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Year:

1972

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1967

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1964

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Migrants in the Australian Armed Services

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Year:

1969

Category:

Promotional Activities, Publications and Launches

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1955

Category:

Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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Year:

1967

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1970

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1979

Category:

Promotional Activities, Publications and Launches

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Year:

1984

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Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1965

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in the Community

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Year:

1963

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1962

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1968

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Video portraits

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
Lam Tac Tam

Personal stories

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Netherlands

The Hoogenhout family - embraced by the community

Jan and Nieske Hoogenhout became well-known and liked locally when they opened their bakery in Sh
Italy

Esther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'After one year he had...

Dad got work on a market garden in St Ives owned by fellow Aeolian migrants, Sam and Fay Fraumeni
Netherlands

Meerbach Memories – Margaretha

In 1955 at eight years old my parents told me we were going to move to Australia.
United Kingdom

Wacol Hostel

I arrived at the hostel late afternoon it was getting cooler and after London it was as different
Netherlands

The Hoogenhout family - 'always a houseful of people...

While Jan died in December 2010 and Nieske only six months later, their legacy in Tasmania remain
Germany

By Susanne Blaschka- The Journey/ First Impressions

As a teenager, seventeen at my last birthday, I had my own cabin aboard.
Poland

Cecylia Kazimierczak - Churchill Fellow

In 1969 at the age of 21, Cecylia was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study piano abroad, inclu
Japan

Sachiko McKay

Sachiko McKay nee Morimoto, known as Marie, was born in Japan in 1928.
Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia 1968

The Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 ended a period of democratic reform and led to an
Italy

This story is about my Mum, Nara De Santis and her first...

When they first arrived in Melbourne, Mum and her family lived in North Essendon for a short time
China

The arrival of my family, Leonard Boniecki, Karolina...

My father was born in Chandaochedzy, Manchuria; my mother in Chingan, Manchuria and I was born in
Malta

Our Adventurous Flight to Australia as Migrants in 1966

My husband and I had never travelled overseas before we migrated to Australia.
Lithuania

Refugees displaced by World War II

In the aftermath of World War II, around one million Europeans were displaced from their country
Netherlands

Migration to Australia

This is writtrn in memory of my father and mother.In the year 1945 we had been through a war and
Hungary

Laszlo Makay's Story - a long life in Canberra

Laszlo Makay arrived in Australia in 1951.
Germany

Memories of a 5 year old - Kuebler Migration

My Mother and Father decided to come to Australia from Germany.
United Kingdom

A Wonderful Life.

Arriving from England in March 1964, my wife and I settled in Melbourne.
Indonesia

Annie Maas O'Keefe vs Arthur Augustus Calwell and the...

Annie Maas O’Keefe arrived in Australia as a wartime evacuee from Indonesia.
Australia

Just the Beginning- Peter Stokes Part 2

He found me a private room in his mission hall.
Vietnam

Operation Babylift - Vietnamese orphans come to Australia

Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to nu

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Motivations
11 Stories
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30 Stories
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17 Stories
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16 Stories
Work & play
19 Stories
Family
19 Stories
Challenges
10 Stories
Return visits
8 Stories
Reflections
7 Stories

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A Ticket to Paradise?

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Uncover the real story of Australian immigration. The lives and experiences of Australia's post World War II migrants.
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A Place to Call Home?

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Explore what life was like in Australia’s migrant hostels with vivid photographs.
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