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Transit and resettlement centres

The staging posts where people waited for medical boards, consular interviews and ships: from the Funk-Kaserne and Wentorf to Pier 21.

In this collection

17 places
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Bagnoli

Naples · Italy · 1946–1952
Displacement in Europe
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Bathurst Migrant Reception and Training Centre

Bathurst · Australia · 1948–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre

Bonegilla · Australia · 1947–1971
Arrival and settlement
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Brucker Lager

Bruckneudorf · Austria · 1945
Displacement in Europe
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Campo Limpo

Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo · Brazil · 1947–1951
Arrival and settlement
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Cunderdin Migrant Centre

Cunderdin · Australia · 1949–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Fallingbostel Camp

Bad Fallingbostel · Germany · Displaced-persons camp 1945–1950
Displacement in Europe
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Funk-Kaserne Transit Centre

Munich · Germany · Transit and resettlement · documented 1946–1955
Displacement in Europe
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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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Northam Army Camp

Northam · Australia · 1949–1951
Arrival and settlement
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Pahīatua Reception and Training Centre

Pahīatua · New Zealand · 1949–1952
Arrival and settlement
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Pier 21

Halifax, Nova Scotia · Canada · 1928–1971
Arrival and settlement
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Seedorf Camp

Seedorf · Germany · 1945–1957
Displacement in Europe
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Sha’ar HaAliyah

Haifa · Israel · 1949–1962
Arrival and settlement
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Wentorf Resettlement Centre

Wentorf bei Hamburg · Germany · 1945–1952
Displacement in Europe
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Woodside Migrant Hostel

Woodside · Australia · 1949–1963
Arrival and settlement