Digital Image - Bul Bulkoch, Playing Basketball, Footscray City College, 2001

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Summary:: Colour digital image of Bul Bulkoch standing in an outdoor basketball court and holding a basketball at Footscray City College, 2001.

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 completing 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 tall male Sudanese teenager standing on an outdoor basketball court holding a basketball.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mr Bul Bulkoch, 2012

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History

Tagged with:	refugees, migration settlement, youth, sudanese communities
Themes this item is part of:	Bul Bulkoch, Sudanese Migrant, 1996, Migration Collection
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Settlement - Cultural & Social Life
Tertiary Classification:	sports
Format:	Digital Photograph: Colour
Person Depicted:	Mr Bul Bulkoch, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 2001
Photographer:	Vicki Jones, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 2001