“I was born in the old communist Czechoslovakia in 1980, in the town of Pilsen, like the beer. All the towns in the West have double names as 40% of the people spoke German originally before the [...]
“I was born in Penrith in the west of Sydney. I lived there for 12 years and had a very horrible childhood with a violent father. The violence was so horrific, the only thing Mum and two of her [...]
Growing up in Colac “I grew up in Colac, an hour and half west of Melbourne. I had an older brother and sister we were always getting up to mischief! There was no TV during the day…we’d run out [...]
“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 [...]
“My parents arrived in Melbourne in 1967. Both originate from Greece – Dad came here for a holiday, and Mum flew in for a new beginning. Their first and only home is in Flemington. [...]
“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 [...]
