“I was born in 1974. Mum and Dad were originally Melburnians, so I don’t have an exciting migration story. They moved to Sorrento when I was four. It was a difficult thing to do back then, as [...]
“I was a BMX kid and was always on a BMX. If I wanted to know where my mates were, I’d just ride around and look for where the bikes were parked. I was born in Mount Gambier, and [...]
“My great-great-grandfather is of Chinese descent, from Taishan, Guangdong and arrived in the Ballarat Goldfields in the 1800s. He married an Englishwoman. His name was Yee Quock Ping [...]
“I was born in Vietnam, in the Binh Duong province, just 25km away from Ho Chi Minh City. I am one of three, and have two younger brothers. They still live in Vietnam. Growing up, we weren’t rich [...]
“I came here as an international student from Singapore in 2004, pursuing Anthropology and Social Theory in Melbourne Uni. I had volunteered for a dig in Singapore’s St Andrew’s Cathedral. It was [...]
“If you really understand what’s happening with climate change, I can’t understand why you wouldn’t do everything you can to stop it. That’s really my driving force. In 2007, after reading the [...]
“I was born Arran David Griffiths in Auckland. I’m 48 this year and was brought up in New Zealand. As a kid, I was always the shy, awkward child. I’ve always wanted to play with [...]
“I’m a born-and-bred Victorian and have always lived in Melbourne. I used to live in the East and made the move to the West 11 years ago as it’s the closest area to the city [...]
“Prior to moving to the West nine years ago, the only time I ventured over the bridge was to go on holidays! When we moved here, I didn’t know where to go, the Eastern suburbs was all I knew. My [...]
“My parents came here as post-war migrants. Dad was Ukrainian, and Mum is Italian but they met and married in Scotland. Dad travelled to Australia to work on the Snowy Mountain Hydro-electric [...]
