Countries so far: The countries listed are those named by people reserving places on the History Handrail. You'll see that the names of some countries have changed or the countries themselves have ceased to exist -yet another fascinating aspect of this wonderful project in its recording of Australia's migrant history.

Many thanks to Craig Bryant for pointing out that Slovakia should be on the list already. Maria Krasna migrated from there in 2003, and Miro Vitek came in 1952.

I have named some other countries from which migrants have come in numbers but have yet to register on the History Handrail. If you know anybody from that background, whatever time they or their ancestors came to Australia, please let them know about the project.  Target countries are listed below the table with the existing 102.

Austria Argentina Armenia  Bangladesh Bavaria Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria  Burma  Canada Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Chile China Cornwall Croatia Cyprus  Denmark East Timor Egypt  England El Salvador  Estonia Fiji Finland France Germany Greece Holland Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iraq  Ireland Italy Israel  Japan Kazakhstan Kenya  Laos Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Macau Macedonia  Madagascar Malaya Malaysia

Malta Mauritius Mexico  Montenegro Morocco Netherlands Netherlands East Indies New Caledonia New Zealand  Northern Ireland Norway Orkney Islands Pakistan Palestine Papua New Guinea  Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia (Lower Lusatia) Rhodesia Romania Russia St Lucia Scotland Serbia Shetland Islands Sierra Leone  Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka  Sweden Switzerland Syria Tanzania Thailand Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America  USSR Uruguay Vietnam Wales West Germany Yugoslavia

Number of countries so far = 102 - we are over the line!

Target Countries - I will have to start adding some more, won't I!