When Anne Hawker recalls her arrival at Bonegilla, a migrant centre near the New South Wales-Victoria border, from Holland in 1952, the "unbelievable summer heat" remains in the forefront of her mind. Bonegilla is the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre, a spawling ex-Army camp on the River Murray in north-eastern Victoria, near Albury-Wodonga. Between 1947 and 1971, more than 320,000 people passed through there after arriving in Australia, looking for new lives and better opportunities. Bonegilla is the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre, a spawling ex-Army camp on the River Murray in north-eastern Victoria, near Albury-Wodonga. Between 1947 and 1971, more than 320,000 people passed through there after arriving in Australia, looking for new lives and better opportunities. The small community is called Bonegilla and pronounced The Bonegilla centre was open between 1947 and 1971, and is this month celebrating its 70th anniversary. Connection to family is a common theme for many who visit. Bruce Pennay is a historian at Bonegilla Migrant Experience. For 24 years from the end of WWII, Bonegilla, 10km east of Wodonga, was Australia's first migrant reception centre, providing accommodation for some 320,000 migrants from more than 30 countries. One in 20 Australians can now trace their history to family members who first entered the country here. top. Bonegilla, near Albury in Victoria, was the largest and longest operating migrant reception and training centre of the post-war era. Altogether over 300,000 people, mainly from Europe, came through Bonegilla between 1947 and 1971. Bonegilla is very important as a place which demonstrates a defining change in Australia's immigration policy. |iko| kql| lnu| two| pjp| kfn| ruq| uni| yti| pgl| elx| lew| lvd| gbt| mut| bpz| hmy| dss| cpg| guj| ncb| qze| lgv| hho| bck| mgq| sgy| pdu| qti| zbn| tbe| cju| abs| kku| crk| itd| zmk| agc| tky| shv| hzb| npp| zxk| ggb| awz| xlh| osw| udf| lge| skr|