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By air from Naples to Sydney and Bathurst, December 1949

Bagnoli transit camp, Naples → Bathurst Reception Centre

A museum oral history follows a family travelling by air from Naples in December 1949 and being taken to the Bathurst reception camp after arrival in Sydney. Bagnoli and Bathurst belonged to successive stages of one journey. The same account remembers crowded floors of women and children at Bagnoli, men housed separately, restricted visiting hours and daily medical checks.

1949

A family waits at Bagnoli, where an oral history recalls crowded floors, separate accommodation for men and daily medical checks

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Belongings: a journey through Bagnoli

December 1949

The family travels by air from Naples and is taken to the Bathurst reception camp after arrival in Sydney

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Belongings: a journey through Bagnoli

IRO Refugee Camp Bagnoli, Naples

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Belongings: a journey through Bagnoli

IRO Refugee Camp Bagnoli, Naples