Discover Bonegilla 2019 Event Program

T EVEN M RA G O R P DISCOVER BONEGILLA 2019

An annual back to Bonegilla Migrant Camp gathering and discovery for visitors

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Bonegilla Migrant Experience 132 Bonegilla Rd Bonegilla VIC 3691

SATURDAY

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All events at Bonegilla Migrant Experience unless otherwise specified.

Event

Location

Site open

Block 19, Bonegilla Migrant Experience

House of Richard coffee, snacks and sweets

Picnic area

Pop-Up Booth - Collecting Bonegilla stories

Family accommodation huts

Pop-Up Booth - Caring for your family memorabilia

Family accommodation huts

Bus tour - 1

Departs from Welcome Centre

Music by Ivars Stubis

Roving

Bus tour - 2

Departs from Welcome Centre

Introduction to writing your family history with Melissa Justice

Tudor Hall

Hosted bike ride on the High Country Rail Trail

Departs from Welcome Centre

Block 19 Guided Tour

Departs from Welcome Centre

Bus tour - 3

Departs from Welcome Centre

Big Vees Kranskys

Picnic area

Long lunch

Function Space

Bus tour - 4

Departs from Welcome Centre

Sharing Memories with Bruce Pennay

Hume Club

Ex-staff and residents catch up and afternoon tea

Hume Club

Block 19 Guided Tour

Block 19 Guided Tour

Dinner

Blazing Stump Hotel

Event program at a glance Time(s)

Duration

Cost

Bookings required

9am to 4pm

-

Donations welcome

-

9am to 4pm

-

Available for purchase

-

10am to 4pm

-

-

-

10am to 4pm

-

-

-

10am to 11.30am

Approx. 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

10.30am to 3.30pm

-

-

-

10.30am to 12pm

Approx. 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

11am

45 minutes

-

-

11am

1 hr

-

Preferred

11.15am to 12.30pm

1hr 15 minutes

Adults $12 Children $9

Yes

11.30am to 1pm

Approx. 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

11.30am to 2.30pm

-

Available for purchase

-

12pm to 2.30pm

2.5 hrs

$40 adults, $25 students

Yes

1.30pm to 3pm

Approx. 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

1.30pm to 3pm

1.5 hrs

Donations welcome

Yes

3pm

-

Free

Yes

1.30pm to 2.45pm

1hr 15 minutes

Adults $12 Children $9

Yes

6pm

-

$19.90 per person

Yes

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SUNDAY

All events at Bonegilla Migrant Experience unless otherwise specified.

Event

Location

Site open

Block 19, Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Bus tour - 1

Departs from Welcome Centre

Children’s activities

Picnic area

Pop-Up Booth - Collecting Bonegilla stories

Family accommodation huts

Mediterranean Cruzo music

Roving

Pop-Up Booth - Caring for your family memorabilia

Family accommodation huts

Bus tour - 2

Departs from car park

Memories of Migration with Bruce Pennay and Howard Jones

Tudor Hall

Hosted bike ride on the High Country Rail Trail

Departs from car park

Paella demonstration and tasting

Picnic area

Big Vees Kranskys

Picnic area

Long lunch

Function Space

Bus tour - 3

Departs from Welcome Centre

Guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection

Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swift streets, Albury

Afternoon tea

Bonegilla Hall, 3394 Murray Valley Hwy, Bonegilla

MONDAY

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Guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection

Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swift streets, Albury

Author event with Jean Klier

Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swift streets, Albury

Virtual Tour launch

The Cube Wodonga

Event program at a glance Time(s)

Duration

Cost

Bookings required

9am to 4pm

-

Donations welcome

-

10am to 11.30am

Approx 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

10am to 12pm

2 hrs

-

-

10am to 12.30pm

-

-

-

10am to 2pm

-

-

-

10am to 4pm

-

-

-

10.30am to 12pm

Approx 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

10.30am to 12pm

1.5 hrs

-

-

11am

1 hr

-

Preferred

11am demonstration 12pm onwards paella served

3 hrs

Purchase by serve

-

11.30am to 2.30pm

-

Available for purchase

-

12pm to 2.30pm

2.5 hrs

$40 adults, $25 students

Yes

11.30am to 1pm

Approx 1.5 hrs

$29

Yes

2pm to 2.45pm

45 minutes

Free

Yes

2.30pm to 3.30pm

½ hr

$5 per person

Preferred

11am to 11.45am

45 minutes

Free

Yes

1pm to 2pm

1 hr

Free

Yes

4pm for 4.30pm start

1 hr

Free

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RD SATU HOUSE OF RICHARD 9am to 4pm Picnic area

Enjoy a range of coffee, snacks and sweet treats available for purchase from House of Richard.

POP-UP BOOTH - COLLECTING BONEGILLA STORIES 10am to 4pm Family accommodation huts Cost: Free

Albury LibraryMuseum staff will be on site to collect stories of Bonegilla.

POP-UP BOOTH - CARING FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMORABILIA 10am to 4pm Family accommodation huts Cost: Free

Albury LibraryMuseum staff will be on site to give advice on caring for your family history memorabilia.

BUS TOUR

Tours: 10am to 11.30am, 10.30am to 12pm, 11.30am to 1pm, 1.30pm to 3pm Departs from car park Cost: $29 includes guided bus tour Duration: Approximately 1.5 hours guided bus tour - time will depend on the mobility of the group.

Bookings required. When booking, if known, please let us know your block number.

Join guides on a bus tour to the site of the rail siding where migrants first stepped onto Australian soil, then explore the original site of the Bonegilla Migrant Camp adjacent to Block 19, not generally accessible to the public, before returning to BME. Enter the now Latchford Army Barracks through where the original main entrance to Reception and Training Centre once was.

Before departing the site, stop at the Theatre to see the grand size and walk the main street where banks and a canteen once stood.

Please note: Due to the current condition of the Theatre, internal access is not possible.

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MUSIC BY IVARS STUBIS 10.30am to 3.30pm Roving Cost: Free

HOSTED BIKE RIDE ON THE HIGH COUNTRY RAIL TRAIL

Ivars Stubis is a Melbourne-based multiinstrumentalist, vocalist and composer.

With a foundation in intricate and virtuosic guitar playing, Ivars composes and arranges mainly within folk, traditional Latvian, blues, ambient and post-rock genres.

11am Departs from Welcome Centre Cost: Free Duration: 1 hour Join Washington Cyclisme for a local bike ride around the area to experience the countryside as the migrants did. BYO bike and helmet or hire from the Welcome Centre for $41 (Limited availability, bookings required).

INTRODUCTION TO WRITING YOUR

BLOCK 19 GUIDED TOUR

FAMILY HISTORY with Melissa Justice 11 am Tudor Hall Cost: Free Duration: 45 minutes

The granddaughter of Belgian immigrants, Melissa Justice is a creative writer who grew up in Wodonga. She has an associate degree in creative writing. The session will include information on how to research and format your family history and how to develop your story into a narrative.

Resources for further research will be provided. Melissa will be available following the session to answer any questions.

Tours: 11.15am to 12.30pm, 1.30pm to 2.45pm Departs from Welcome Centre Cost: $12 per adulst, $9 per child Bookings required.

Join Bonegilla Migrant Experience’s knowledgeable and entertaining guides for a thought-provoking tour of the remaining buildings of Block 19.

BIG VEES KRANSKYS

11.30am to 2.30pm Picnic area Tasty kranskys from Big Vees available for purchase.

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LONG LUNCH

12pm to 2.30pm Function Space Cost: Adults $40, Students $25 Duration: 2hrs 30 minutes Bookings required. Pre-order your choice of main course and dessert when booking.

Numbers strictly limited.

Join us for a long lunch provided by Mozaic Catering, a local company serving traditional food flavours with a twist.

Antipasta on arrival.

Main course – choice of: • Traditional Wiener schnitzel served with sauerkraut and pan-fried potatoes; or • Warm chorizo and Spanish bean salad topped with crumbled fetta cheese; or • Fetta, mushroom and semi-dried tomato quiche served with a fresh green salad and balsamic glaze (V) Dessert - choice of: • Citrus tart with ice-cream; or • Trio of German cakes A limited selection of wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Coffee, tea included.

Other food options available on site.

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SHARING MEMORIES 1.30pm to 3pm Hume Club Cost: Free Duration: 1.5 hrs

Local historian and author Bruce Pennay will present a pictorial history of Bonegilla, before inviting ex-residents and staff to join us to share their stories of migration and settling in Australia.

EX-STAFF AND RESIDENTS CATCH UP AND AFTERNOON TEA 3pm Hume Club Cost: Free Bookings required.

Following Sharing Memories hosted by Bruce Pennay, enjoy afternoon tea and continue to share stories.

DINNER

6pm Blazing Stump Hotel, 4315 Anzac Parade, Wodonga Cost: $19.90 per person Bookings required.

Joins us for dinner to meet and share memories. A special menu will be available with a choice of main meal and a dessert.

Drinks at bar prices.

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SUND CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES

BUS TOUR

The North East Multicultural Association is privileged to present children’s activities at the annual reunion in honour of all those children who made Bonegilla their first home in Australia. Activities will showcase the games our grandparents and great grandparents played when they first arrived, but we will also have some facepainting and colouring-in to take home, to display the rich diversity of culture that met and mixed in Bonegilla.

Take the bus to the original site of the rail siding, explore the area before getting back on the bus to the Bonegilla Hall.

10am to 12pm Picnic area Cost: Free

POP-UP BOOTH - COLLECTING BONEGILLA STORIES 10am to 12.30pm Family accommodation huts Cost: Free

Albury LibraryMuseum staff will be on site to collect stories of Bonegilla.

Tours: 10am to 11.30am, 10.30am to 12pm, 11.30am to 1pm, 1.30pm to 3pm Departs from car park Cost: $29 includes guided bus tour, water and light snacks Duration: 1 ½ to 2 hours guided bus tour - time will depend on the mobility of the group.

Bookings required. When booking, if known, please let us know your block number.

Enter the now Latchford Army Barracks through where the original main entrance to Reception and Training Centre once was.

Be guided through the old block locations with the chance to stop and hop off the bus in multiple locations around and within the army grounds.

10am to 2pm

Before departing the site, stop at the Theatre to see the grand size and walk the main street where banks and a canteen once stood.

POP-UP BOOTH - CARING FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMORABILIA

Please note: Due to the current condition of the Theatre, internal access is not possible.

MEDITERRANEAN CRUZO MUSIC Roving

10am to 4pm Family accommodation huts Cost: Free

Albury LibraryMuseum staff will be on site to give advice on caring for your family history memorabilia.

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MEMORIES OF MIGRATION with Bruce Pennay and Howard Jones

PAELLA DEMONSTRATION AND TASTING

This a workshop for family historians.

Bruce Pennay and Howard Jones will facilitate a discussion of how people go about writing up or recording their family stories of the migrant experience. They will examine some of the many ways people have traced their migration stories.

View a demonstration of how to cook paella and return an hour later to enjoy this savoury dish.

10.30am to 12pm Tudor Hall Cost: Free

Investigating Bonegilla Bruce Pennay, author of the resource kit which accompanies the Investigating Bonegilla virtual tour, will explain how he went about unearthing stories about Bonegilla and about the migrant experience. The session will interest those who want to find where to look and how to deal with the kind of evidence available.

HOSTED BIKE RIDE ON THE HIGH COUNTRY RAIL TRAIL 11am Departs from Welcome Centre Cost: Free Duration: 1 hr

Join Washington Cyclisme for a local bike ride around the area to experience the countryside as the migrants did. BYO bike and helmet or hire from the Welcome Centre for $41 (Limited availability, bookings required).

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11am demonstration 12pm onwards paella served Picnic area Cost: Purchase by serve

BIG VEES KRANSKYS 11.30am to 2.30pm Picnic area

Tasty kranskys from Big Vees available for purchase.

LONG LUNCH

12pm to 2.30pm Function Space Cost: Adults $40, Students $25 Duration: 2hrs 30 minutes Bookings required. Pre-order your choice of main course and dessert when booking.

Numbers strictly limited.

Join us for a long lunch provided by Mozaic Catering, a local company serving traditional food flavours with a twist.

Antipasta on arrival.

Main course – choice of: • Traditional Wiener schnitzel served with sauerkraut and pan-fried potatoes; or • Warm chorizo and Spanish bean salad topped with crumbled fetta cheese; or

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Fetta, mushroom and semi-dried tomato quiche served with a fresh green salad and balsamic glaze (V)

Dessert - choice of: • Citrus tart with ice-cream; or • Trio of German cakes A limited selection of wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Coffee, tea included.

AFTERNOON TEA

2.30pm to 3.30pm Bonegilla Hall, 3394 Murray Valley Hwy, Bonegilla Cost: $5 per person Bookings required Enjoy afternoon tea at the Bonegilla Hall and view their images of Bonegilla. Hosted by the Bonegilla Hall Committee.

Other food options available on site.

GUIDED TOUR OF THE BONEGILLA COLLECTION

2pm to 2.45pm Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swifts streets, Albury Cost: Free Bookings essential. Phone (02) 6023 8333 or email learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw. gov.au Why not finish the Discover Bonegilla weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents.

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MOND GUIDED TOUR OF THE BONEGILLA COLLECTION

11am to 11.45am Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swifts streets, Albury Cost: Free Bookings essential. Phone (02) 6023 8333 or email learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw. gov.au Why not finish the Discover Bonegilla weekend with a guided tour of the Bonegilla Collection at Albury LibraryMuseum, hosted by LibraryMuseum staff and ex-residents.

AUTHOR EVENT WITH JEAN KLIER

1pm to 2pm Albury LibraryMuseum, Cnr Kiewa and Swift streets, Albury Cost: Free.

Bookings essential. Phone (02) 6023 8333 or email librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw. gov.au In The Heart Still Sings, local author Jean Klier tells the story of her husband Dieter’s life: a story of hardship, uncertainty and danger. Shaped by the circumstances of being born in Czechoslovakia during World War 2 and, later, by migrating to a country

where migrants were referred to as ‘aliens’, Dieter recalls the love of his Oma and Opa and the songs of his homeland in a bid to overcome his trauma and rebuild his dreams.

Join Jean Klier for the launch of The Heart Still Sings when she shares stories from her husband’s journey towards a better life in Australia. Light refreshments will be provided.

VIRTUAL TOUR LAUNCH

4pm for 4.30pm start The Cube Wodonga Cost: Free. Drinks at bar prices, nibbles provided Bookings preferred Charles Sturt University, Wodonga Council, AlburyCity Council and Bonegilla Migrant Experience have worked together over the past two years to create an online 3D virtual tour of Block 19 at Bonegilla Migrant Experience. Complimented by a resource kit of inquiry-based learning materials for secondary school history students addressing the Australian History Curriculum. Join us for the official launch of the virtual tour and online resources.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bonegilla Migrant Experience would like to thank the following individuals and organisations for supporting our annual event.

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Bruce Pennay

Army Logistics Training Centre

Howard Jones

North East Multicultural Association

Melissa Justice

Washington Cyclisme

Plan your visit at visitalburywodonga.com

TRANSPORT OPTIONS Visit bonegilla.org.au ‘Visit us’ menu for the various transport options.

For cyclists, you can travel 16kms on the High Country Rail Trail from Wodonga to Mahers Rd, Bonegilla. At Mahers Rd, travel on Bonegilla Rd 1.8km to the Bonegilla Migrant Experience.

NEARBY ACCOMMODATION Blazing Stump Motel & Suites (10.2 kms/9 minutes from Bonegilla Migrant Experience) 4327 Anzac Parade, Wodonga, VIC 3690 blazingstump.com.au Phone: (02) 6056 3433 | Email: bookings@blazingstump.com.au Discovery Parks Lake Hume (2 kms/2 minutes from Bonegilla Migrant Experience) 33 Boathaven Road, Ebden, VIC 3691 discoveryparks.com.au Phone: (02) 6020 6130 | Email: lakehume@discoveryparks.com.au Quest Wodonga (13 kms/12 minutes from Bonegilla Migrant Experience) 46 Reid St, Wodonga, VIC 3690 questwodonga.com.au Phone: (02) 6043 8300 | Email: questwodonga@questapartments.com.au

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THINGS TO SEE AND DO Bonegilla Migration Collection, AlburyLibrary Museum, Cnr Kiewa and Swift streets, Albury. Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 12pm to 4pm. Enquiries: (02) 6023 8333 For more than 25 years AlburyCity has been collecting objects owned by former residents of the Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre; things that people brought from their homeland that gave them comfort, photographs, domestic appliances, children’s toys, books and clothing.

Huon Hill Lookout (travelling to Wodonga from Bonegilla on the Murray Valley Hwy, turn right on to Whytes Road at Bandiana, then turn right into Kenneth Watson Drive and this will take you to Huon Hill Parklands) Rising 263 metres above the Murray and Kiewa floodplains, Huon Hill offers spectacular views of Lake Hume, the Kiewa Valley, the Alpine Region, Murray and Kiewa Rivers, and Albury and Wodonga cities. Huon Hill is ideal for bushwalking, sightseeing, picnicking and photography with look outs overlooking the AlburyWodonga region.

Bonegilla Rail Siding (travelling to Wodonga from Bonegilla on the Murray Valley Hwy, turn left just past the entrance to Hillandale Ct, Bonegilla) The railway line was built in 1887 and was used to transport material for the Snowy Mountain Scheme. The last train headed out along this track in 1978. The Bonegilla rail siding also served the purpose of an 14

arrival point for new residents to Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre.

When the centre first opened, each week saw hundreds of people arriving from Melbourne docks. The trains, known as “red rattlers”, offloaded passengers at the Bonegilla siding.

Welcome by Ken Raff (Adjacent to the High Country Rail Trail at the Mahers Rd crossing, Bonegilla) The sculpture, constructed from corten steel and corrugated iron sheeting, serves as a memorial to the integral role that Army personnel played in settling and caring for families and individuals who arrived in Australia seeking a new start in peacetime. It’s location on the rail trail signals the movement of thousands of people along Victoria’s rail system and to the Bonegilla siding. The Welcome sculpture was supported by the Victorian Government.

Lake Hume Wall (Murray St, Lake Hume Village, NSW) Built following World War I, the Hume Dam was the biggest in the southern hemisphere and one of the largest in the world when it was completed in 1936.

While it plays an important role in irrigation, flood mitigation, hydro-electricity and water needs, it also offers spectacular vistas from the wall or viewing platforms, and is itself an eye-catching structural form.

Please note: Due to maintenance works currently underway there is no pedestrian access across the weir wall.

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Site open 10am to 4pm Seven days a week Closed Anzac Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day. Free admission Please note: Disabled access available in selected buildings only. Buildings are not air-conditioned.

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