Nadya Stani

Name Nadya Stani Birthplace Shanawan, Egypt Lives Sydney, Australia Your organisation/community Freelance journalist and community arts worker Profile I worked at SBS and the ABC as a daily news and current affairs reporter and documentary maker before becoming co-ordinator of … Continue reading →

Nazrul Islam Packing To Leave

Nazrul Islam arrived in Australia in September 1970 from Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to find new opportunities as a geologist during the mining boom. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with StumblersTweet about it

New Life 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 →

No Mere Feat 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 →

No regrets From There To Here

» Read the Spanish version of this story Author: Rosalyn San Gil Storyteller: Rosalyn’s grandparents Community Language School: Wollongong Spanish School Main School: Saint Mary’s School The stories of my grandparents’lives in Spain and Australia. The story of Angelines Ciguenza … Continue reading →

Our new life in Australia From There To Here

» Read the Vietnamese version of this story Author: Nguyen Thanh Hong Storyteller: Nguyen Thanh Hong Community Language School: Wollongong Vietnamese School Main School: Towradgi Public School The story of how my family came to Australia. My name is Hong … Continue reading →

Our parents’ stories of migrating to Australia From There To Here

» Read the Spanish version of this story Author: Elisa and Amy Perez Storyteller: Manuela Rubio Vocal & Isidro Perez Amaya Community Language School: Wollongong Spanish School Main School: Warilla High School A story of migration from Spain to Wollongong … Continue reading →

Paesani – The Bayside Italians George Hanna Memorial Museum, City of Botany Bay

The exhibition ‘Paesani – The Bayside Italian’ grew out of a 1998 exhibition that examined the diversity of cultures living in the City of Botany Bay.

A George Hanna Memorial Museum, City of Botany Bay and NSW Migration Heritage Centre project. Continue reading →

Paraskevi Pierou 10 Stories from Bankstown

Paraskevi Pierou 10 Stories From Bankstown As part of 10 Stories from Bankstown, Bankstown City Council’s Community Harmony project, Angellina interviews Moroccan-born Paraskevi Pierou who migrated on her own from Cyprus at the age of 22. Paraskevi has been living … Continue reading →

Paula Maly (nee Holona) Tell Us Your Story

Cultural background: German
Place of origin: Germany
Date of arrival: 1950s
Interview of Paula Maly by her grandson Jeffrey Cleall, as part a school history assignment.

My Grandmother, Paula Berta Maly (nee Holona) was born in Oberhausen, Reinland, Germany, on 23rd March, 1931 to Emilie and Johann Holona. She was the youngest of seven children… Continue reading →

Phiny Ung

Phiny Ung’s story is part of our upcoming exhibition focusing on migrants who arrived in Australia after 1974. Continue reading →

Rajalakshmi Ram Packing To Leave

Rajalakshmi Ram arrived in Australia on 29th September 1970 from New Delhi, India with her husband and three children, initially on a four year posting after which the family decided to settle in Australia. Bookmark on DeliciousRecommend on FacebookShare with … Continue reading →

Rani Khuman Packing To Leave

Rani Khuman nee Siyali arrived in Australia in September 1963 from India to further her Library Science studies at the University of New South Wales. She joined her two brothers who had come to Australia in the 1950s. Bookmark on … Continue reading →

Ranjana Pradhan Packing To Leave

Ranjana Pradhan arrived in Australia on 24 June 1999 from Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India to be with her son and his family. She is a highly acclaimed specialist of the jaltarang, a rare musical instrument of Indian origin, comprised of … Continue reading →

Rhonda Balzan

Name Rhonda Balzan Birthplace Sydney, Australia Lives Sydney, Australia Your organisation/community Maltese Language School of NSW Profile The Federal Government’s Multicultural Policy and the New South Wales Government’s Diversity policy raised the stakes for second and third generation Maltese Australians … Continue reading →

Rudy Ardianto (grakk)

Name Rudy Ardianto (grakk) Birthplace Salatiga, Java, Indonesia Lives Sydney, Australia Your organisation/community Australian Indonesian Artist Profile I have been interested in art for as long as I can remember. I first started painting about 1993 when I was living … Continue reading →

Samuel James Newton Nguyen Canterbury's People

Canterbury’s People: Sam, a young Vietnamese refugee, arrived in Australia in 1977 after a journey filled with turmoil and painful loss of loved ones. It is also a story of an extraordinary commitment and perseverance to help those most in need… Continue reading →