Journeyman From All Four Corners

From All Four Corners – Stories Of Migration To Wagga Wagga is a Museum of the Riverina exhibition researched in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre that celebrates, explores and captures the personal stories of migrants coming to Wagga … Continue reading →

Journeys from Spain to Wollongong From There To Here

» Read the Spanish version of this story Author: David Verdejo Storyteller: The grandparents of David Community Language School: Wollongong Spanish School Main School: Figtree High School The stories and diaries of David's grandparents. The story of Faustino Verdejo I … Continue reading →

Kalyan Ram Packing To Leave

Kalyan Ram arrived in Australia on 29th September 1970 from New Delhi, India to establish an office for the State Trading Corporation of India. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it

Katherine & Alex Kasiou Canterbury's People

Katherine & Alex Kasiou Canterbury’s People: the Kasious came to Australia from the Greek island of Kos and have lived in Hurlstone Park for over three decades. Theirs is a story of success mingled with hardship and sacrifice. But they … Continue reading →

Khalid Rashid Sager Canterbury's People

Khalid Rashid Sager Canterbury's People: Khalid Rashid Sager lives in Wiley Park with his children and has established an alternative medicine practice in Bankstown. The proximity of the Lakemba Mosque and of a growing community of Pakistanis in the area … Continue reading →

Khalid Sager

Khalid Sager arrived in Australia on 18th February 1995 from Qatar with his wife and seven children. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan and came seeking better educational opportunities for his children. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about … Continue reading →

Kristina’s story From There To Here

» Read Kristina’s story in Arabic Kristina’s story Author: Kristina Ibrahim Storyteller: Kristina Ibrahim Community Language School: St Mary & St Mina’s Arabic School Main School: Bethany College Looking back on my life in Egypt and Australia. It all started … Continue reading →

Leap Of Faith From All Four Corners

From All Four Corners – Stories Of Migration To Wagga Wagga is a Museum of the Riverina exhibition researched in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre that celebrates, explores and captures the personal stories of migrants coming to Wagga … Continue reading →

Len Dempsey Your Stories

Name Len Dempsey Birthplace UK Lives UK Profile Hi. I was born in the UK in 1957 and our family migrated to Australia in 1967.We returned to the UK in Nov 1973. We stayed at Unanderra Hostel near Wollongong, NSW. … Continue reading →

Les Hall Canterbury's People

Les Hall Canterbury's People: Talking to Les Hall conjures up a fascinating picture of Canterbury as it once was. It was a time when children had freedom to roam and have adventures, and you had to invent your own fun … Continue reading →

Life after Vietnam From There To Here

» Read the Vietnamese version of this story Author: Nguyen Quynh Dan Storyteller: Nguyen Quynh Dan Community Language School: Wollongong Vietnamese School Main School: Stella Maris The story of how my parents came to Australia. Hello Teacher and friends. My … Continue reading →

Life in a new land From There To Here

» Read the Arabic version of this story Author: Mina Ibrahim Storyteller: Mina Ibrahim Community Language School: St Mary & St Mina’s Arabic School Main School: Kogarah Marist College The story of how I settled into life in Australia. Hi. … Continue reading →

Lina Tjoeng

Lina Tjoeng’s migration story (video) Download link Lina Tjoeng’s memorabilia (video) Download link cultural background Cambodian town, region, country of origin Phnom Penh, Cambodia start of migration journey Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in late 1975 place of arrival in australia Sydney … Continue reading →

Lorraine Kozlowski 10 Stories from Bankstown

Lorraine Kozlowski 10 Stories From Bankstown As part of 10 Stories from Bankstown, Bankstown City Council’s Community Harmony project, Tag interviews 51 year old Lorraine Kozlowski who has lived in the Bankstown area all her life. Lorraine teaches at Wiley … Continue reading →

Love Lives On From All Four Corners

From All Four Corners – Stories Of Migration To Wagga Wagga is a Museum of the Riverina exhibition researched in partnership with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre that celebrates, explores and captures the personal stories of migrants coming to Wagga … Continue reading →

Lucy Chau 10 Stories from Bankstown

10 Stories From Bankstown As part of 10 Stories from Bankstown, Bankstown City Council’s Community Harmony project, John interviews Chinese-born Lucy Chau who first came to Australia at 23 years of age. Translator: William Chau What is your cultural background? … Continue reading →

Lucy Taksa Your Stories

Name Lucy Taksa Birthplace Walbrzych, Poland Lives Sydney, Australia Your organisation/community University of NSW Profile My cultural background has numerous layers that connect me to a number of different countries. My name originates from Latvia although my father was born … Continue reading →

Luigi Mainente Paesani - The Bayside Italians

Author: Luigi Mainente,  Italian community, George Hanna Memorial Museum It was 1959. I was 22. I left Verona, Italy with my faith and my hope to return after two years. The employment offices used advertisements of beautiful Australian beaches and … Continue reading →

Maddy Slabacu Canterbury's People

Canterbury’s People: Maddy Slabacu grew up in Communist Romania where she trained as a puppet theatre actor with the celebrated Tandacrica Theatre before fleeing Romania and settling in Australia with her sister and brother. Here she has continued her creative work and together with her sister established Horizon Theatre in Canterbury… Continue reading →