Station Pier is a passenger port with a significant place in Victoria’s immigration history.
Railway Pier - A New Pier
Station Pier - A Better Pier
Troop Ships to Migrant Liners
Port to Port
Here at Last
Change is in the Air
This film, originally shot in 8mm format follows the migrant journey of an Engli...
Peter Taylor’s slideshow of his journey on the Otranto in 1957. The ship sailed ...
Ally Heathcote migrated from England with her family in 1874. Read extracts from...
Dutch couple Edmond and Ann Vandernagel’s photo album of their migration journey...
Scrapbook created by the Alderton family as a momento of their voyage on the 'Fa...
With the discovery of gold in the 1850s, Victoria’s population exploded. Th...
Share a Story is a collection of immigration stories that explores the e...
The Australis was the last ship to carry government assisted immigrants to Austr...
Originally designed as a passenger and cargo ship, the Fairsea was converted for...
The Castel Felice was 22 years old when it was refitted to transport British, Ge...
The Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt was built in 1929 to service the trade route betwee...
The Orcades was the first purpose-built passenger vessel to enter the Australian...
In 1959 the Patris became the first liner in the Greek-owned Chandris fleet. The...
I arrived January 1961 on board MV Fairsea,I was 10 years old and a £10 Pom along with my Mother,Father and 15 year old brother.We were collected from Stat...
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John Howard was right. We should accept migrants irrespective of race and creed, but only migrants who come using official channels (as the vast majority do).