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StoryThe Peters family story - SS MozaffariAustralia accepted us as emigrants in 1948 and we left Deggendorf in mid-winter. I remember on our last Christmas...
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StoryEsther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'the family's future laid in this new land'The MV Roma went on to Melbourne and then arrived in Sydney at 2.35pm on Thursday 11 October 1951. As at Melbourne,...
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StoryEsther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'The ship that can't burn visits us'The local newspapers in Melbourne and Sydney carried articles on the arrival of the MV Roma with its migrants. The...
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StoryMigration to AustraliaThis is writtrn in memory of my father and mother.In the year 1945 we had been through a war and hunger winter and...
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StoryHenk Wolswinkel's story - journey on the JVOHenk Wolswinkel, the youngest of 13 Wolswinkel children, boarded the Dutch migrant ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (...
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StoryAustralia's 100,000th Dutch Migrant - a great deal of excitementAs promotion for the Australian government’s migration programs, much was made of milestone arrivals, such as the...
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StoryAustralia's 100,000th Dutch migrant - newly found fameOn their arrival, Adriana Zevenbergen and her family were treated to gifts, dinner receptions with government...
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StoryOtto Kampe - 250,000th refugeeOtto Kampe, the 250,000th refugee to arrive in Australia post-World War II, landed with his wife and 5 children in...
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StoryAustralia's 250,000th Italian migrant - Antonia BellomarinoThe Bellomarinos were considered a ‘very good family group’ by their interviewing immigration officer. They were...
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StoryMigration to Australia to paradise? - There seemed to be no future for me in Australia...There seemed to be no future for me in Australia, so I decided to return to the Netherlands after the 2 year period...