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.
| First name | |
| Surname | |
| Country of Origin | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | |
|
| Sarah Jane | |
| Nicholls | |
| England | |
| 1844 | |
| 1865 | |
|
| Moses | |
| Hibbs | |
| England | |
| | |
| 1854 | |
|
| Henry and Mary | |
| Bowman | |
| England | |
| c1822 | |
| 1864 | |
|
| Henry and Charity | |
| Knight | |
| England | |
| 1828 & 1832 | |
| 1857 | |
|
| Jeremiah and Mary | |
| Sullivan | |
| Ireland | |
| 1822 | |
| 1854 | |
|
| Alan | |
| Sim | |
| Scotland | |
| 14th August 1965 | |
| 1991 | |
|
| Gerald | |
| Barty | |
| England | |
| 21/9/1927 | |
| 1950 | |
|
| Esme | |
| Van Der Westhuizen | |
| South Africa | |
| 14/01/1934 | |
| 1972 | |
|
| Edward | |
| Van Der Westhuizen | |
| South Africa | |
| 28/04/1932 | |
| 1972 | |
|
| William | |
| Mitchell | |
| Cornwall | |
| c1830 | |
| c1860 | |
|
| Avril | |
| Brotherton | |
| England | |
| | |
| 1951 | |
|
| Eileen | |
| McWhirter-Holmes | |
| Scotland | |
| 27/06/1946 | |
| 1966 | |
|
| Harold | |
| Garner | |
| England | |
| 12 November 1911 | |
| 1925 | |
|
| Panggo | |
| Baba | |
| Alor, Indonesia | |
| 14/2/1909 | |
| 1941 | |
|
| Alvaro | |
| Lozano Rodriguez | |
| Spain | |
| 07/08/1975 | |
| 2004 | |
|
| Nunzio and Maria | |
| Caruso | |
| Italy | |
| 5/03/1919 and 11/09/1924 | |
| 1951 and 1 | |
|
| Robert | |
| Mather | |
| England | |
| 1780 | |
| 10/09/1822 | |
|
| Ann | |
| Benson | |
| England | |
| 29 June 1786 | |
| 10/09/1822 | |
|
| Evelyn | |
| Mather | |
| India | |
| 18 August 1904 | |
| 19/09/1913 | |
|
| Alan | |
| Stewart | |
| England | |
| 7May1912 | |
| Dec1923 | |
|
| Guido | |
| Romano | |
| Italy | |
| 25/07/1900 | |
| 1927 | |
|
| Peter & Garry | |
| Skurka | |
| Germany | |
| | |
| 1949 | |
|
| Rosetta | |
| Lees (married name GAYLARD) | |
| England | |
| 21-10-1889 | |
| 1913 | |
|
| Henry | |
| Gaylard | |
| England | |
| 14-3-1887 | |
| c1909 | |
|
| Sarah | |
| Brownbill | |
| Northen Ireland | |
| 04/11/1830 | |
| 1842 | |
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