New Beginning
The lucky ones who managed to reach the shores of the nations, which embraces freedom, however had faced new challenges in resettling where they had very little means to start with. The arrival of the Vietnamese refugees marked a major change not only in their lives but also in the lives of the main population generally.
South Australia’s First graduate Vietnamese Lawyer
Trí was born in a family of four brothers and two sisters in South Vietnam. In 1980, he left Vietnam with his big brother Tâm when he was just eight. The boat engines failed, leaving them drifting aimlessly for seventeen days…
A Life of Thanks
As a young nun in the religious Order of the Holy Cross, Sister Elizabeth Nghia arrived in Australia in 1976 as one of the “boat people”, having been forced to flee her homeland in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It is an astonishing story of survival and faith in the face of impossible odds.
A Remarkable Milestone
In 1975 we saw the beginning of the settlement of Vietnamese refugees and over the thirty years since then the face of Australia has changed. The arrival of the Vietnamese refugees marked a major…
From Councillor to Member of Parliament
Tung became the first Vietnamese Australian to be elected to South Australia’s Parliament in 2014. At that time, he was the only person with Vietnamese heritage in any Parliament in Australia.…