Migrants’ hopes for their new life in Australia (1966) 🧳🚢 | RetroFocus | ABC Australia

Migrants aboard a ship heading to Sydney are asked about their expectations of Australia, where they’re immigrating from, and any fears they have about their new life, in this clip from 1966.

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00:00 | Migrants’ hopes for their new life in Australia
00:25 | What do migrants think they'll find in Australia?
02:03 | Why did you leave Europe and move to Australia?
02:52 | What sort of picture do you have of Australia?
03:38 | "I want to have my baby in Australia"
05:20 | Why did you leave Germany
06:45 | Why did your mother and father go to England?
08:09 | Ship docking
08:33 | Migrants depart take their first steps in Sydney

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