Life of Anh Do

Events

Born in Vietnam

2 June 1977

Anh Do and his family leave Vietnam on a boat

1980

They leave from the Mekong Delta.

Anh goes on his first school camp

1985

Anh becomes a candidate for school captain and loses

1987

Anh enters secondary school at St Aloysius'

1989

Anh's parents sell the family farm at a loss

1989

Anh's father leaves the family

1990

Anh visits Vietnam for the first time

1998

"Footy Legends" is released

2006

Anh Do appears as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars

2007

"The Happiest Refugee" is released

2010

"The Happiest Refugee" wins the 2011 Australian Book of the Year prize

2011