A Prolonged Honeymoon: Australia to the US  

By Portia Roberts

“I was scared, and I was happy.”

Collage-style design with a black and white wedding photo of the interviewee and her husband, decorated with pink flowers against the backdrop of the ocean.

Portia talks to her grandmother, Jean Barbara Roberts, about immigrating to the US from Australia in May 1958. Jean and her husband Peter planned to travel for 2 years for their honeymoon but ended up settling and starting their family in Florida.