Physical description

A publication of 27 pages including illustrations and images. It is part of the "At Bonegilla" series of publications by the same author which examine different aspects of Post World War II migration to Australia.

Summary

An illustrated interpretive booklet about post-war assisted Greek migration to Australia.
Between 1951 and 1959, the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) arranged for 233 000 people to come to Australia, principally from Greece and Italy.

Prior to this over 5 000 Greeks had arrived in Australia since the end of World War 2. They were privately sponsored by Greeks already resident in Australia From 1953 to mid-1956 there was a large influx of Greek migrants: about half of the 33,639 to arrive were assisted by the ICEM and Australian Government and almost all were processed at the Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre.
Bonegilla was the official employment office through which about 15 000 assisted Greek migrants were processed between 1953 and 1956. It was from Bonegilla that many Greeks started work and life journeys within Australia.
This publication deals with their experiences.