| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file EPUB 1MB |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Bonegilla was a point of reception and temporary accommodation for approximately 320,000 post-war refugees and assisted migrants to Australia from 1947 to 1971. Its function was integral to the post-war immigration scheme, something officially lauded as an economic and cultural success. However, there were considerable hardships endured at Bonegilla, particularly during times of economic and political insecurity. Enforced family separation, poor standards of care, child malnutrition, and organised migrant protest need to be recognised as part of the Bonegilla story. Histories of Controversy: The Bonegilla Migrant Centre gives this alternative picture, revealing the centre's history to be one of containment, control, deprivation and political discontent. It tells a more complex tale than a harmonious making of modern Australia to include stories of migrant resistance and their demands on a society and its systems. |
| Contents |
Separation, family and unsettling settlement -- Food -- Health, wellbeing and children -- Unemployment and protest. |
| Access |
National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library Victoria Online access with authorization. AU-CaNED |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Migrant Reception Centre (Bonegilla, Vic.) -- History.
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Migrant Reception Centre (Bonegilla, Vic.) |
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History. |
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Immigrants -- Australia -- Bonegilla (Vic.) -- History.
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Immigrants. |
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Australia. |
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Refugees -- Australia -- Bonegilla (Vic.) -- History.
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Refugees. |
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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Government policy. |
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Victoria -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Victoria. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Since 1945 |
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Australian |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dellios, Alexandra. Histories of controversy. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2017 9780522870589 0522870589 (DLC) 2018404385 (OCoLC)978348038 |
| ISBN |
0522870597 |
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9780522870596 (electronic book) |
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9780522870589 |
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0522870589 |
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9780522871616 |
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0522871615 |
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