2021 #AtoZChallenge M is for ...Migrants

  I've been researching my family history for over thirty years. Along this genealogy journey I have been supported by hundreds of books, many of which I have listed on my Librarything page. 

During the 2021 #AtoZChallenge I will be writing about two of my passions, books and family history. I'll be taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting some of those books that have enriched my genealogy experience.

Most Australians have immigrants in their ancestry. Since 1788 when the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove all of those who have arrived in Australia from other lands were immigrants. While I have ancestry that goes back thousands of years in this land I am interested in the stories of my ancestors and others who later came from distant lands. 

For my M post I am sharing details of some  immigrant stories. I feel that we should all learn about our neighbours and their histories as well as our personal histories. The books on the following list give us an insight into lives of these folk prior to and after their arrival in Australia. I had previously shared this list of  books I have read in another blog post but felt that it deserved another airing. 

After this : survivors of the Holocaust speak  Alice Nelson

Almost like home : living in Bradfield Park, Michael Hogan

The Arrival, Shaun Tan (Picture book - suggested by Carmel Galvin).

Benedictine pioneers in Australia, Henry Norbert Birt

The Boat by Nam Le  (Suggested by Carmel Galvin)

Chinese whispers : in search of ivy : a gold rush story told by generations of an Australian-Chinese family, Alison Choy Flannigan

Convict women, Kay Daniels

Cop This Lot, Nino Culotta

Daddy Cool: Finding My Father, the Singer Who Swapped Hollywood Fame for Home in Australia, Darleen Bungey

Esther : the extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who became first lady of the colony by Jessica North

Fair Game, Elizabeth Rushen

Farewell my children : Irish emigration to Australia 1848-1870,  Richard Reid

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts, Sian Rees

Free Passage, Perry McIntyre

Freedom's land, Anna Jacobs

From Distress to Deliverance : the life and times of william gow, convict, schoolmaster and farmer, Stephen Gow

The Happiest Refugee, Anh Do

The glory garage : growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia, Nadia Jamal

The happiest man on Earth, Eddie Jaku

Hell ship, Michael Veitch  (Suggested by Jennifer Jones)

I Kept on Dancing: A Life's Journey from Nazi Germany to the Lucky Country, Olga Geddes

Inheritance of secrets, Sonya Bates

Into the Suburbs : A Migrant's Story, Christopher Raja

The Italian girl, Rebecca Huntley

Joyful strains : making Australia home, Kent MacCarter

A long way home, Saroo Brierley 

A long way to Tipperary, Susan Gough (Children's Fiction)

Mao's last dancer, Li Cunxin

Michi's memories : the story of a Japanese war bride , Keiko Tamura 

Not just Ned : a true history of the Irish in Australia

One Bright Moon, Andrew Kwong 

Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter by Maria Tumarkin

Pierce Landers and Honorah Flood : Tipperary, Ire. [to] Dungog, NSW, Gwenyth Starr

Pirate boy of Sydney town by Jackie French

Reckoning : a memoir, Magda Szubanski

Reminiscences of a Roving Rabbi by Rudy Brasch

Rising heart Aminata Conteh-Biger

Romulus my father, Raimond Gaita  (Suggested by Carmel Galvin)

Sempre con te : always with you 

Suitcase of dreams, Tanya Blanchard

These Few Lines - A Convict Story : The Lost Lives of Myra and William Sykes by Graham Seal

They're a weird mob, Nino Culotta

Threads: The Untold Story of Fashion House George Gross & Harry Who, Rose Fydler

An unconventional woman, Jean Tahija

Where, oh where, is Wooger Vitnell?, Barbara Eileen Brown

Where the Sea Takes Us: A True Story of Family, Fate and Vietnam, Kim Khanh Huynh

With just one suitcase, Cheryl Koenig (Suggested by Carmel Galvin)

Ziba came on a boat, Liz Lofthouse (Picture Book)