Main Title: |
Bonegilla's beginnings / Ann Tundern-Smith. |
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Author: |
Tundern-Smith, Ann, 1948-
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Imprint: |
Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. : Triple D Books, 2007. |
Collation: |
136 p. : ill., plans, portraits, bib., index, pbk ; 25 cm. |
Summary: |
"The history of Bonegilla near Albury - initially a pastoral run, then a grazing property, then, after World War II a migrant transit centre. Arthur Calwell, Australia's first Minister for Immigration, changed Bonegilla in 1947 and made it the first Australian home for 320,000 migrants, mostly from war-ravished Europe."--Provided by publisher. |
Subject: |
Bonegilla Migrant Camp and Reception Centre (Vic.) Immigrants and immigration Refugees Migrant reception centres General histories Bonegilla (Vic.)
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ISBN: |
9780980314762 (pbk.) |
Notes: |
Includes index.
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