Refugees and their contribution to Aust

REFUGEES WHO FLED TO AUSTRALIA AND BECAME A SUCCESS

*SIDNEY MYER: Russian Jewish refugee who established the Myer department store empire.

*FRANK LOWY: Slovakian refugee who founded global shopping centre empire Westfield.

*JUDY CASSAB: Holocaust survivor and artist who was a two-time winner of the Archibald Prize and awarded an Order of Australia.

*HIEU VAN LE: Vietnamese refugee, now South Australian Governor.

*RICHARD PRATT: Polish refugee who ran successful packaging company Visy and was lauded for philanthropy.

*TAN LE: Vietnamese refugee, named 1988 Young Australian of the Year. A telecommunications entrepreneur who co-founded SASme Wireless Communication and Emotiv.

*HUY TRUONG: Vietnamese refugee who went on to be one of Australia's most successful tech entrepreneurs founding online retail site Wishlist.

*VICTOR CHANG: Chinese refugee who pioneered heart transplant surgery.

*ANH DO: Vietnamese refugee who became one of Australia's leading comedians. Author of the The Happiest Refugee.

*NATHAN WERDIGER: Survivor of Auschwitz concentration camps who became a property magnate and ran one of Australia's biggest textile manufacturers.

*FAWAD AHMED: Pakistan refugee selected in the Australian cricket side.