Family and culture
In this video, Erfan, Seraphin, Sofia, Noonee and Joseph share their impression of Australia and how the experience of migration caused them to reflect on culture and family.
Millions of people to fill Australia's empty spaces – encouraging migration with the Million Farms campaign
A brochure illustration showing the size of European countries compared to Australia.
Trials and tribulations
Discover the untold stories of Queensland’s early Chinese migrants with author and historian Elizabeth Nunn.
Comments from officers on duty aboard 'Australis' ship carrying potential migrants to Australia
This is a memo from Acting Immigration Inspector to the Officer in Charge of the Entry Policy Branch, sent on 18 December 1967.
Penalty for carrying migrants who are people of colour or with disabilities – notice to masters of overseas vessels
Notice to masters of oversea vessels, regarding criteria and exemptions applied to people being transported to Australia.
Restrictions on Chinese migrants – letter from Quong Tart to Prime Minister Edmund Barton
Copy of letter to Prime Minister Edmund Barton regarding provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act.
Letter from Indian migrant Ellum Deen seeking support to re-enter Australia
This is a letter to A. H. Pritchard, Secretary of the Austral–Indian Society from Ellum Deen seeking support for re-entry to Australia.
Netherlands
Discover stories of Dutch migration to Australia.
Miners and millers: Yugoslavs and Italians at Gwalia
Southern European migrants arrived in large numbers to work in goldmining towns such as Gwalia. The work was often difficult and dangerous.
A red under the hospital bed?
Expelled from Italy for being Jewish, a migrant doctor in Victoria was under ASIO surveillance for more than 4 decades.
Migrant fashion designer from Trieste, Italy, showing off women's fashions in South Australia
This black-and-white photograph shows clothing designed by South Australia's leading women's fashion designer, a woman from Trieste.
Migrant's petition to introduce camels and employees from Asia – letter from petitioner to the Governor-General
A letter regarding a petition by Syid Yar Mohammed to bring camels and employees into Western Australia.
Japan, Australian migration policy and the war – personal message from Prime Minister John Curtin to W Nash
This is a personal message from Prime Minister John Curtin to W Nash, regarding Japan and the Second World War.
Documents in support of migrant Ellum Deen – letter from The Austral-Indian Society to Department of External Affairs
Letter about Ellum Deen – from AH Pritchard, Secretary, The Austral-Indian Society to Secretary Department External Affairs.
Sponsoring the survivors
Volunteers are making records relating to Holocaust survivors who migrated to Australia more accessible.
Concern about Balkan and Mediterranean migrants – letter to Prime Minister Stanley Bruce from Commissioner for Australia in the United States
A letter to Prime Minister Stanley Bruce, expressing concern about certain types of settlers.
Migrant's petition to introduce camels and employees from Asia – letter from Prime Minister Edmund Barton to the Governor-General
This is a petition of Syid Yar Mohamed to introduce camels and employees from Asia in 1903.
The voyage of MS Nelly, 1952
The migrant ship MS Nelly carried the first German migrants under the bilateral assisted passage scheme signed in 1952.
What happened to the dog?
Migration to Australia offered new opportunities for many Maltese. It inevitably also involved leaving loved ones behind.
Laszlo Makay
Hungarian migrant Laszlo Makay arrived at Bonegilla Migrant Centre in November 1951 after 6 years in a displaced persons camp in Germany.
