Monday, 17 August 2015

Children of the holocaust - ABC3

I just saw on abcivew a series where children of the holocaust tell their story through cartoon. The episode is only 9 minutes but I thought some of you would be interested in it. It's rated G.
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/children-of-the-holocaust/ZW0346A001S00

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

One of my great,great,great,great,GREAT grand father was a convict but built a bridge some where in the world but I know that bridge is out there.

Masumi Hiraga Jackson


Alone in a new country in 1987,  Masumi had a critical decision to make —  stay in Melbourne or return home to Japan. Masumi Hiraga was born in 1935 at Nirasaki, west of Tokyo. One of ten children, her three brothers died young, leaving seven daughters. Masumi’s father Tomoichi ran a silkworm farm and orchard. He was a quiet man and a strong disciplinarian
P.S: Masumi Hiraga Jackson is in the front row and third from the right 

Hiraga family (Masumi, front row, third from right)

Nickel Mundabi Ngwanda




Nickel

The Story Of Nickel
Mundabi Ngadwa


When Nickel was a little boy a friend of his father's came into his classroom. He
told him he had to leave the country, because if he didn't he would be killed just
shocked by the news like his father. Now that he is older he is unable to go back to his  birth country. 

In 2009, the family's refugee applications were finally approved. After they were settled in Shepparton in regional Victoria. Nickel now paints and carves and continues to attend English classes so that he can work on his accent. He hopes to make a living as a professional artist. Their sons Gaspy and Exaucé were found in 2011 and are trying to join the family in Shepparton. Guillian remains missing. Life is not easy. English is a hard language to learn and unemployment is high in Shepparton, especially amongst recent refugees. The family became Australian citizens in 2014.

karl muffler.
miagrated to australia to chase his dream for being a cake decorater.After the war The couple were reunited after the war. With no family left in Germany, they decided to stay in Australia, became naturalised in 1947, and had two daughters.Karl's love of cake-decorating continued throughout his life.  He passed away in 1996.

  • One challenge Vasant Sheth faced when she migrated to Australia was she had to pack all clothes and utensils for cooking, because she is a vegan and she thought that she wouldn’t be able to buy another pan in Australia, because it might of had meat in it before.

Monday, 3 August 2015

Eva Warhust's Immigration Story

Eva Warhust

Being the sixth of a family that would grow to 18 children, Eva Warhust, (Née Reid) aged 10, agreed to be sent to Australia as part of the British child migration schemes operating in 1950 along with her one sister and three brothers. This was due to the financial burden of their large family, hoping that through sending them off, the family's burden would ease. The Children departed from Southampton, UK on the 31st of March, 1950. They arrived in Sydney on the 19th of May, then were placed on a train to Molong, 300 KMs West of Sydney, arriving the following day at Fairbridge Farm School.