Rich migrant heritage well worth the battle

By Kate McIlwain
Updated August 8 2015 - 4:59pm, first published August 7 2015 - 8:38pm
New beginning: Russell Hadley with son Christopher in January 1964 on board the Aurelia passenger liner leaving Britain. Picture: SUPPLIED
New beginning: Russell Hadley with son Christopher in January 1964 on board the Aurelia passenger liner leaving Britain. Picture: SUPPLIED

In 1963, in the small town of Wrexham near the coalfields of cold northern Wales, my 34-year-old electrician grandfather, Russell Hadley, saw a newspaper advertisement calling for specialised labour at the Port Kembla Steelworks.

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