Journey | Gary Simmons | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Inspired by Gary’s neighbour Tony, who emigrated from Italy in 1952. Describes what people had to go through in search of a better life in Australia.

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Credits

creator

Gary Simmons

Production places

Australia

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1002828

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Italians - Australia

Biographical

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Italians - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Holdings

CD ROM; Master

CD ROM; Copy

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If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/108416--journey/ |title=Journey |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=30 April 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}