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NameKlaus
Gendermale
Country of OriginGermany
Destination CountryAustralia

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s-1 Originally from Bremen in northern Germany, Klaus departed for Australia with his family in November 1954.
s-2 It was my parents decision – mainly my father.
s-3 Germany was sandwiched between Russia and America so politically, it wasnt very good.
s-4 And my father was a bit of an adventurer.
s-5 Its so hard to tell you what it was like.
s-6 Just getting on a ship and standing on the deck and looking over to Pireas and seeing three hundred Greeks arrive all dressed in black.
s-7 With all their belongings in baskets.
s-8 After arriving in Melbourne in January 1955 and spending a few days at a migrant camp, Klauss family moved to Orange, New South Wales.
s-9 Reflecting on life as a migrant, Klaus says there were two different cultures operating.
s-10 There was the Australian culture at school and with his mates and then the old German ways at home.
s-11 My siblings and I were going like crazy to adapt to Australia and become Australian.
s-12 Germany just disappeared in a way.
s-13 I was so busy adjusting, learning the language and all of the other nuances of being in this society, that there was very little reinforcement of what had happened in Germany.
s-14 Later, however, Klaus began to question his identity and sought to make sense of it all during a visit to Germany.
s-15 I started recording a lot of family history and wrote down all that stuff, kept a diary, went through peoples documents and compiled a family tree.
s-16 Because Id been so dislocated, I wanted to know what those old roots were.
s-17 I had a great sadness.
s-18 There was no continuity of all the stories, all the folklore, all the lore.
s-19 It was just cut off.
s-20 Klaus, now a grandfather, is part of a big family again.
s-21 Weve created our own milieu… Its all around me.
s-22 Weve got sixty one years of it.
s-23 But, for a migrant, Klaus says reflecting is a lifelong process.
s-24 When he was awarded the Order of Australia for service to conservation and the environment in 2012 he had, what he calls, an aha moment.
s-25 The honour was like a pat on the back or a handshake from his adopted homeland: Yes, youve been accepted.
s-26 You are now Australian.

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