Henk Wolswinkel, the youngest of 13 children, boarded the Dutch migrant ship Johan van Oldenbarnevelt in Amsterdam in 1957.

Petronella, an internationally recognised lace artist, migrated to Australia with her husband Michael in 1953.

Cees Huig migrated from the Netherlands to Australia with his wife Ina and their 3 children in 1972.

In this video, hear from Joseph, Erfan, Sofia, Seraphin and Noonee as they discuss language, writing and how to get your voice heard.

Robert Verhagen's paternal grandparents and seven of their 12 children migrated to Australia from the Netherlands in 1960.

In 1960, Vassiliki Daflou became an ambassador for an Australian government campaign to encourage Greek women to migrate to Australia.

Nieske and Jan Hoogenhout migrated from the Netherlands and became an important part of the Sheffield community with their family bakery.

George Henry Daniels was deported back to the United Kingdom for criminal convictions in Australia after migrating in 1949.

Sachiko McKay married Australian serviceman Jack McKay in 1952, and migrated to Australia in 1953 as a war bride.

On 20 April 2022, the Moro family visited the National Archives to observe the 100th anniversary of their mother and grandmother leaving Italy for Australia.

Voitre Marek, an artist now with works at the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery, migrated to Australia in 1948.

Mario was born in Australia in 1910, the son of Jō and Ichiko Takasuka who migrated to Australia from Japan in 1905.

The remains of abandoned towns in Western Australia tell many tales. Stories of gold fever, pearls, migration, prosperity and hardship.

Erfan Daliri was born in Lucknow, India, to Iranian refugee parents. The family migrated to Australia in 1984 and settled in Townsville, Queensland.

This is an agreement about the migration, to Australia, of thousands of people in Europe who had become displaced because of the Second World War.

Czechoslovakia was a European sovereign state from 1918 to 1993. In the 2021 Census, 27,862 Australians self-identified as having Czech ancestry. 

This guide brings together descriptions of records in the National Archives Sydney office relating to Chinese migration and settlement in New South Wales.

Stephanie Brantz is a freelance television presenter whose Dutch parents Hans and Philippina Brantz migrated to Australia as a married couple in 1966.

Joseph Assaf migrated from Lebanon in 1967 with no money, no family and no knowledge of English. He has become a pioneer of multicultural communication.

Sherry migrated from Holland to Australia with her parents in 1950. She became a popular teenage television personality, and later a social worker.