Catherine Panich - Sanctuary? (Routledge Revivals)

In the ten years immediately following the Second World War, some 170,000 immigrants from Europe and Britain arrived in Australia.

First published in 1988, this unique book recreates the experiences of those who fled a ravaged Europe to seek a new life in far-distant Australia. Their stories are told in the words of the people themselves, supplemented with photographs, documents, press reports and memorabilia.

These stories of over 100 Australians, New and Old, stories sometimes humorous and often very moving, provide a fascinating insight into a significant moment in Australian history.

This Routledge Revival is a reissue of the first definitive examination of life in the migrant camps. It provides a collection of intensely personal accounts of what it was like to pass through the immigration centres and workers' hostels on the way to building new lives and to shaping present-day Australia.

Remembering postwar immigration

Catherine Panich

First published 1988
by George Allen & Unwin Ltd

This edition first published in 2012 by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
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1988 Catherine Panich

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A Library of Congress record exists under ISBN: 0043303862

ISBN 13: 978-0-415-52533-6 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-203-11847-4 (ebk)

To mum and dad, in whom I found my inspiration.
To Milo, without whose good faith and encouragement this would never have been possible.

Catherine Panich 1988
This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.
No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved.

First published in 1988

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National Library of Australia
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Panich, Catherine.

Sanctuary, remembering postwar immigration.

ISBN 0 04 330386 2.

1. Emigration and immigration Social aspects. 2. Australia Emigration and immigration Biography. 3. Australia Emigration and immigration Social aspects. 4. Refugees Europe. 5. Refugees Australia. I. Title.

304.89404

Set in 11/13 pt Garamond by Best-set Typesetter Ltd

Printed by Kim Hup Lee, Singapore

Title page photograph: Aboard the Fairsea, December 1949

Aboard the Fairsea, on the title page

Cooking equipment

My sincere thanks to the many people and organisations who have made this book possibleeditorial assistance: Ros Arnold; editing the manuscript: Venetia Nelson; proof-reading of the manuscript: Luise Hagen-Schow, Gordon Hagen-Schow; artwork: Lyn Ingles; photography: Milo Panich, Bruce Innes, Lynette Lewis, Cathy Mitchell; translators: S. August, B. Barkus, G. Gaal, L. Hagen-Schow, S. Skorulis, N. Torchia; contributors: P. Adams, T. Ainger, S. August, N. Baitch, T. Baitch, B. Balanzategui, B. Barkus, T. Barker, F. Barna, Dr A. Becker, I. Bellen, L. Berry, J. Blackie, M. Burgess, A. Burt, V. Byrne, M. Collishaw, T. Coyle, J. Crasti, M. Crasti, F. Dalton, V. Dalton, E. Damarel, K. Damarel, T. de Vries, D. Dempsey, J. Dempsey, K. Dominik, E. Doornbos, J. Doornbos, W. Edwards, Archdeacon H. Ellis, Dr O. Fiala, W. Fink, V. Frazer, G. Gaal, K. Gaal, D. Giri, J. Gotschalls, F. Grant, Col. H. Guinn, J. Gullner, G. Hagen-Schow, L. Hagen-Schow, A. Harpur, G. Hindy, O. Hindy, V. Hollo, A. Holt, A. Howard, N. Hudson, G. Humphries, B. Innes, D. Innes, M. Janjetovic, D. Knochs, J. Konecny, M. Koomen, B. Krzysik, L. Lainella, E. Leskys, J. Leskys, E. Lukic, Z. Lukic, A. Maack-Petersen, N. MacDonald, L. Makay, A. Martusewicz, E. Matyasko, J. Matyasko, Dr A. Mauragis, C. McDonough, S. Mista, A. Morawski, E. Myszynski, S. Myszynski, P. Niemiec, T. Nyssen, M. Opacic, A. Osipovs, A. Panich, N. Papanikolopoulos, M. Paris, O. Parnham, Dr V. Petersons, S. Petrowsky, B. Phelan, R. Phelan, O. Pople, T. Prankus, J. Reisgys, Capt R. Reynolds, T. Rombouts, M. Rozsa, M. Russell, D. Sciwiarski, T. Sciwiarski, S. Scotton, L. Sheldrick, S. Skorulis, E. Solonov, A. Somlyay, Fr S. Spighi, B. Srejic, B. Stalenburg, C. Stanilewicz, R. Stasionis, H. Sumegi, M. Szabo, J. Taussig, H. van Wierst, V. Venclovas, Dr B. Vingilis, T. Vingilis, R. Ward, Pastor A. Wever, J. Widuch, K. Wilkinson, H. Woll, D. Woloch, E. Woloch. Organisations and government bodies: Susan Cook and the Australian Archives (NSW); Australian Government Publishing Service; Verniece Irvine, Peter Austen and the Bathurst Tourist Office; Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services; Commonwealth Department of Education; Committee for the Bathurst Migrant Camp Reunion (1985); P. Bryant and the Cowra Tourist and Development Corporation; Department of Administrative Services; Department of Employment and Industrial Relations; Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Email Ltd, Orange; Hungarian Club, Macquarie Fields; Lithuanian Club, Bankstown; NSW State Library; M. Greenwood and the Parkes Tourist Centre; Penrith City Library; Philips Industries Holdings Ltd; Westbridge Migrant Centre.