Something's Missing...in Australia
Crafted from her diary entries, Amalija Berc's
- tells her personal story of immigrating to Australia as well as stories of other migrant-friends and acquaintances who have arrived a decade earlier. Woven with the details of unwelcoming locals, isolation, betrayal, humiliation, and racism is a story of damage from other side as well:
a product of strict upbringing influenced by Catholic religion. Amalija sought solace in marriage and her parents' beliefs but neither supported her in her time of need as a newcomer in a strange land.
Through
, Amalija hopes to encourage Australians to show more kindness and respect to migrants and recognize and appreciate their great contributions (often with their hard work and cheap labor) in transforming a backward Australia (after WW2) into a beautiful, modern, industrial and multicultural country of today.