Bonegilla

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Bonegilla is a rural locality in northeastern Victoria, Australia, best known as the site of the former Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre that played a major role in post–World War II immigration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former military camp
locality
migrant reception centre
rural locality
alsoKnownAs Bonegilla Migrant Camp
Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre
closed 1971
country Australia
Australia
distanceToMelbourne approximately 300 kilometres northeast
distanceToWodonga approximately 10 kilometres east
estimatedNumberOfMigrantsProcessed over 300000
hasFacility Bonegilla Migrant Experience heritage centre
hasHeritageSite Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
hasHistoricalUse migrant reception centre
military camp
heritageStatus listed on the Australian National Heritage List
knownFor Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
post–World War II immigration to Australia
localGovernmentArea City of Wodonga
locatedIn Bonegilla
Hume region
Murray River region
locatedNear Albury
Lake Hume
Wodonga
locatedOn Murray River
opened 1947
operatedBy Australian government
partiallyPreservedAs Bonegilla Migrant Experience heritage site
partOf traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people
postCode 3691
receivedMigrantsFrom Displaced persons camps in Europe
Europe
region northeastern Victoria
state Victoria
Victoria
timeZone AEST
timeZoneDST AEDT
usedFor migrant training
post–World War II migrant reception

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City of Wodonga hasSuburb Bonegilla
Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre locatedIn Bonegilla
subject linked to: Bonegilla
Ebden isNear Bonegilla