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Do you remember your first day in Australia? SBS takes a look at what sights & smells first struck these new migrants and refugees. #FirstDaySBS

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First day: The former child soldier practising law in Sydney's west

Forced to become a child soldier in South Sudan at six, Deng Thiak Adut thought he would never be able to escape. But a remarkable series of events allowed him to come...
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First Day: Dongup Kim became Australian to visit his family in North Korea

Born in North Korea, Dongup Kim volunteered as a soldier in the South Korean Army during the war. Separated from his family when he was very young, he finally...
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First Day: Sarah Yahya remembers people feeding birds, "Why would you do such a thing?"

Sarah Yahya was born in 1995 and has been living in Australia since 2007. This is how she remembers her First Day in Australia.
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First Day: Family reunited in Australia after six years in Kenyan refugee camp

Deo Masudi witnessed the rape of his wife and daughter when they were attacked in their home in Africa. The family fled the country but it would be years before...
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First Day: The pioneering surgeon who came to Australia on a leaky boat

Confronted by a horrific order to cut the ears off a group of army defectors, Dr Munjed Al Muderis fled Iraq in 1999 and has never been back. Now a leading...
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First Day: The Egyptian-born police officer proud of Australia's multicultural evolution

When Nick Kaldas’s family first moved from Egypt to Australia in the sixties, they moved to a suburb known to house migrants communities. Almost 50 years on, Mr...
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First Day: The trailblazing businesswoman who followed her heart from India to Australia

She left behind friends and family to move to Australia at 20. Now, Rohini Kappadath is now an award-winning businesswoman on a mission to help other women rise...
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Zhu Qin's First Day

01 February 2017 News

First Day: Dongup Kim became Australian to visit his family in North Korea

30 January 2017 Korean

First Day: Chinese Opera singer Zhu Qin at home on the Australian stage

29 January 2017 News

�For three days, we were hiding from the Thai pirates’: Trung Ly’s journey to Australia

28 January 2017 News

Penny Wong's First Day

27 January 2017 FilipinoPodcast

First Day: "It was very emotional because of the dimension of the decision I had made"

27 January 2017 French

�Go back to your country, China’: South Korean-born Dami Im's first day in Australia

26 January 2017 News

First Day: the Tamil girl inspired by Australian doctors to become a cardiologist

26 January 2017 Tamil

First Day: "I was surprised by how casual people were"

25 January 2017 Mandarin

First Day: "For nine days I slept in a cupboard under the stairs"

25 January 2017 German

First Day: "In Australia I was reunited with my sweetheart of five years"

25 January 2017 Filipino

First Day: "I was surprised by the low building architecture"

25 January 2017 Polish

First Day: "I really felt a sense of family in this country"

25 January 2017 Croatian

First Day: "Everything here is big, it's much bigger"

25 January 2017 Cantonese

First Day: "I fell in love with the city when I first landed"

25 January 2017 Indonesian

First Day: an Afghan family reunites in Australia after three years

25 January 2017 Pashto

First Day: Gurpal Singh left law in India for good coffee in Melbourne

25 January 2017 Your Language

First Day: Womenjika - Aunty Carolyn welcomes migrants

25 January 2017 Aboriginal

First Day: "At my first birthday party in Australia I paid the bill for everyone"

25 January 2017 Burmese

First Day: "The sky looked so close I could almost touch it"

25 January 2017 Serbian