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

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City of Wodonga hasSuburb Bonegilla