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Australian reception centres and hostels

The reception and training centres, holding centres and workers' hostels of the assisted-passage scheme, from Bonegilla and Bathurst to the Perth and Brisbane hostels.

In this collection

29 places
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Bathurst Migrant Reception and Training Centre

Bathurst · Australia · 1948–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Benalla Migrant Camp

Benalla · Australia · 1949–1967
Arrival and settlement
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Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre

Bonegilla · Australia · 1947–1971
Arrival and settlement
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Brighton Migrant Hostel

Brighton · Australia · Ukrainian arrivals from June 1949; camp cleared in 1951
Arrival and settlement
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Broadmeadows

Broadmeadows · Australia · In operation by December 1949; closed 21 August 1971
Arrival and settlement
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Brooklyn

Brooklyn · Australia · 1949–1968
Arrival and settlement
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Chullora Railway Camp

Chullora · Australia · 1948–1964 (institutional listing)
Arrival and settlement
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Colmslie

Brisbane · Australia · 1949–1963; brief reuse around 1965
Arrival and settlement
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Cowra Migrant Camp

Cowra · Australia · Late 1940s–1956
Arrival and settlement
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Cunderdin Migrant Centre

Cunderdin · Australia · 1949–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Enoggera

Brisbane · Australia · Opened 14 April 1950; closing date not established
Arrival and settlement
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Graylands Migrant Centre

Perth · Australia · From 1947; later hostel to 1987
Arrival and settlement
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Greta Migrant Camp

Greta · Australia · 1949–1960
Arrival and settlement
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Holden Migrant Centre

Northam · Australia · 1949–1957; reopened in the 1960s
Arrival and settlement
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Maribyrnong

Melbourne · Australia · 1949–1987
Arrival and settlement
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Nelson Bay

Nelson Bay · Australia · 1948–1955
Arrival and settlement
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Northam Army Camp

Northam · Australia · 1949–1951
Arrival and settlement
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Parkes Migrant Camp

Parkes · Australia · 1949–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Rushworth Migrant Camp

Rushworth · Australia · 1949–1953
Arrival and settlement
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Scheyville Holding Centre

Scheyville · Australia · 1949–1964
Arrival and settlement
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Somers Migrant Holding Centre

Somers · Australia · 1949–late 1950s
Arrival and settlement
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Uranquinty Migrant Centre

Uranquinty · Australia · From October 1948; transition to military use in late 1951
Arrival and settlement
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Wacol

Brisbane · Australia · 1949–1987
Arrival and settlement
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Wallangarra

Wallangarra · Australia · Migrant contract labour: 1949–1950
Arrival and settlement
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Watsonia

Watsonia · Australia · Late 1940s–1952
Arrival and settlement
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West Sale

Fulham · Australia · 1949–1953
Arrival and settlement
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Williamstown

Williamstown · Australia · 1949–1980s, with interruptions
Arrival and settlement
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Woodside Migrant Hostel

Woodside · Australia · 1949–1963
Arrival and settlement
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Yallourn South

Yallourn · Australia · 1950–1953
Arrival and settlement