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Year:

1966

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1956

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Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Year:

1986

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Refugees

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Year:

1966

Category:

Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Year:

1954

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Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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Year:

1962

Category:

Migrants at Leisure

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Year:

1969

Category:

Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Year:

1955

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Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1972

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Migrants in Sport, the Arts and Entertainment

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Year:

1968

Category:

Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1971

Category:

Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Pages

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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Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia 1968

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

My Reflection on the most amazing parents in the World.

As I reflect on Mum and Dad's life, I think of my own life and how I am who I am because of these
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

Mum and Dad were like many thousands of other immigrants of their era.
United Kingdom

Wacol Hostel

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

World Refugee Year 1959-60

'It has not been easy for organised world opinion in the United Nations or elsewhere to act direc
Hungary

Laszlo Makay's Story - revolutionising the menu

In exchange for assisted passage to Australia, Laszlo was required to fulfil a two-year work cont
Netherlands

The Misses

Migrants who had won beauty pageant titles were the perfect models for promotional photographs ta
Luxembourg

Sydney 1 first steps

SYDNEY 1 first steps.
Germany

By Susanne Blaschka- The Journey/ First Impressions

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

Maira Kalnins, the 50,000th New Australian

Seven-year-old Maira Kalnins (who is referred to incorrectly as ‘Naira’ within the records) becam
Australia

Voitre Marek- Settlement

Vera arranged a job for Voitre at a local jeweller.
Netherlands

Australia's 100,000th Dutch Migrant - a great deal of...

As promotion for the Australian government’s migration programs, much was made of milestone arriv
Italy

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

Mum had really long hair when she was in her teens, but when she was about 18, she thought it was
United Kingdom

Glasgow to Geelong.

My father Alexander was sixty five years old when he and my mother Susan decided to migrate to Au
Sri Lanka

The Colombo Plan

The Colombo Plan, launched in 1951, was an intergovernmental program designed to strengthen relat
Netherlands

Migration to Australia to paradise? - my first job...

My first job was at a car yard cleaning cars and so.
United Kingdom

A migrant’s story: Alan Ventress – springboard to a new...

(Mitchell Librarian 1993-2001, Associate Director State Records NSW 2001-2008 and Director State
Greece

Vassiliki Daflou - chosen as campaign ambassador

The selection officer who interviewed Vassiliki Daflou in Athens described her as ‘just an averag
Indonesia

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

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

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

Promotions

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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