Bonegilla, Victoria
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 Sculpture at the migrant camp. Some of the buildings that once housed migrants can be seen in the background |
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 Bonegilla
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| Population: | 773 (2006)[1] |
| Postcode: | 3691 |
| LGA: | City of Wodonga |
| Region: | Northeast Victoria |
| State electorate: | Benambra |
| Federal Division: | Indi |
Bonegilla is a bounded rural locality of the City of Wodonga Local Government Area in northeast Victoria, Australia, located 10 kilometres east of Wodonga, and around 300km north-east of Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Bonegilla and surrounding area had a population of 773.[1]
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[edit] History
Bonegilla Post Office opened on 20 August 1878 and closed in 1951.[2] Bonegilla Military office was open from 1940 to 1947 and from 1983 to 1998, of which it relocated to nearby Bandiana.
Much of the development of the town was due to the Cudgewa railway line which opened in 1889 and closed in 1981. The line was used both in the development of and transporting materials for the Snowy Mountains Scheme and the main method of transporting thousands of migrants to the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre from Station Pier in Port Melbourne. The rail line has since been removed, and is now the High Country Rail Trail, a bike path linking Wodonga to Lake Hume.
[edit] Bonegilla migrant camp
As part of the Post war immigration to Australia, Australia's first migrant reception centre opened at Bonegilla in December 1947 - the first assisted migrants were received there in 1951. The camp at Bonegilla closed in 1971 by which time some 320,000 migrants from over 30 countries had spent time there.[3][4] It is estimated that over 1.5 million Australians are descended from migrants who spent time at Bonegilla.[5]
[edit] See also
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- Bonegilla railway station
- Post war immigration to Australia
- Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bonegilla (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25187&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008–04–11
- ^ The Bonegilla Migrant Experience
- ^ Bonegilla Camp Block 19
- ^ "Bonegilla Migrant Camp - Block 19, Victoria". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/bonegilla/index.html. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
Coordinates: 36°08′28″S 147°00′22″E / 36.141°S 147.006°E
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