Settling into a new country is not easy. Immigrants have to adapt to an unfamiliar environment and lifestyle, while maintaining aspects of their previous culture and way of life.
Many newcomers to Victoria spent their new lives in limbo, spending months in temporary migrant accommodation, committed to two year labour contracts. For others, settlement has been far easier because they spoke English, or government had offered assistant land or home scheme.
Generations of immigrants have had to adapt to a new climate, new landscape, new language, new currency, and new lifestyle, especially those who have settled in rural areas.
The Australian Immigration Museum has launched Immigrant Stories, telling the immigration experiences of several families as they settle in their new country. Visit the exhibition online and read some of the stories of those who chose to leave their homelands and in many cases their families and friends to travel to Australia to build a new life.
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