The Australian National Maritime Museum is making available to the public a digital publication that showcases the voices and stories of some of the migrants to Australia who are registered on the museum’s Welcome Wall.
Entitled We are many- Stories of Australia’s migrants, the online publication brings attention the role of migrants in the making of modern Australia. It features 61 stories from migrants from 32 countries – including the story of a Greek migrant on page 83 of the online publication which also features 10 general articles about migration.
In a statement on its website the museum says of the publication: “We introduce migrants from various times and countries of origin whose stories speak to universal themes such as love, adventure, family, safety and striving for a better life. And we expose stories of extraordinary courage, resilience, success and celebration, deep despair and injustice.”
The new online publication is a companion to From Across the Seas – Australia’s National Migration Story, which was first released in April 2019. From Across the Seas provides an overview of the museum’s achievements in collecting and sharing the national migration story.
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The Welcome Wall features the names of close to 30,000 migrants, including 1,532 who travelled over the seas from Greece.
The next Welcome Wall unveiling ceremony will be held on Sunday, 10 January, 2021. The closing date to register for this event is 1 November, 2020.
To download We are many- Stories of Australia’s migrants, click on the Australian National Maritime Museum link. For information on how to register on the Welcome Wall click on the museum’s Welcome Wall link.