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Where did I get this information?

from: Half a world away, viewed April 29 2012,

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/halfaworldaway/journeytotheend.shtml

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Australia was not generally the first choice of destination

for many migrants, simply because not much, if

anything, was known about the country. However,

despite rigorous security and medical checks, it was

often quicker and easier for migrants to find a passage to

Australia than to the United States or Canada. So

desperate were many of them to leave behind bad

memories of wartime Europe and years living in limbo

in camps, they took a chance on forging a new life on the

other side of the earth.

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Not first choice

Not much known

Often quicker and easier

Desperate to start new life
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Australia was not always the first choice of the country

that migrants wanted to move to but it was often easier

to get to then other countries, like America. When they

were desperate to get away the quickest way of leaving

and starting a new life suited them best.

Historical Recount Journal entry

Mum didnt really want to migrate to Australia because she

knew nothing about that country. It was so far away, all

we knew from the books we had read was that it was hot and

they had strange animals. However it was easier to get

permission to go there and Mum was desperate to get her

little family to a safe place.

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from: Half a world away, viewed April 29 2012,


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http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/halfaworldaway/

journeytotheend.shtml

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The first ships to take migrants from Europe to Australia

were often former cargo or troopships hastily convertedfor the migrant trade. Between 1947 and 1952, dozens of

ships carried displaced people, accommodating them in

large segregated cabins or dormitories and offering only

basic facilities. When the International Refugee

Organisation (IRO) agreement ended in 1952 and the

last of the displaced people had emigrated, shipscarrying economic migrants tended to be of a higher

standard. While the early migrant ships sailing from

Europe to Australia were far from luxurious, for many

people it was an adventure never to be forgotten. On

board the ships there was some attempt to prepare the

migrants for their new life in Australia, with English

lessons and films.

The Fairseawas huge, a converted troop ship with no cabins,

just huge big open spaces with triple decked bunks, so

cramped you couldn't sit up straight in them. Men were
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assigned to one section, women to the other. The toilet and

shower facilities were one huge long one, and everywhere you

went there was an awful reek of 'White King'. People threw up

because of the smell not just the swell! Frank Kriesl migrated from Hungary in 1951.

Fromhttp://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/websites-

mini/journeys-australia/1940s60s/ships-1940s70s/

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Cargo or troopships big open spaces

Large segregated cabins/dormitories men and women

separated

Basic facilities

Toilet and showers smells used bleach to clean Far from luxurious

English lessons and films
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http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/belongings/dr

exler/

Travel and arriving in Australia

Australia on the SS Partizanka in early 1948. It was easier to

get into Australia than America and we had family there. I

was nine years old. Before boarding the boat, we went

through Prague for two days and my mother wanted to

replace her silver Sabbath candlesticks. She also bought this

vase.

We boarded the boat at Split (Croatia). It was a Communist

ship and every time we came to a port, we werent allowed

to get off the ship. No reasons were given. This didnt bother

us as we could still enjoy the more exotic places like Colombo

and Aden. The local traders on their small boats would come

up to the ship selling various gifts and fruit. They would setup a line and attach baskets and send the items up to the

ship. I also remember going through the Suez Canal; it was

very exciting for a nine year old.

There were other Holocaust survivors on the ship but we

were a minority as there was still a very tight quota on Jewish

migrants to Australia. Other migrants on the ship included
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lively people from Yugoslavia, Greece and various other

countries. My mother found a foreign language dictionary

and taught me how to say thank you, goodbye and hello in

English. These were the only English words I knew when I

landed.

It was very exciting to arrive at the Overseas Terminal in

Sydney. My aunt met us at the dock. Whilst we were waiting

for our luggage to be offloaded, she took me for a walk and

bought me an ice cream. We lived with my aunt and uncle intheir small apartment for the first year. They didnt have

children and my uncle didnt speak Slovak, only German and

English. These relatives used virtually their whole savings to

sponsor our migration. It cost them over 150. My mother

had to repay them and had to work many extra hours to do

this as she was earning just 4 a week at her daily job.

I was the only refugee boy in my primary school. I felt like

quite an oddity there. I remember walking to school on the

first few days with my mother several metres behind me, out

of embarrassment. The boys were friendly and I know I learnt

English very quickly.

Travel and Arriving

Easier to get there

Werent allowed off ship

Local traders bought food to ship

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Meet by aunt

Lucky lived with aunt & uncle

Mother worked to pay sponsorship

School odd one out

Friendly

Learnt English quickly

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