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Year:

1960

Category:

Migrants in their Homes

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Year:

1959

Category:

Migrants in the Community

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrants in the Community

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1968

Category:

Historical Milestones and Prominent Persons

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Year:

1971

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1959

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1959

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1973

Category:

Migrant Arrivals and Transport Ships

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Year:

1968

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1958

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1965

Category:

Minister for Immigration

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Year:

1986

Category:

Child Migration Schemes and Migrant Child Care

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Year:

1969

Category:

Migrants in Employment

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Year:

1962

Category:

Good Neighbour Movement, Good Neighbour Council and New Settlers League

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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

Migration to Australia to paradise? - It all began when I...

It all began when I was at secondary school where I had to do a project on one of the continents.
Lithuania

Arrival of the first displaced persons from Europe

On 28 November 1947, 843 displaced persons from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia arrived in Fremantl
United Kingdom

A new Start in a New Country

Our family left Birmingham in June 1959 to come to Australia
Germany

Eddie & Irene Kinast

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

Dad and Mum's journey of settling down at 15 Gloria...

In their new home, they planted lots of fruit trees and vegetable plants and lived off the garden
Netherlands

Immigration publicity photos - Dutch family settles in

By the 1960s the Immigration Department’s publicity campaign to attract migrants to Australia was
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
Italy

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

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

Laszlo Makay's story - 'they wrote so many nice...

Hungarian Laszlo Makay arrived at Bonegilla in November 1951 after six years in a displaced perso
Netherlands

Australia's 100,000th Dutch migrant - newly found fame

On their arrival, Adriana Zevenbergen and her family were treated to gifts, dinner receptions wit
Hungary

Laszlo Makay's Story - revolutionising the menu

In exchange for assisted passage to Australia, Laszlo was required to fulfil a two-year work cont
Germany

The Peters family story - SS Mozaffari

Australia accepted us as emigrants in 1948 and we left Deggendorf in mid-winter.
Australia

This story is about Mum and Dad and reflecting on the...

The first time I came over to Jim's house, I was so nervous.
Hungary

Laszlo Makay's story - a cheerful place to live

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

My amazing Mum, Nara De Santis and some of her first...

Mum had really long hair when she was in her teens, but when she was about 18yrs old, she thought
Australia

This story is about Dad and Mum and their amazing...

Mum and Dad had achieved so much in their lives, but nothing bought them as much joy and happines
Germany

By Susanne Blaschka- The Journey/ First Impressions

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

Esther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'The ship that can't...

The local newspapers in Melbourne and Sydney carried articles on the arrival of the MV Roma with
United States

The Mills family arrives in Sydney in June 1965

Having left New York six weeks earlier, the Mills family - all eight of them!- finally arrive at
Italy

Esther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'Migrants are special...

Migrants are special people. They are different from those who stay in their home country.

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Motivations
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Return visits
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Reflections
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