Community Starters

Community Starters

Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society. Each new community that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to settle in Australia. In this series from SBS News, we're trying to find those pioneers - the people who laid the foundations of modern multicultural Australia. We will talk about their lives, about what they teach us on early immigration to Australia, and what they mean to those who followed on their footsteps.

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May 8, 2023 11 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society. But it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. In this episode, we hear the story of Francois Fieudard, our candidate for the first French person to ever call Australia home. He ...
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Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode six tells us the story of Massoud Fakhry and the Magnificent Seven, our candidates for the first Lebanese people to ever c...
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April 24, 2023 11 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode five tells us the story of Sakuragawa Rikinosuke, our candidate for the first Japanese person to ever call Australia home.
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April 17, 2023 10 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode four tells us the story of Mak Sai-Ying, our candidate for the first Chinese person to ever call Australia home
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April 10, 2023 11 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode three tells us the story of Dost Mahomet, our candidate for the first Afghan person to ever call Australia home.
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April 3, 2023 10 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode two tells us the story of George Emanuel, our candidate for the first Greek person to ever call Australia home.
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March 28, 2023 11 mins
Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode one tells us the story of John Corea, our candidate for the first Korean person to ever call Australia home.
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Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society. Each new community that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to settle in Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those pioneers. We will talk about their lives, about what they teach us on early immigration to Australia, and what they mean to those who followed in their footsteps.
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