Just like archaeological artefacts, they are a window into the ordinary lives of ordinary people.
These items come from the collection of the Estonian Archives in Australia.
Past Exhibitions
| August 2025 | “Adelaide Estonian Society 75 years”, Sydney Estonian House |
| February 2025 | “Then and Now”, Sydney Estonian House |
| August 2024 | “The Great Escape – 80th Anniversary”, Sydney Estonian House |
| August 2023 | “Jakobson retrospective”, Sydney Estonian House |
| February 2023 | “Works on paper”, Sydney Estonian House |
| February 2021 | “The Story Continues 2021”, Sydney Estonian House |
| August 2019 | “The Great Escape 1944”, Sydney Estonian House |
| February 2018 | “DP Camp Life 1945-1950”, The Latvian Society, Riga, Latvia |
| September 2017 | “DP Camp Life 1945-1950”, Technical University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| September 2017 | “Estonian Society of Sydney “Eesti Kodu Linda” 90 years”, Sydney Estonia House |
| December 2016 | “DP Camp Life 1945-1950”, 26th Estonian Festival Adelaide |
| September 2016 | “Happily Australian but Estonian too”, Sydney Estonian House |
| September 2015 | “DP Camp Life 1945-1950”, Sydney Estonian House |
| September 2014 | “The Great Escape from Estonia in 1944”, Sydney Estonia House |
| February 2013 | “Womens magazines in Estonia”, Sydney Estonia House |
| February 2012 | “Estonians in Australia before WWI”, Sydney Estonia House |
| November 2011 | “ENUS 100 years”, Sydney Estonia House |
| May 2011 | “Estonian money through the ages”, Sydney Estonia House |
| December 2010 | “Our story continues”, 23rd Estonian Festival, Adelaide |
| November 2010 | “Estonian Festivals in Australia”, Sydney Estonia House |
| November 2009 | “Estonian Society of Sydney Folk dancers 1934-2009”, Sydney Estonia House |
| August 2009 | “Meie Kodu 60th anniversary”, Sydney Estonia House |
| December 2008 | “Life in a DP camp”, Sydney Estonia House |
| October 2007 | ESS “Eesti Kodu Linda 80th anniversary “, Sydney Estonia House |
| January 2007 | “Estonian children’s books”, Sydney Estonia House |
| January 2006 | “Estonian food, Estonian drinks”, 21st Estonian Festival, Sydney Estonian House |
| February 2005 | “Kalevipoeg”, Sydney Estonia House |
| January 2005 | “Happily Australian but Estonian too”, Heritage Library, Canberra |
| May-June 2004 | “Happily Australian but Estonian too”, Sydney Estonian House |
| Dec-Feb 2004 | “Happily Australian but Estonian too”, 20th Estonian Festival, Immigration Museum, Adelaide |
| May 2003 | “Estonian song”, Sydney Estonia House |
| May 2002 | “Preserving the Estonian culture in Australia”, Sydney Estonia House |
| February 2002 | “Preserving the Estonian culture in Australia”, Sydney Estonia House |
