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 | |
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| Ursula | |
| Huber | |
| Austria | |
| 28/05/1938 | |
| c 1961 | |
|
| Frank | |
| Vandenberg | |
| The Netherlands | |
| 24-5-1942 | |
| 1950 | |
|
| Harry & Henny | |
| Nyhuis | |
| Holland | |
| 30-6-1937 | |
| 13-12-1959 | |
|
| Tiem | |
| Dong | |
| Vietnam | |
| August 1933 | |
| 1990 | |
|
| John | |
| Daicy | |
| Ireland | |
| 1826 | |
| 1849 | |
|
| Laurie and Olive | |
| Teague | |
| England | |
| 14.9.35 | |
| 1967 | |
|
| James, Joan,Marjorie,Gloria & Rosemary | |
| KEMP | |
| ENGLAND. | |
| 05/01/1921 19/12/1922/ 03/05/1943 02/02/1945 07/12/1947 | |
| 17/07/1950 | |
|
| JOHN W | |
| BIRD | |
| ENGLAND | |
| 5 JULY 1908 | |
| 1923 | |
|
| Frank | |
| Clemenkowff | |
| Netherlands | |
| 30/08/1939 | |
| 1961 | |
|
| George | |
| Bishop | |
| Goudhurst, England | |
| 1835 | |
| 1862 | |
|
| Hermann Adolph | |
| Dohle | |
| Germany | |
| 22 September 1839 | |
| 1861 | |
|
| John | |
| MULLINS | |
| IRELAND | |
| 1845 | |
| 20/11/1855 | |
|
| William | |
| Anderson | |
| Ireland | |
| c 1815 | |
| 1840 | |
|
| Robert | |
| Flemming/Fleming | |
| Dromore, Tyrone, Northern Ireland | |
| March 1852 | |
| 1879 | |
|
| Dennis | |
| Hanadi | |
| Indonesia | |
| 20/09/1982 | |
| 1988 | |
|
| John James | |
| Hempton | |
| Ireland | |
| 30-11-1921 | |
| 1928 | |
|
| Frederick | |
| Fardon | |
| England | |
| 25/01/1911 | |
| 1952 | |
|
| Francesco | |
| Strangio | |
| Italy | |
| 10/02/1952 | |
| 1955 | |
|
| Henry | |
| Threadingham | |
| England | |
| 1831 | |
| 1872 | |
|
| Karl | |
| Bauer | |
| Austria | |
| 4.7.1930 | |
| 1957 | |
|
| Josephine | |
| Lambert | |
| Malta | |
| 14.7.1931 | |
| 1949 | |
|
| Donato Tauriello | |
| Tauriello | |
| Italy | |
| 07/01/1930 | |
| 1966 | |
|
| Maria Rosaria | |
| Mazzarella | |
| Napoli, Italy | |
| 03/03/1953 | |
| 1964 | |
|
| Christine | |
| Dimmery | |
| Wales | |
| 05/11/1956 | |
| 1964 | |
|
| Anka | |
| Makovec | |
| Slovenia | |
| 3.Aug. 1938 | |
| 1962 | |
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