@@chihaoshen888 i mean they had 2-ish months, which with professional help is enough to get at least a basic grasp of the language. Plus once you're living amongst english speakers you learn a lot faster
A valuable teaching resource for my Year 10 History students. Thanks for this - super useful in providing context to Australia's policy of assimilation.
the cousin of my great grandmom immigrated from poland to australia after ww2 in the year 1946 the she worked in a factory where cane sugar was processed the working conditions where horrible in australia she met her husband also polish he work on a sugar cane farm also under horrible working conditions the worked in the fields where venomous snakes and spiders lived they were forced to sign working contracts because the boat journey and because they were immigrants
My grandparents met at the Bonegilla camp in the late 1940s. My grandad was from Poland and my grandma from what was then, Czechoslavakia. They didnt speak any english and ended up conversing in german as they both knew that language. They were remarkably resilient!
I didn't see .. " Wellcome to my Country " anywhere .. I arrived by myself in 1968 and they never welcomed me... I was dropped off at a boarding house and told get the Sydney Morning Herald tomorrow and look for a job ..😳
What a load of hypocritical rubbish . I am first generation in Australia from immigrants . My parents were treated worse than convicts coming to Australia after running from the communists in China. They were forced to sign a contract , that my qualified father in electronics would take on any job specified by the Australian government , for 2 years , before entering Australia. My father fought in WW2 with the US army in Shanghai and was never allowed to march on Anzac day , we still have his medals. When my parents came to Australia, Mutton , lard and chunky potatoe mash , with something that was supposed to be gravy was the meal of the day. My father suffered from scarlet fever when he was 18 , in China , he was deemed physically unfit , however he had a mind , hence the electronics side of things. When he came to Australia , the government put him into physical work , even though they knew his medical history, for 2 years. During that time , he was offered a job in electronics , he took it and was taken away from his place of employment , forcefully by the police , after 2 weeks. Give me a ticket , I want out of this country ...unfortunately , I have alot of family here now , however , I'm still working on getting out . I have alot more to say , but I will eventually publish a book on the "Life and times of post war immigrants and the truth"
Are you American or Chinese? Your name sounds Eastern European. I guess Immigration depends on luck and where you get placed. A lot of Pommies got a house and few acres when they first arrived. However I did read a story, were some recent immigrants ygot unlucky and were put in temporary housing at the old internment camps.
@@leoegerton-warburton5061 He is probably soviet that arrvied from China in the 1950s, they were once refugees before the ccp came to power, a lot of them lived in Shanghai
Amazing how we used to treat refugees so well. I’m glad to see that my grandparents were welcomed to this country.
good on them, just wonder how they learned English since they got no translator back in the days🤔
@@chihaoshen888 apparently there were daily English classes on the ships.
@@Atlastheyote222 sure but as a non-native speaker it would be a bit hard to learn English without a translator, must paid a lot of effort
@@chihaoshen888 i mean they had 2-ish months, which with professional help is enough to get at least a basic grasp of the language. Plus once you're living amongst english speakers you learn a lot faster
@@Atlastheyote222 glad they went to Australia, did they arrive from Eastern europe or whatever?
A valuable teaching resource for my Year 10 History students. Thanks for this - super useful in providing context to Australia's policy of assimilation.
Great film
the cousin of my great grandmom immigrated from poland to australia after ww2 in the year 1946 the she worked in a factory where cane sugar was processed the working conditions where horrible
in australia she met her husband also polish he work on a sugar cane farm also under horrible working conditions the worked in the fields where venomous snakes and spiders lived
they were forced to sign working contracts because the boat journey and because they were immigrants
Wow cool film
My grandparents met at the Bonegilla camp in the late 1940s. My grandad was from Poland and my grandma from what was then, Czechoslavakia. They didnt speak any english and ended up conversing in german as they both knew that language. They were remarkably resilient!
Teaching them to be British in Britain’s convict colony! 😂
I didn't see .. " Wellcome to my Country " anywhere .. I arrived by myself in 1968 and they never welcomed me... I was dropped off at a boarding house and told get the Sydney Morning Herald tomorrow and look for a job ..😳
Werner Baumann is a great Lithuanian name
What a load of hypocritical rubbish . I am first generation in Australia from immigrants . My parents were treated worse than convicts coming to Australia after running from the communists in China. They were forced to sign a contract , that my qualified father in electronics would take on any job specified by the Australian government , for 2 years , before entering Australia. My father fought in WW2 with the US army in Shanghai and was never allowed to march on Anzac day , we still have his medals.
When my parents came to Australia, Mutton , lard and chunky potatoe mash , with something that was supposed to be gravy was the meal of the day.
My father suffered from scarlet fever when he was 18 , in China , he was deemed physically unfit , however he had a mind , hence the electronics side of things.
When he came to Australia , the government put him into physical work , even though they knew his medical history, for 2 years.
During that time , he was offered a job in electronics , he took it and was taken away from his place of employment , forcefully by the police , after 2 weeks.
Give me a ticket , I want out of this country ...unfortunately , I have alot of family here now , however , I'm still working on getting out .
I have alot more to say , but I will eventually publish a book on the "Life and times of post war immigrants and the truth"
Hi ,Are your parents originally from the present day Russia?
Are you American or Chinese? Your name sounds Eastern European.
I guess Immigration depends on luck and where you get placed. A lot of Pommies got a house and few acres when they first arrived. However I did read a story, were some recent immigrants ygot unlucky and were put in temporary housing at the old internment camps.
@@leoegerton-warburton5061 He is probably soviet that arrvied from China in the 1950s, they were once refugees before the ccp came to power, a lot of them lived in Shanghai
I was thinking the same
Bless you❤
You are here today aren’t you? Would love to see how China would react if even a couple 100 inferior Koreans immigrants came over
Why did these northern Europeans immigrate to Australia? Australian weather is way too harsh for people like them.
Have you any idea what was left in Europe after WW II .. ?