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WELCOME WALL SPRING 2017
SIGNALS > NUMBER 120 > ANATOLIA TO AUSTRALIA
Anatolia to Australia FIFTY YEARS OF TURKISH MIGRATION
Turkish migrant Şükran Adasal was just 19 years old when she and her husband Halit embarked on a belated honeymoon to an island continent on the other side of the world. Travelling under the Australia–Turkey Migration Agreement, ratified 50 years ago this October, the young couple’s thoughts were filled with hope for a new future. By Kim Tao. 01 Şükran and Halit Adasal signing their marriage
documents, with Şükran’s mother Sultan Salman at far right, Adana, Turkey, 1966. All images reproduced courtesy Hale Adasal.
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In one of history’s great migrations, more than six million people have crossed the seas to settle in Australia. The museum’s tribute to all of them, The Welcome Wall, encourages people to recall and record their stories of coming to live in Australia