Letter of reply to W Abourizk regarding Syrian migrants.

More than 100 000 people, many of them migrants from over 30 countries, worked to build the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, an extraordinary engineering and construction accomplishment.

Vietnamese migration to Australia was spurred by the Vietnam War. In the 2021 Census, 334,785 Australians self-identified as having Vietnamese ancestry.

Indonesian migration to Australia has a long history. In the 2021 Census, 85,798 Australians self-identified as having Indonesian ancestry.

Japanese migration to Australia began in the 19th century. In the 2021 Census, 78,049 Australians self-identified as having Japanese ancestry.

Antonia Bellomarino's application form for entering Australia as a migrant.

This is an application for entry to Australia, by a potential migrant, written in 1963.

A document regarding restrictions placed on migrants living in South Australia.

This is a certificate providing exemption from the dictation test for migrant Antonio Cubillo.

This is a departmental bulletin from 1948, regarding sanctuary given to Australian migrants.

By the 1960s the Immigration Department’s publicity campaign to attract migrants to Australia was in full swing.

Antonia Bellomarino was welcomed as the 250,000th Italian migrant to Australia in 1963.

From the end of the Second World War to 1965, over 650 Japanese women migrated to Australia as the wives and fiancees of Australian servicemen.

Barbara Porritt from Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, was chosen to represent the 'Millionth Migrant' to Australia.

The National Archives’ collection includes thousands of records documenting Australia’s rich migrant history.

Minute paper regarding an interview with migration applicant Sym Choon, with annotations.

Can you help solve an intriguing archival mystery: the identity of the ‘Mystery Maltese Man’?

This is a certificate and hand print exempting migrant Florrie Lee Hang Gong from taking the dictation test.

Adriana Zevenbergen arrived at Melbourne’s Station Pier in 1958 as Australia’s 100,000th Dutch migrant.

Dutch migrants Gerard and Marretje met while Gerard was working on the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority scheme.