The Welcome Wall

A national tribute to all immigrants

The next unveiling ceremony is scheduled for Sunday 31 May 2009.

Please note: Panels for the May unveiling ceremony have now been filled. Registrants included in this ceremony will be advised by mail approximately six weeks prior to the event.

Register early to secure a place in the October/November 2009 unveiling ceremony!

REGISTER HERE

Alternatively, call (02) 9298 3667 during office hours to receive a free registration pack.

In one of history's great migrations, more than six million people have crossed the world to settle in Australia.

To honour their achievements the Australian National Maritime Museum has established a Welcome Wall 100 metres long at Darling Harbour, Sydney. Near Pyrmont docks, the Welcome Wall aptly sits where millions of new settlers first stepped ashore in Australia.

As a truly national project, the Welcome Wall honours migrants wherever they landed and wherever they live.

An online database stores historical information about the people named on the Welcome Wall: when and how they came, who they came with, and where they lived. These stories are also shared with visitors to the Australian National Maritime Museum on kiosks in the museum foyer.

It costs just $105 to commemorate your family name in bronze on the Welcome Wall and to record your family's story on the Australian National Maritime Museum database.

View our YouTube video about the Welcome Wall.

The most recent unveiling ceremony for panels 49 - 50 was held on Sunday 26th October at the Australian National Maritime Museum.