FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

VS of migrants arriving in Australia by sea and air including migrants on deck of ship and walking across tarmac. Ship passes Fort Denison heading towards Circular Quay. CU of migrant faces on board ship. Morven Brown, Professor of Sociology at UNSW, talks to camera about the Good Neighbour Movement of Australia, a voluntary organisation set up to assist migrants settle into Australian society. Quicktime clip available.

Migrant hostel. Mother at home feeding young child. Member of the Good Neighbour Council arrives to offer assistance. Bilingual note given to woman. Road signs for Wollongong. Port Kembla steel works and pan of site. Men at work in steel works. Furnace blazing. Sign for Eubenangee and migrants at work slashing sugar cane. Sign for Prahran and men drilling and shovelling dirt on building site. Sign for Nuriootpa and people grape picking. Woman picking fruit. Sign for Zetland man in protective goggles grinding metal. Sign for Ulladulla and fishermen wearing knotted hankerchiefs on heads bringing in fish basket. Sign for Tanbellup clearing land with a bulldozer scoop. Sign for Adelaide and crowded beach with canvas beach tents. Busy city street with pedestrians. A man and two women go into restaurant. Chef serving spaghetti bolognaise in kichen. Road signs in the area of the Snowy Mountains. Men at work on the Hydroelectricity scheme. Workers' accommodation at Cooma. Quicktime clip available.

WS workers leaving Port Kembla Steelworks for the day. Secretary of the Iron Workers Association in Port Kembla, Mr Malcolm also member of the Good Neighbour Council talks to one of the migrant workers and then to camera. Professor Morven Brown talks to camera about the migrant experience and the importance of friendship towards the Ònew comersÓ. Italian migrant, Pino Celse (?) kisses and farewells his wife outside their Cooma home, picks up and swings his young daughter around. Pino to camera reflecting upon his migrant experience inter cut with Professor Morven Brown. Quicktime clip available.

Professor Morven Brown. Danish migrant Gustav Olin talks to camera about his early days in Australia. Schoolboy runs down suburban street to his mother gardening in their front yard and shows her an atlas. Gustav Olin compares European family life with Australian. Quicktime clip available.

Professor Morven Brown talks to camera about the contribution of migrants to Australian society, mateship and the migrants sense of belonging. Brown introduces Czech migrant, Mrs. Bolan who became a member of the Good Neighbour Movement. Mrs. Bolan instructs an alderman in the pronunciation of European names for naturalisation ceremonies. Mrs. Bolan smoking, to camera about being part of the Bondi Branch. Quicktime clip available.

Professor Brown to camera talking about the naturalisation process for migrants. Naturalisation ceremony taking place in the chambers of Waverley Council at Bondi Junction. Mayor of Waverley wearing official ermine robes awards citizenship certificates. Mrs. Anderson, President of the Waverley Branch of the Good Neighbour movement talks to camera. Note cats eye glasses. Fairsea ship arrives. Migrants disembark carrying luggage. Families board buses. Quicktime clip available.

MS Norman Harvey, President of the Good Neighbour Branch of Cooma talking to camera about the movements work. Group of Snowy Mountains migrant workers attend an English class with male teacher, class includes female student wearing yellow top. CUs of class members repeating phrases and pointing to the door. MS teacher in front of blackboard. MS Female migrant following verbal instructions. Quicktime clip available.