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1969

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Migrants in Employment

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1968

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Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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1969

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Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Year:

1971

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Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1960

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Migrants at Leisure

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Year:

1968

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Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1969

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Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1960

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Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

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Minister for Immigration

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Year:

1956

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Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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1968

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Migrants in Employment

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1964

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Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1972

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Ethnic Festivals, Arts and Crafts

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Year:

1952

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Migrant Education and Migrant Resource Centres

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1968

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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

Meerbach Memories - Cornelia and Antonius

Cornelia Grosveld and Antonius Meerbach married in Roosendaal in the Netherlands just after the o
Luxembourg

Working in the Hostel

The main kitchen was huge, next to the kitchen, in a shed was a giant steam producing machine, th
Australia

My beautiful Dad, Luca Cannito and some of his first...

My Dad found work at the Ordish Brickworks on Stud Road, Dandenong a few weeks after he had arriv
Netherlands

Australia's 100,000th Dutch Migrant - 'a good...

In 1960 Cornelis and Adriana Zevenbergen with their sons Kees and Addo moved into their own three
Greece

Vassiliki Daflou: Campaign ambassador

By the 1960s the Australian government began to address the growing gender imbalance by actively
Australia

Life as a 13 year old POM

The top picture is one of me and a mate walking through C Block Wacol Hostel on the way to starti
Greece

The Greek Wedding

My parents travelled independently from Greece to Australia from the same region of Greece.
Australia

Just the Beginning- Peter Stokes Part 3

The following day I was given a very lengthy series of tests in maths, English, solving problems,
Luxembourg

Working in the Villawood hostel

Sydney, Villawood Hostel.
South Africa

Maria Peters - 'Princess Ubangi'

Born in 1901 and standing 88.9cm tall, Maria Peters was variously known as ‘Princess Ubangi’, ‘a
Australia

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

When they first arrived in Melbourne in 1959, Mum and her family lived in North Essendon for a sh
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

They sailed on 9.12.54 on the SS Skaubryn and Christmas was celebrated on the Red Sea.
Luxembourg

Arriving in Australia part 3

The rest of the afternoon was spend unpacking then wandering around in the hostel to get acquaint
Italy

Jim's Mum and Dad's journey to Australia in...

In early 1964, Dad had made contact with Mum in Italy and had asked her to sell their family home
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
United Kingdom

Scared Stiff

I was 12 years old and was ordered by the High Court in London to leave to join my father Frank a
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

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

The 'builder migrants', 1947

Soon after announcing his search for ships and migrants to fill them, the first Immigration Minis
Australia

The Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme

Construction began on the Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme on 17 October 1949.
Germany

The Peters family story - work and play

After a few weeks in Bonegilla we moved to Beechworth in Victoria.

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