Desperate Voyages: Destination Australia until the early 1980s

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The museum's Curator of Post-war Immigration, Dr Roland Leikauf, explores who was allowed to Australia and how they got here.

Migration to Australia was – and often is – defined as organized travel, with a strong preselection of prospective immigrants. Self-payers were tolerated, people with uncertain backgrounds heavily scrutinized, and anyone without a right to stay strongly discouraged from arriving. Migration to Australia also meant travel by ship, and here, clear hierarchies among the immigrants present themselves. Some travelled in comfort and relative safety, while others began their journey with insufficient resources, unsafe vessels and no hope for support along the way. How did these travellers brave (or fail) their journeys? What tools did they use, and where are their vessels and tools now?

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