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Where uncertainty met hope: Finding Home honours Greek spirit

Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Block 19 of the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre was the “first step” in Theofanis Emmanouilidis’ life in Australia and an experience that still holds great significance more than 70 years...

Celebrating 75 Years of ALWS: Care that started at Bonegilla now blesses the world

Bonegilla Migrant Experience News

On Saturday, March 22, Albury Wodonga's own international humanitarian aid agency, Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS), celebrated its 75th Anniversary with a commemorative event and 10 km charity walk at...

The rich memories of Peter Razeng at Bonegilla

Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Peter Razeng’s first impressions when he arrived in Australia were of the open space, sunshine and the lovely sounds of the kookaburras and magpies. "They called it a cackleberry, the kookaburra, because it...

Celebrate Australia’s post-war migrant history at Discover Bonegilla

Bonegilla Migrant Experience News

Celebrate the history of Bonegilla and its residents at Discover Bonegilla on Saturday, November 16. Formerly the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, Bonegilla Migrant Experience is rich in post-war...

A young woman’s journey to Bonegilla

Bonegilla Migrant Experience

In 1944, Helena Gimis - better known as Marga - was living in Ogre, Latvia, with her husband Verners and infant daughter Anita. She was also pregnant with a son, Aldis, to be born in March of 1945. Marga had grown...

Where uncertainty met hope: Finding Home honours Greek spirit

Celebrating 75 Years of ALWS: Care that started at Bonegilla now blesses the world

The rich memories of Peter Razeng at Bonegilla

Celebrate Australia’s post-war migrant history at Discover Bonegilla

A young woman’s journey to Bonegilla

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