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.
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. * Kate Darian-Smith, Executive Dean, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania, Australia *