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Year:

1973

Category:

Ethnic Groups and Clubs

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1984

Category:

Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1973

Category:

Minister for Immigration

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Year:

1960

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

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Migrants in Cities and Towns

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1971

Category:

Migrants in Sport, the Arts and Entertainment

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Year:

1970

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1978

Category:

Migrant Education and Migrant Resource Centres

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Year:

1984

Category:

Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1967

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1971

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1984

Category:

Refugees

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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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Italy

My Beautiful Dad taking us back home to meet our family for...

In July, 1977, Mum's family came to pick us up and take us to Tullamarine Airport as we were on o
Sri Lanka

Coming to Adelaide

I am an only child born to a mother who has nine siblings and one live-in cousin and a father wit
Japan

Sachiko McKay

Sachiko McKay nee Morimoto, known as Marie, was born in Japan in 1928.
United Kingdom

Hadley Family

My uncle, James Hadley with his wife Maisie (nee Lambert) and their two children, Jaimmy and Jenn
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
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

Initially Mum was very homesick.
Migration 1956: Listening to a child's voice

I was nine years old in 1956. It had been one of the coldest winters on record in Holland.
United Kingdom

Barbara Porritt, the 1,000,000th Migrant

Australia’s post-war immigration publicity campaign was in full swing by 1955.
United Kingdom

A Wonderful Life.

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

This story is of our amazing life growing up seen through...

Dad would always try and do something special with us on the weekends.
Netherlands

Sibajak - Journey To Australia - Udo Family 1956

I (Frans Alexander Udo) was born on March 29 1950 in Amsterdam Holland.
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

Dad worked at BHP at Newcastle, and was meant to stay in the hostel at Mayfield, but to save mone
Germany

By Susanne Blaschka- Family

It was five years after the worst global conflict ever had come to its end, when Father had manag
United Kingdom

A migrant’s story: Alan Ventress – working in the Pilbara

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

The Peters family story - work and play

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

Leaving Amsterdam

May 5th 1957 - cold and a light snow.
United Kingdom

Back ome again

I picked 1970 as this when I was just 15 and left Aus reluctantly but keen to see me mum brothers
Germany

By Susanne Blaschka- The Journey/ First Impressions

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

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

My Dad found work at the Ordish Brick Factory on Stud Road, Dandenong a few weeks after he had ar
vinckx

the people you see at this picture are my uncle and my aunt Bep Bijster and there two children.

Browse stories by theme

Motivations
12 Stories
The journey
32 Stories
First impressions
17 Stories
Settlement
16 Stories
Work & play
19 Stories
Family
23 Stories
Challenges
12 Stories
Return visits
9 Stories
Reflections
8 Stories

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