Share your story, read about other migrants’ memories and explore our photos – to see if you recognise someone you know. Between 1946 and 1999 government photographers snapped 22,000 images of people arriving and living in Australia. You can view them online in the National Archives’ collection.
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Browse videos- Series: Dutch Australia Shared Cultural Heritage
Cees, Ina and Erwin Huig, Dutch migrants to Australia - Series: Dutch Australia Shared Cultural Heritage
Gerard and Marretje van Wezel, Dutch migrants to Australia - Series: Dutch Australia Shared Cultural Heritage
Sherry Wright, Dutch migrant to Australia - Series: Dutch Australia Shared Cultural Heritage
Petronella Wensing, Dutch migrant to Australia - Series: Dutch Australia Shared Cultural Heritage
Stephanie Brantz, Dutch migrant heritage - Series: A Ticket to Paradise? Exhibition
Vera Marek - Series: A Ticket to Paradise? Exhibition
Seraphin Nyirenda - Series: A Ticket to Paradise? Exhibition
Maria-Lourdes (Noonee) Doronila - Series: A Ticket to Paradise? Exhibition
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Personal stories
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GreeceMy parents travelled independently from Greece to Australia from the same region of Greece.
ItalyDad recalls how when he did something wrong, Nonno would chase after him saying "come back, I lov
AustraliaIn their new home, they planted lots of fruit trees and vegetable plants and lived off the garden
GermanyI cannot remember arriving at Bonegilla, but I clearly remember waking up in the hospital with da
AustraliaMum had really long hair when she was in her teens, but when she was about 18yrs old, she thought
ItalyDad got work on a market garden in St Ives owned by fellow Aeolian migrants, Sam and Fay Fraumeni
United Kingdom(Mitchell Librarian 1993-2001, Associate Director State Records NSW 2001-2008 and Director State
the people you see at this picture are my uncle and my aunt Bep Bijster and there two children.
ItalyGiuseppe Cosentino was born on 2nd March, 1927 in a town called Melissa in Catanzaro, Italy.
GermanyIt was five years after the worst global conflict ever had come to its end, when Father had manag
ItalyWhen they first came to Australia in 1965, Dad and Mum bought a block of land in Dandenong South
NetherlandsOn their arrival, Adriana Zevenbergen and her family were treated to gifts, dinner receptions wit
AustraliaDad would always try and do something special with us on the weekends.
GermanyMy Mother and Father decided to come to Australia from Germany.
AustraliaMany migrants that made the journey to Australia found it hard to adapt to the Australian way of
AustraliaEllen tells me that just after they had arrived in Australia and living with their Aunty across f
GermanyDad and a mate worked hard on the side, cutting timber, breaking coal, anything, to earn a few ex
VietnamIn April 1975, a large scale evacuation of children took place in Vietnam, sending thousands of c
LithuaniaOn 28 November 1947, 843 displaced persons from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived in Fremantl
