Terence Reilly
| Town/City | Williamstown |
|---|---|
| First name | Terence |
| Last name | Reilly |
| Country of Origin | UK |
| Date of Birth | 03.01.1937 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1972 |
| Submitted by | Joan Reilly |
Story
Reason for leaving homeland – New life for the family, my firm I worked for were moving on, and it meant moving with them or to emigrate. A cousin had come out, and we heard our nice it was.
We came by ship the Fairstar to Adelaide; my wife, our two sons aged 10 and 8, and our daughter aged 6. Our journey was great; we visited lots of different countries; the children went to school on the ship, I had to share a cabin with three other men; my wife a cabin with the children.
We arrived in Adelaide on 28th October 1972 on a scorching hot day. I was dressed in an overcoat and suit. It was a dirty place, the tin sheds at Port Adelaide, and we thought “What have we done?” We didn’t know where we were going, but we were sent to Pennington Hostel until I found work.
We then purchased a home a week before Christmas, and are we are now proud to call ourselves Australians.