Summary
Colour digital image of Bul Bulkoch with sister and brother, Mimi and Garang, with Bul's first basketball, a gift from a neighbour, 1996.
Bul Bulkoch was born in southern Sudan in 1983 in the same year the war in Sudan began. Bul and his family fled Sudan trekking through Ethiopia, back to Sudan and finally to Kenya, residing in refugee camps until finally successfully gaining acceptance to Australia as refugees. Bul was 13 when he arrived in Australia in 1996 with his parents, younger sister and brothers. When he arrived at Melbourne International Airport, he had only the clothes he was wearing. As an Australian teenager, Bul played basketball, made many friends, and completed his secondary education at Footscray City College. He went on to complete his university engineering degree and now works for Rio Tinto in Western Australia as a mining engineer and planner.
Description of Content
Colour photograph of group of three Sudanese children, two squatting, one standing in a domestic backyard, against a fence.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Bul A. Bulkoch, Jan 2012
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Person Depicted
Mr Bul A. Bulkoch, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1996
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Person Depicted
Mimi Bulkoch, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1996
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Person Depicted
Garang Bulkoch, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1996
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Photographer
Mr Yar Bulkoch, Footscray, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1996
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Format
Digital file, Colour
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Classification
Migration, Settlement - first home & family, Family portraits
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Keywords
Refugees, Sudanese Communities, Youth, Migration & Settlement