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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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NetherlandsOn their arrival, Adriana Zevenbergen and her family were treated to gifts, dinner receptions wit
AustraliaIt was not smooth sailing for all migrants that arrived in Australia after WWII.
Vladimir and his family (Jirina his wife, and Marcella his daughter) found asylum in Australia f
GermanyOn our arrival in Australia, my mother Lisa's only language was German.
AustraliaDad would always try and do something special with us on the weekends.
VietnamIn April 1975, a large scale evacuation of children took place in Vietnam, sending thousands of c
AustraliaDad and Mum met on Australia Day 1965, just after Dad had come back from Frankston beach with his
ItalyWe arrived at Greta Migrant Camp, approximately 180 kms north of Sydney, in mid December 1955.
AustraliaThe first entry into mainland Australia by Torres Strait Islanders from the Torres Strait began i
ChinaMy father was born in Chandaochedzy, Manchuria; my mother in Chingan, Manchuria and I was born in
ItalyMilestone migrants received a lot of fanfare on arrival to Australia, and for Antonia Bellomarino
ItalyMario Cerasani was born on 9 June 1930 in San Benedetto dei Marsi in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
GermanyAfter a few weeks in Bonegilla we moved to Beechworth in Victoria.
NetherlandsThese photographs show the Hoogenhout family working in their bakery.
GermanyDad and a mate worked hard on the side, cutting timber, breaking coal, anything, to earn a few ex
Czech RepublicVoitre Marek, an artist now with works at the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gal
Australia'It has not been easy for organised world opinion in the United Nations or elsewhere to act direc
AustraliaSoon after announcing his search for ships and migrants to fill them, the first Immigration Minis
ItalyDad got work on a market garden in St Ives owned by fellow Aeolian migrants, Sam and Fay Fraumeni
ItalyThis story is about my Dad and Mum on their second trip back home together, but without us kids a
