First Day: "In Australia I was reunited with my sweetheart of five years"

Domingo Perdon and his girlfriend were office mates in Manila. They both applied to migrate to Australia. She was accepted; he wasn't. She moved to Australia and he joined her the following year, in 1981.

Domingo Pardon in SBS Sydney, 2016. Source: SBS Radio

"I was so happy to see her (...) and after three days in Australia, we got married."

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"I was happy because life is more organised and clean in Australia."

"Everywhere you go there is a queue. People are disciplined: you queue in the bus stop, you queue in the post office, you queue in the supermarket, everywhere there is a queue. It's always organised and that was a good start, an observation in your new country."

"People are disciplined: you queue in the bus stop, you queue in the post office, you queue in the supermarket, everywhere there is a queue."

Domingo Perdon interview, SBS Sydney, 2016. Source: RIchard Gurney