READ ALL STORIES

The following is a collection of the stories of migration submitted to the site. We invite you to read and gain some idea of the variation of experiences, taking into account the reasons for migration, the hardships and joys of the journey and the adapting to a climate and countryside that was often extremely foreign.

Read them and consider recording your own family's story.

Town/City Eden First name Irene Surname Pelt Country of Origin Northern Ireland Date of Birth 28/9/1941 Year of Arrival in Australia March 1956 Story Reason for leaving homeland - My parents wanted a better life for my brothers and me The journey was really good 4 weeks and 4 days of the best holiday we had ever had seeing exotic places we had only dreamed about. On arrival at Sydney it was like a movie - set the harbour was so beautiful and the weather spectacular; such a pretty scene I will never forget it.