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Remembering the past and looking forward to the future

Australia, NOV 2007
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A story of escape by boat from Vietnam to a Malaysian refugee camp, and then to Australia in 1986 where Cuong Manh Pham eventually made a new life, reuniting..

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I left my country

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[Wallace Clarke Home Movies: Reel 22]

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A Journey to a new land

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Scouting in Australia

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[KenRa Films Present: the Kenneth Rankine Home Movie Collection: Reel 23]

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The Affliction of Memory

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