Written, produced and directed by Paul Byrnes and Penelope McDonald

Editor: Denise Haslem ASE
Production Manager: Vanessa Robertson
Director of Photography: Steve Macdonald
Sound Recordist - Canberra: David O'Rourke
Sound Recordist - Sydney: Jeremy Ireland
Sound Mixer: Mike Gissing
Composer: Charlie Chan
Camera Equipment: Video Australasia
Offline Edit Facility: Film Australia
Sound Post Production: Digital City Studios
Online Edit Facility: Visualeyes

Film Australia Business Affairs Manager: Sally Regan
Production Affairs Manager: Liz Stevens
Production Assistants: Genevieve Derwent, Sueanne Flyght
Production Accountant: Liane Wright
Executive Producer's Assistant: Rebecca Webb
Educational Sales Manager: Jacqui Stone
Program Promotions Manager: Kym Druitt
Publications and Website Manager: Kirsten Tilgals
Film Library Manager: Bev Dalgairns
Research Librarians: Anna Nolan, Catherine McGuire
Film Librarian: Richard Carter
Cataloguer: Sylvia Griffin
Stills Archivist: Paula Bray

DVD Production
Oasis DVD
Oasis General Manager: Heath Amos
DVD Author: Heath Baker
DVD Quality Technician: Scott Heysen
Animation, Interface and Titles: Michael Strelan

Thanks to
Blagica Bonic (nee Tonevska)
Bernard Freedman
Harold Grant
Oliver Howes
Ann-Mari Jordens
Albert Moran
James Ricketson
Riri Treweeke (nee Rina Ioannou)
Pham Van Lam
Jerzy Zubrzycki

Stock footage supplied courtesy of
Film Australia Library
Film World and Cinesound
Movietone Productions
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Archival audio supplied courtesy of
ScreenSound Australia
National Screen and Sound Archive
Andrew Pike

Archival stills supplied courtesy of
National Archives of Australia
A1211
Department of Immigration Central Office
National Library of Australia
Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
Uniting Church in Australia, Frontier Services

Executive Producers: Penny Robins, Franco di Chiera

Produced by Film Australia in association with Chili Films

A Film Australia National Interest Program 2004

Study guide written by Robert Lewis

Website created by Kirsten Tilgals