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Year:

1980

Category:

Minister for Immigration

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Year:

1984

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Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1985

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Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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Year:

1993

Category:

Refugees

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Year:

1963

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1969

Category:

Minister for Immigration

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Year:

1969

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Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

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Ethnic Festivals, Arts and Crafts

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Year:

1958

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Good Neighbour Movement, Good Neighbour Council and New Settlers League

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Year:

1966

Category:

Hostels, Holding, State Reception, and Detention Centres

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Year:

1980

Category:

Refugees

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Year:

1965

Category:

Ethnic Groups and Clubs

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Year:

1960

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1957

Category:

Australian Citizenship and Naturalisation Ceremonies

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Year:

1955

Category:

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
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Personal stories

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Germany

The Peters family story - work and play

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

Japanese wives of Australian servicemen

Immediately following World War II, the Japanese brides of Australian servicemen were precluded f
Australia

This story is of our amazing life growing up in my eyes.

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

The 'builder migrants', 1947

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

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

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

Cecylia Kazimierczak - Churchill Fellow

In 1969 at the age of 21, Cecylia was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study piano abroad, inclu
Netherlands

Migration to Australia to paradise? - There seemed to be no...

There seemed to be no future for me in Australia, so I decided to return to the Netherlands after
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,
Poland

Marianna and Vladimir's story

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

Czechoslovakia 1968

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

The Hoogenhout Family - a successful business

These photographs show the Hoogenhout family working in their bakery.
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
Italy

This Story is about my beautiful Dad, Luca Cannito and some...

Dad found work at the Ordish Brick Factory in Dandenong a few weeks after he arrived.
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

Family Challenges: Loneliness. Isolation.
United Kingdom

My two uncles to the outback

Hi I am but a mere Scot but the real story relates to my two uncles by the names of Magnus and Be
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
Lithuania

Refugees displaced by World War II

In the aftermath of World War II, around one million Europeans were displaced from their country
Hungary

Laszlo Makay's story - a cheerful place to live

Between 1947 and 1971 the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre accommodated more than

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Motivations
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8 Stories
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