Making Multicultural Australia - Migration Images and reflections on migration

Nina Skoroszewski (nee Antonina Libiszowska), passenger no on the wharf Bremerhaven, waiting to board the transport “Delmenhorst” for Australia. 31 August Photo: Nina Skoroszewski collection.

Six of the first seven Australian citizens pose on the steps of the Hotel Kurrajong. They were awarded citizenship in Canberra, 3 February Photo: Department of immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 1949, Catalogue No. 49/12A/1

The “Castle Verde” arrived at Melbourne’s Station Pier on the 11 th of April Photo: Department of immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 1954, Catalogue No. 54/4/37A.

Immigrants arrive by ship. Photo: Peter Morris collection

Polish, and possibly other refugees, waiting to board ship for Australia after the war. Photo: Oral History Project of the Bankstown Youth Development Service.

Thirty young Britons are warmly greeted in Australia as the first assisted passenger migrants to emigrate by air. They paid ten pounds. The first party arrived in January Photo: Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 1959, Catalogue No. 59/4/5

Little Polish boy bound for Australia, around Photo: Oral History Project of the Bankstown Youth Development Service.

In the 1960s, immigrants increasingly arrived by plane. Photo: Peter Morris collection

White Australia shows Black Australia to a new immigrant: “Australian Aboriginal in full war paint,” a Queensland Government photo in the Mowbray Series of Scenic and Historic Views, circa From the collection of Nina Skoroszewski.

“Gold II”, Arrival series – silkscreen, 1990, artist: Milan Milojevic. This series of artworks by Hobart- based Milan Milojevic, illustrates the contrast between the hopes and expectations of the post-war migrants and the harsh realities they encountered on arrival here. Intead of finding their fortunes or “gold” here, many encountered difficult living conditions and a lack of job opportunities. Collection of the Artist.

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