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
Lam Tac Tam
Personal stories
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaGot Queensland Migrant Service Award by the Queensland Government for voluntary work .
ItalyMum had really long hair when she was in her teens, but when she was about 18, she thought it was
ItalyWhen they first arrived in Melbourne, Mum and her family lived in North Essendon for a short time
United KingdomHi I am but a mere Scot but the real story relates to my two uncles by the names of Magnus and Be
United Kingdom(Mitchell Librarian 1993-2001, Associate Director State Records NSW 2001-2008 and Director State
LuxembourgFrom Singapore we had an overnight flight to Sydney, dawn came, the first glimpse on our new home
ItalyAs with other milestone migrant arrivals, there were grand plans to welcome Antonia Bellomarino a
LithuaniaOn 28 November 1947, 843 displaced persons from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived in Fremantl
United KingdomI was 12 years old and was ordered by the High Court in London to leave to join my father Frank a
ItalyThis story is about my Dad and Mum on their second trip back home together, but without us kids a
JapanImmediately following World War II, the Japanese brides of Australian servicemen were precluded f
GermanyMy parents, Johannes (John) and Elisabeth (Lisa) had applied to emigrate to Venezuela and to Aust
LuxembourgWe were loaded into Buses, it took more than two hours to arrive in Villawood hostel, some houses
LuxembourgThe main kitchen was huge, next to the kitchen, in a shed was a giant steam producing machine, th
Vladimir and his family (Jirina his wife, and Marcella his daughter) found asylum in Australia f
AustraliaIn their new home, they planted lots of fruit trees and vegetable plants and lived off the garden
United Kingdom(Mitchell Librarian 1993-2001, Associate Director State Records NSW 2001-2008 and Director State
