Margaret Yung Kelly

Margaret Yung Kelly talks about her first impressions of Sydney after migrating from Shanghai in 1950. Her father was born in Lismore, New South Wales so he was a British subject who was able to bring members of his family to Australia.

Everest Pitt

Everest Pitt talks about her arrival in Far North Queensland at the age of 21 in 1974 from Fiji. In her interview she talks about her life in Fiji and her experiences of settling in to Australia.

Elba Cruz-Zavalla

Elba Cruz-Zavalla and her family fled from Chile to Argentina, after the coup d’etat against President Salvador Allende in 1973. In this segment she talks about finding other Latino migrants shortly after arriving in Adelaide as a refugee in 1977.

Michael Harvey

Michael Harvey, born in Westminster, England talks about his experiences as a child migrant to Tasmania after World War II. He was eventually able to find his mother in 1995 through the Child Migrant Trust and travelled to England with his twin brother to meet her.

Barat Ali Batoor

Barat Ali Batoor, who belongs to the Hazara ethnic group talks about his journey fleeing Afghanistan through Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to Australia in 2012. He was granted refugee status in 2013 and continues his work as a freelance photographer.

Surinder Kaur and John Arkan

Surinder Kaur and John Arkan talk about Sikhism and play and sing Punjabi folk songs. Arkan’s grandfather migrated from India to Australia in 1895 eventually settling in to Woolgoolga, New South Wales in the 1940s.  Surinder arrived in Woolgoolga as John’s bride in the 1990s and works in the local library.