non-fictionThis article is about local engagement with a post-war immigration reception centre. The author explains the community perceptions of and interactions with Bonegilla, its residents and ex-residents while the centre was operating. He then traces the way locals, working with ex-residents, created and championed Block 19 Bonegilla as a memory place and heritage asset. The roles played by locals and local government are explored and analysed.bonegilla, immigration reception centre, block 19 bonegilla

This tool kit of 8 spanners came with the purchase of a bicycle in London, England c1937. Lottie Moore migrated to Australia 1949 and used it to repair her bicycles in Melbourne.A set of 8 steel spanners for a bicycle c1937'Nubot 100 British made' on spanner '8'. Each spanner numbered 1 -8bicycles, tools spanners, london, melbourne, migrants, postwar immigration, british made, transport

non-fictionA brief history of the Bonegilla centre and some of the migrants who passed through it. This publication accompanied a touring exhibition by Albury Regional Museum.bonegilla reception and training centre, bonegilla, postwar immigration

Paperback book with glossy front covernon-fictionArticle Page 113: Selling Immigration: Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre 1947 - 1971 by Bruce Pennay This article examines the part played by the Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre in keeping the nation favorably disposed toward the immigration of large numbers of non-British people in the postwar years. Many of Sunshine and District post-World War II migrants passed through this camp.bonegilla, bonegilla migrant camp, wodonga, immigration, migration