When Migrants Fail to Stay

Ruth Balint is Associate Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She has published on illegal journeys to Australia, refugee history, the history of displaced persons, and migration history.Joy Damousi is Director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at Australian Catholic University, Australia. She has published on various aspects of grief, trauma and loss during the two world wars. She is author of numerous books, including Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War (2015) and Colonial Voices: A Cultural History of English in Australia 1840-1940 (2010).Sheila Fitzpatrick is Professor of History at Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• Introduction, Departures- Why Migrants Fail to Stay, Ruth Balint, Joy Damousi, Sheila Fitzpatrick1. ‘An Inevitable Ingredient of any Immigration Program’? Exploring the Australian Government Response to Departures, 1950-1970s, (Justine Greenwood, University of Sydney, Australia)2. ‘Hopscotch Australia: Displaced Persons Taking the Long Way Around to the Rest of the World’, (Ruth Balint, University of New South Wales, Australia)3. ‘Far Right Security Risks? Deportations & Extradition requests of Displaced Persons 1947-1952’, (Jayne Persian, University of Southern Queensland, Australia)4. ‘Repatriation of Postwar Migrants from Australia to the Soviet Union: the Australian View (Ebony Nilsson, Australian Catholic University, Australia)5. ‘Repatriation of Postwar Migrants from Australia to the Soviet Union: the Soviet View, (Sheila Fitzpatrick, Australian Catholic University, Australia)6. ‘Understanding British Return Migration: the Australian Department of Immigration, British Youth Cultures and the Failed Promotional tour of Australia in 1960’, (Rachel Stevens, Australian Catholic University, Australia)7. “Und ich dreh’ mich nochmal um”: George Dreyfus between Germany and Australia, (Kay Dreyfus with Jonathan Dreyfus, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, Australia)8. Greek Departures, Ships, Stowaways, and the Politics of Return, (Joy Damousi, Australian Catholic University, Australia)9. ‘Starting Fresh, Again and Again: Family Experiences of Multiple Migrations to and from Australia’, (Alexandra Dellios, Australian National University, Australian National University)10. Staying or Departing: Displaced Youth in Australia, (Karen Agutter, University of Adelaide, Australia)11. ‘Departure by Diplomacy: a History of Refugee Resettlement Offers between Australia and the United States, (Claire Higgins, University of New South Wales, Australia)12. ‘Moving On: When Migrants Depart, and Why it Matters’, (Tara Zahra, University of Chicago, USA)BibliographyIndex

In probing the forgotten histories of thousands of people who migrated to postwar Australia but failed to settle, this important volume explores the complexities of identity and belonging for individuals, families and diasporic communities…and their quest to find a place to call home in an increasingly mobile world.