Arriving In Australia

From The Film Australia Collection. Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1963. Designed to assist immigrants on their day of arrival in Australia - medical examinations, registration, customs, passports, banking and baggage are among items discussed. The newcomers are also told how to avail themselves of the assistance offered by the Good Neighbour Council.

[@josephdegrazia6816]

my family are in this video arriving on the fairsea. they are the family in the van leaving bonegilla!

[@carinemunro1077]

lol i remember when we first came in 66 as a 7 year old..it was sunday and we couldnt disembark as everything was closed in Perth..it says on here australians wee helpful to new australians..and its true ..we were well looked after and they helped us to have a place to live and work for my dad..we settled in Melbourne..I have had a good life here and am grateful my parents came here. We went to Bonegilla too..i liked it thereif you were hungry as kid they always treated you with something..fruit was wonderful there..Dad wanted to live around there but mum preferred to move closer to the city..gosh this brings back so many memories..

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

I came out from Yorkshire with my family in 1963, and I remember how great the voyage was but landing in Adelaide was a shock to the system. We were put in hostels and I remember how isolated we felt. We were lucky because we didn't remain in the hostel for long as we had finance from our house in the U K. Others weren't that lucky and ended up in these awful places for 2 years in some cases. Its better to immigrate as a young child. My brother and I were teenagers and found it very hard. I've been here over 50 years and I still miss England.

[@pmcm-ih1ep]

Ah I remember it well. The riches of migrant centre life in Brooklyn Victoria. Living in spruced up army barracks, and in the dining hall a whole small ceramic bowl for just one little curl of butter. Tasty steaming casseroles or fat sausages. Jelly and ice cream for dessert most nights. Still daylight at seven pm. How decadent that all was to us Glaswegian kids who were used to empty cupboards.

[@royphillips4751]

Lived there with my parents and sister in 1952 and remember swimming in the dam Then on to East Hills Migrant camp in Sydney and eventually to Adelaide where both my parents passed away after a good life.I will always admire their resolution about immigration.

[@brucepayne7837]

another fact about the ten pound poms was that a lot of the very young went on to contribute to the australian music industry some of them were bon scott angus young malcolm young george young doc neeson john paul young and no doubt there was probably a lot of others

[@Robby334]

So nice to watch - My family emigrated to OZ 1957 on a £10 pommy pass on the FairSky Great place.

[@thedude9024]

As an army bloke, I trained at Latchford Barracks only just across the road from the Bonegilla refugee camp. Was a real insight to see the post WW2 living conditions.

[@marknacouzi6369]

Amazing video !! Love it especially it shows the generosity of Australian people in supporting the migrants

[@dodgeboy9052]

... BUT 1968 ... MV Flavia from Southampton to Sydney..five weeks at sea for a kid from Nottingham .. who had never had a holiday . within three weeks I was sailing thought the Panama Canal... I couldn't believe it... by myself and it was just magic... like a movie ..when I left home mom said your breakfast is on the stove and went out .. Never said Goodbye ... then after 53 years on my sister told me why .... Sorry MOM.... still here on the Gold Coast .. 55years now with two Aussie son n daughter living in London ....so much water under the Bridge....

[@yurilemming4130]

I was in Bonegilla 1949 with mum & dad for a short period, we then went to Maribyrnong camp in Vic for 2 years as parents were indentured to work in specified industries Olympic Tyres, Austral Cables & Smorgon Meats, in 1951 we moved to a farm in Red Hill as my fathers English was excellent he was free to follow his own path, later we finished in Black Rock & Beaumaris proving we had actually succeeded.

[@Mariazellerbahn]

The things they didn't tell the assisted migrants included the fact that any male who landed between the age of 18 and 30 were automatically sent to Vietnam.

[@OlafGodredsson]

Ah, the good old days...

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Quarantine were slack with my father in-laws baggage as he had an olive tree with him and the proof is still growing in Prahran in Victoria. He did not understand the risk at all.

[@HRnajbolje]

Thanks for releasing. Great insight into my parents entry into oz.

[@cloughajack2102]

The film description mentions it being made in 1963, but there's a bit describing "Our New Decimal Coins". Decimal currency was introduced on the fourteenth of February, 1966.

[@anythingbootneck]

Fascinating piece of history.

[@fernald10]

Decimal currency wasn't introduced until February 1966. The section about currency, showing decimal coins and notes, was obviously spliced into the earlier 1963 footage.

[@jamdigital9530]

These films are a really nice resource

[@Aymiikeeganmelb]

Wow .. Just wow ..