New Humans of Australia is now interviewing! Were you born overseas? Would you l…
New Humans of Australia is now interviewing! Were you born overseas? Would you like to talk about any aspect of the migrant experience? Everyone is welcome, but we are especially looking for MEN. ☺ If you are interested in being featured, please fill out this short...
Marli
I was born in Venezuela but because of some political problems at the time, I decided to move to Colombia, my mother’s country, to study medicine. While I was in medical school, I met an Australian backpacker who had sold everything and left his job to spend a year...
I was born in Venezuela but because of some political problems at the time, I de…
I was born in Venezuela but because of some political problems at the time, I decided to move to Colombia, my mother’s country, to study medicine. While I was in medical school, I met an Australian backpacker who had sold everything and left his job to spend a year...
Happy
My husband and I always dreamed of going to live in another country. But then I fell pregnant, and then our three children came along one after the other.Then my sister-in-law started talking to migration agents about getting a skilled visa to Australia, and one agent...
Our son was only 2 years old when he was diagnosed with leukaemia. It started of…
Our son was only 2 years old when he was diagnosed with leukaemia. It started off with him hitting his head. And then the bump didn't resolve properly. I had just got my license as a registered nurse so I knew that something was wrong. But I was too scared to face up...
I didn’t really see my parents or even get to talk to them very much as a young …
I didn't really see my parents or even get to talk to them very much as a young child. They had gone to Australia for a better life – my father left just after I was born, and when I was 2, my mum left me with my grandma. As a result, I grew up with a Chinese...
(Part 2 of 2) When my daughter was born, I became very depressed. I had a kind o…
(Part 2 of 2) When my daughter was born, I became very depressed. I had a kind of existential crisis, facing a lot of gender related issues, like: If this is my child, am I a female? Do I really feel like I am a mother? I have a lot of memory blanks from that time....
(Part 1 of 2) I was born just when the post-apartheid era started in South Afric…
(Part 1 of 2) I was born just when the post-apartheid era started in South Africa. As a young kid, I remember everything being really exciting and colourful, with a lot of acceptance for difference. But when I was 7 we moved from that to the very conservative eastern...
In my mum’s time, it would have been tricky for a girl to spend a lot of time be…
In my mum’s time, it would have been tricky for a girl to spend a lot of time being active outside the house, but times were changing in Nepal. As a child, I was always really into sports, especially table tennis and badminton. My brother played cricket, and one day...
It was always a big dream of my ex-husband’s to leave Russia and migrate to Aust…
It was always a big dream of my ex-husband’s to leave Russia and migrate to Australia. For eight years, he was desperately trying to get a skilled migrant visa. But it was difficult for him to get the points we needed to apply. First, we had to wait for him to get...
