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Reflections

Migrants have both positive and negative experiences of migration. The lives they have established in Australia are diverse and complex.

  • A precious memory of Ellen and Domenic on their Engagement day in October 1973.
    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....

  • Dad's Union Card ID
    Australia
    My Reflection on the most amazing parents in the World.

    As I reflect on Mum and Dad's life, I think of my own life...

  • Photograph si955
    Germany
    Eddie & Irene Kinast

    Mum and Dad were like many thousands of other immigrants of...

  • Photograph 7427195
    Italy
    Esther and Aldo Bongiorno - 'Migrants are special...

    Migrants are special people. They are different from those...

  • Photograph si745
    United Kingdom
    Back ome again

    I picked 1970 as this when I was just 15 and left Aus...

  • Photograph 7422007
    United Kingdom
    A Wonderful Life.

    Arriving from England in March 1964, my wife and I settled in...

  • Photograph si431
    United Kingdom
    Church sponsorship made all the difference for this migrant...

    We arrived at South Brisbane on 5 November, 1968, having made...

  • Photograph si311
    Netherlands
    The Hoogenhout family - the right decision

    When you’re not sure what to expect when you arrive, 17,000...

  • Photograph si161
    Migration 1956: Listening to a child's voice

    I was nine years old in 1956. It had been one of the coldest...

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