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Migrants
disembarking
in Sydney
1964
National Archives of Australia
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Arriving
I had no idea when I stood at the ship’s
rail and looked beyond the sheds, which were the customs sheds,
to what seemed a flat land completely devoid of distinguishing features
what it would be like to live in Australia.
Elizabeth Jolley, author,
Central Mischief: On Writing, Her Past and Herself, Ringwood,
Victoria, 1992
The following
audio is part of the Customs and Quarantine Regulations Song
performed
by Alan Stocks and the Quodlibet Singers. From the compact disc
Wagne's Rinse Cycle (ABC Classics 465 260-2). Used by permission
of ABC Classics.
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