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Year:

1968

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1966

Category:

Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1954

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1960

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1994

Category:

Migrants in the Community

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Year:

1984

Category:

Migrant Education and Migrant Resource Centres

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Year:

1964

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1994

Category:

Migrants in the Community

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Year:

1994

Category:

Promotional Activities, Publications and Launches

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Year:

1973

Category:

Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1957

Category:

Migrant School Children and Students

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Year:

1968

Category:

Migrants at Leisure

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Year:

1985

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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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

Southhampton to Sydney

Here we are, having gone through customs and heading for the gang plank not knowing what might li
United Kingdom

A migrant’s story: Alan Ventress – a camp of migrants

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

My Beautiful Dad taking us to his hometown to meet his...

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

The Hoogenhout family - the right decision

When you’re not sure what to expect when you arrive, 17,000 kilometres is a long way to travel.
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

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

Meerbach Memories – Margaretha

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

The Peters family story - work and play

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

Henk Wolswinkel's Story - magpies singing

Like many new arrivals, Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre was the Wolswinkels' firs
Italy

Australia's 250,000th Italian migrant - a celebrity-...

Milestone migrants received a lot of fanfare on arrival to Australia, and for Antonia Bellomarino
Luxembourg

Arriving in Australia part 2

We were loaded into Buses, it took more than two hours to arrive in Villawood hostel, some houses
Luxembourg

Working in the Villawood hostel

Sydney, Villawood Hostel.
Poland

Marianna and Vladimir's story

I, Marianna Konovalov and my husband Vladimir came to Australia as migrants in 1949.
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
United Kingdom

Church sponsorship made all the difference for this migrant...

We arrived at South Brisbane on 5 November, 1968, having made the final leg of our long journey b
Germany

Memories of a 5 year old - Kuebler Migration

My Mother and Father decided to come to Australia from Germany.
Italy

Esther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'the family's future...

The MV Roma went on to Melbourne and then arrived in Sydney at 2.35pm on Thursday 11 October 1951
United Kingdom

Mr Maximum

John Albert Martin, his wife Mavis and son Donald, arrived in Australia onboard the Oronsay in Ju
Greece

Vassiliki Daflou: Campaign ambassador

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

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Motivations
11 Stories
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31 Stories
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17 Stories
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16 Stories
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19 Stories
Family
20 Stories
Challenges
12 Stories
Return visits
8 Stories
Reflections
8 Stories

Promotions

A Ticket to Paradise?

Exhibition
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?

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