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James William Quinn (Jemma)
Name: James William Quinn
Location: Armargar, Ireland
Why: Because he needed to be imprissioned in jail and there was no where for him so he was sent to Australia. He opened a livery stable in Liverpool, Sydney. -
Philip Gidley King (Abbey)
Who: Philip Gidley King
Location: England
Why: Because he was a convict so he was forced to move to Australia to England.
Interesting: Philip Gidley was the 3rd Governor in Australia and was in that position for 6 years. -
Sidney Guilliaumes (Lucy H)
Who: Sidney Guilliaumes
Location: England
Why: They saw an opportunity for farming land in Victoria and have children in Australia. -
Charles Landsbury (Elyse)
Who: Charles Landsbury
Location: England
Why: He was a convict on the Susan and so was forced to go to australia. -
Lucy K's Grandpa
Who: Lucy's Grandpa
Location: Clara, Ireland
Why: Wanted to find his fortune in Ballarat.
Interesting: He established 'W.Lowe and c.o' which is now a National mens wear shop called Lowes. -
Luxe's great grandmother
Who: Luxe's great grandma
Location: Switzerland
Why: To escape the world war.
Interesting: She came by ship when she was 18 years old. -
Molly's great grandma
Who" Molly's grandma
Location: England -
Molly's Great Grandma
Who: Molly's great grandma
Location: England -
Nicky Hann (Emma)
Who: Emma's grandma Nicky
Location: Scotland
Why: Because there were food rashionings there and the new that there were more opportunities in Australia.
Interesting: It took her 15 years to become a citizen. -
Laura's Grandparents and Aunty
Who: Laura's grandparents and Aunty
Location: Scotland
Why: her grandad got offered a job in Australia.
Interesting: Her grandma only became a citizen this year. -
Alyssa's grandma
Who: Alyssa's family (Grandma)
Location: Wales
Why: She was part of the Ten Pound Pom Assisted Migration Scheme. Wales feared invasion from Japan and so decided to move.
Interesting: They were sponsored by a family friend. -
Bill Wong (Charlottte)
Who: Bill Wong
Location: China
Why: Because there were more opportunities in Australia.
Interesting: He got married on the way to Australia in Hong Kong. -
Zara's Grandma
Who: Zara's grandma
Location: Greece
Why: To earn money.
Interesting: She road a cruise line that took her 31 days to get here. -
Jasmine Vizuete's Grandma
Who: Jasmine's grandma
Location: Spain to France to Australia
Why: Because she thought it was a good opportunity to come to Australia and she decided to take it.
Interesting: She went back to Spain, intending to stay there permanently there, but came back to Australia soon after. -
Rob Osborn (Sophie)
Who: Rob Osborn
Location: South Africa
Why: Because he was living with his parents at the time and his parents wanted to move. -
Chelsea's Dad
Who: Chelsea's dad
Location: South Africa
Why: Because Australia is a safer place and there were more opportunities here.
Interesting: It only took him two years before he decided to become a citizen. -
Miss Tobiansky
Who: Miss Tobiansky
Location: South Africa
Why: Because her dad wanted to leave as he was being called to serve in the army often.
Interesting: Her entire extended family migrated too! -
Amy Bauman's dad
Location: Canada
Why: He was going to marry Amy's mum but he thought that she wouldn't survive in Canada in winter. He organised a job one year before he came to Australia. -
The Trittis Family (Toni)
Who: Trittis family
Location: South Africa
Why: South Africa was becoming too unsafe to raise a family but they do visit there often. -
Kayla Cook's family
Who: Kayla's family
Location: South Africa
Why: Because the crime rate was rising in South Africa and they wanted to live in a safer country especially because there were kids.
Interesting: Their citizenship tree is still growing in their garden today. -
Francesca's Family
Who: Francesca's family
Location: Singapore and Hong Kong
Why: Because of her dad's job -
Millie's Family
Who: Millie's family
Location: England
Why: Because they wanted to raise children in Australia because it was warmer.
Interesting: It was easy to move because there were many planes that were in action at the time. -
Jasmine Cook's Grandma
Who: Jasmine's Grandma
Location: England
Why: To be with her family
Interesting: She still isn't a citizen. -
Rachel's family Friends
Who: Rachel's family friends
Location: Indonesia
Why: To be married in Australia.
Interesting: They still aren't citizens. -
Amy Brooke's family
Who: Amy Brooke's family
Location: Bermuda
Why: Because they believed that there were more opportunities. They also wante to bring up children in a etter country.
Interesting: They were lucky because they got the last plane in England because the rest of the planes were frozen. -
Raff's Grandma
Who: Raff's grandma
Location: Italy
Why: Because they were the right age.
Interesting: They immigrated by boat. -
Katria's Family
Who: Katria's family
Location: Londonary, Ireland
Why: Because her dad was in the british navy and wanted to join the Australian Army.
Interesting: He came on boat.
