THEY came from all over but here they are all joined as one ...
Hundreds of people attended a special ceremony at Sydney’s National Maritime Museum in which 339 new names unveiled on its migrant Welcome Wall.
The wall stands in honour of all those who have migrated from around the world to live in Australia.
Special guest at the unveiling ceremony in September was Multicultural NSW board member Dai Le, who reflected on her family’s experience as refugees from Vietnam and the importance of multiculturalism.
The ceremony featured three migrant speakers who have placed names on the wall.
Millie Soo talked about her parents, who migrated from China in the 1950s and ’60s and opened the first Chinese restaurant in Dubbo.
Terese McInerney and Katrina Hladun paid tribute to their grandparents and father, who migrated from the Ukraine in the 1950s.
Catherine Bullivant spoke on behalf of the Bugeja family, who migrated from Malta.
The 364 new names bring the total number of names on the wall to 29,110. Of these 10,329 are from the United Kingdom, 3610 from Italy, 1743 from The Netherlands, 1676 from Germany and 1397 from Greece. In all, more than 200 countries are represented.