Bonegilla Migrant Experience Reunion 2018 Program

T EVEN M RA G O R P BONEGILLA REUNION

An annual back to Bonegilla Migrant Camp gathering

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Bonegilla Migrant Experience 82 Bonegilla Rd Bonegilla VIC 3691

Y FRIDA Event

Location

Event registrations open

Welcome Centre

Site open

Block 19, Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Pop-Up displays

Block 19, Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Bonegilla Hall

3394 Murray Valley Highway, Bonegilla

Morning tea

Function Space/Lawn

Block 19 guided tour

Departs from Welcome Centre

Historian talk with Bruce Pennay and morning tea

Tudor Hall

Lunch

Function Space/Lawn

Block 19 guided tour

Departs from Welcome Centre

Block 19 guided tour

Departs from Welcome Centre

War Child author talk with Annette Janic and afternoon tea

Tudor Hall

Afternoon tea

Function Space/Lawn

Dinner and entertainment

German Austrian Club Wodonga

All events at Bonegilla Migrant Experience unless otherwise specified. * Pre-book or bookings available on the day if not booked out prior.

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Event program at a glance

Time(s)

Duration

Cost

Bookings required

From 10am

-

$12

Yes

10am to 4pm

-

Donations welcome

-

10am to 4pm

-

-

-

10am to 4pm

-

Free, donation welcome

-

10am to 11.30am

-

Available for purchase

-

10.30am

1 hr

Adults $11 Children $9

Yes *

10.30am

45 minutes with morning tea to follow

$12

Yes

12pm to 2pm

-

Available for purchase

-

12.30pm

1 hr

Adults $11 Children $9

Yes *

1pm

1 hr

Adults $11 Children $9

Yes *

2.30pm

1 hr

$12

Yes

2.30pm to 3.30pm

-

Available for purchase

-

From 6pm, 6.30pm dinner served

Open until 11.30pm

$42

Yes

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RD SATU Event

Location

Event registrations open

Welcome Centre

Bus tour

Departs car park

Site open

Block 19, Bonegilla Migrant Experience

Pop-Up displays

Throughout the site

Bonegilla Hall

3394 Murray Valley Highway, Bonegilla

Morning tea

Function Space/Lawn

Genealogy talk and morning tea

Tudor Hall

Flour milling demonstration

Function Space

Sourdough demonstration

Function Space

Genealogy station

Single accommodation huts

Official welcome

Lawn adjacent to Welcome Centre

Lunch

Function Space/Lawn

War Child author talk with Annette Janic

Tudor Hall

Reunion Afternoon Tea

Hume Club

Afternoon tea

Function Space/Lawn

All events at Bonegilla Migrant Experience unless otherwise specified. * Pre-book or bookings available on the day if not booked out prior.

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Event program at a glance

Time(s)

Duration

Cost

Bookings required

From 8.30am

-

$12

Yes

9am, 11am and 2pm (more times will be made available if these are booked out)

Approx. 1 hr 30 minutes to 1 hr 45 minutes

$29

Yes *

10am to 4pm

-

Donations welcome

-

10am to 4pm

-

-

-

10am to 4pm

-

Free, donation welcome

-

10am to 11.30am

-

Available for purchase

-

10am

1 hr with morning tea to follow

$12

Yes

10.30am to 11am demonstration On display throughout day

30 minutes

Free

-

11am to 11.15am demonstration On display throughout day

15 minutes

Free

-

12.30pm to 4pm

1/2 hr sessions

Free, donation welcome

Yes *

12pm

30 minutes

-

-

12pm to 2pm

-

Available for purchase

-

1pm to 2pm

1 hr

$6

Yes *

2pm

2 hrs

$15

Yes

2.30pm to 3.30pm

-

Available for purchase

-

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Y FRIDA EVENT REGISTRATION Welcome Centre From 10am $12* Be welcomed to the site of Block 19 via the Bonegilla Migrant Experience Welcome Centre. Enter through the ‘administration process’ as the migrants would have on arrival. All ‘processed’ attendees will receive a welcome pack. * Purchasing the welcome pack allows you to book into any of the programmed events. Please note: Some events have limited tickets and may sell out.

POP-UP DISPLAYS Throughout the site 10am to 4pm Free Short films, recording memories, outdoor games and a pop-up exhibition of a selection of the Bonegilla Collection from AlburyLibrary Museum.

BONEGILLA HALL 3394 Murray Valley Hwy, Bonegilla 10am to 4pm Free entry, donation welcome.

The Bonegilla Hall was once a ward of the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre hospital and was relocated to its current position in 1966. The hall now serves as a local community facility.

MORNING TEA Function Space/Lawn 10am to 11.30am A range of sweet and savoury items using Woodstock flour as well as a range of sourdough loaves for purchase.

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BLOCK 19 GUIDED TOUR Departs from Welcome Centre 10.30am, 12.30pm and 1pm Duration: 1/2 hr Cost: Adults $11, Children $9 Bookings required.

Be guided through the recreation hut, kitchen and accommodation buildings and displays of Block 19. Learn about the Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre and how it changed over the 24 years of operation.

HISTORIAN TALK WITH BRUCE PENNAY AND MORNING TEA Tudor Hall 10.30am Duration: 45 minutes with morning tea to follow Cost: $12 Bookings required.

An illustrated talk about how the custodians of the site have tried to capture and then use people’s memories of Bonegilla as a military camp and hospital and then as a migrant reception centre. Come and learn about the memory pieces, the official documents, the photographs and the moving pictures which capture memories of how Bonegilla operated and what it was like to be there as a migrant or refugee.

LUNCH Function Space/Lawn 12pm to 2pm A range of catering options available for purchase. Sit and enjoy the surrounds and live music.

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WAR CHILD AUTHOR TALK WITH ANNETTE JANIC Tudor Hall 2.30pm Duration: 1 hr, afternoon tea to follow Cost: $12 The rich, powerful and important stories of post World War II migrants are being lost and Annette Janic feared these stories would become extinct unless these stories were shared. The author of War Child and a first generation Australian, Annette Janic’s parents and an older brother passed through Bonegilla after arriving in Australia under the International Refugee Organisation program following World War II. Annette thought she knew her mother well … until a secret was revealed after her mother’s death that involved the author! Come and listen to Annette speak about the importance of writing biographies and memoirs and her journey in writing her mother’s story, War Child.

AFTERNOON TEA Function Space/Lawn 2.30pm to 3.30pm A range of sweet and savoury items using Woodstock flour as well as a range of sourdough loaves for purchase.

DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT German Austrian Club, 5 McFarland Rd, Wodonga Arrival from 6pm, 6.30pm dinner served $42 Duration: Closes at 11.30pm Bookings required.

Dinner with a choice of set continental meals, dessert, music and raffle. Tea and coffee included. Drinks at bar prices.

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RD SATU EVENT REGISTRATION Welcome Centre From 8.30am $12*

Be welcomed to the site of Block 19 via the Bonegilla Migrant Experience Welcome Centre. Enter through the ‘administration process’ as the migrants would have on arrival. All ‘processed’ attendees will receive a welcome pack. * Purchasing the welcome pack allows you to book into any of the programmed events. Please note: Some events have limited tickets and may sell out.

BUS TOUR Departs from car park 9am, 11am and 2pm (more times will be made available if these are booked out) $29 Duration: 1 hr 30 minutes to 1 hr 45 minutes Take the bus to the original site of the rail siding, explore the area before getting back on the bus past the Bonegilla Hall. 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 within the army grounds. Before departing the site, stop at the Theatre to see the grand size and walk the main street where banks and the canteen once stood.

Please note: Due to the current condition of the Theatre internal access is not possible. When booking, if known, please let us know your block number.

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POP-UP DISPLAYS Throughout the site 10am to 4pm Free Short films, recording memories, outdoor games and a pop-up exhibition of a selection of the Bonegilla Collection from AlburyLibrary Museum.

BONEGILLA HALL 3394 Murray Valley Hwy, Bonegilla 10am to 4pm Free entry, donation welcome.

The Bonegilla Hall was once a ward of the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre hospital and was relocated to its current position in 1966. The hall now serves as a local community facility.

MORNING TEA Function Space/Lawn 10am to 11.30am A range of sweet and savoury items made using Woodstock flour as well as a range of sourdough loaves for purchase.

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GENEALOGY TALK AND MORNING TEA Tudor Hall 10am Cost: $12 Duration: 1 hr with morning tea to follow Bookings required.

The Wodonga Family History Society Inc. will give a presentation on starting your family history research in Australia, then working back to the country from which your family migrated. Following this presentation there will be half hour one-on-one sessions to guide you in further research.

FLOUR MILLING DEMONSTRATION Function Space 10.30am to 11am demonstration On display throughout day Cost: Free Duration: 30 minutes Ian and Courtney from Woodstock Flour will be sharing their story about how and why they produce wholegrain, stoneground flour on their organic family farm in Berrigan. Together with Ian’s parents, Bob and Jenny, they grow a variety of grains, including spelt, rye, khorasan, spitfire wheat and rosella wheat, to sell fresh, flavoursome and nutritious flour direct to their community. Come along to watch a flour milling demonstration with their small mill, buy a bag of flour to take home and taste the difference.

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SOURDOUGH DEMONSTRATION Function Space 11am to 11.15am demonstration On display throughout day Cost: Free Duration: 15 minutes The smell of baked goods will fill the function space, at 11am where The Bicycle Baker will share their sourdough story and the importance of a well fed starter. Pop in at any other time throughout the day for a chat about all things sourdough. Want to get your own sourdough starter? A small amount of starter culture will be available for purchase at The Bicycle Baker stand.

GENEALOGY STATION Single accommodation huts 12.30pm to 4pm - 1/2 hr sessions Free, donation welcome Pre-book or bookings available on the day if not booked out prior.

The Wodonga Family History Society will be available for 30 minute sessions for guidance on how to start your family history.

OFFICIAL WELCOME Lawn adjacent to Welcome Centre 12pm Duration: 30 minutes Join us for the offical welcome by Wodonga Mayor Cr Anna Speedie and guest speaker.

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LUNCH Function Space/Lawn 12pm to 2pm A range of catering options available for purchase. Sit and enjoy the surrounds and live music.

WAR CHILD AUTHOR TALK WITH ANNETTE JANIC Tudor Hall 1pm Duration: 1 hr Cost: $6 The rich, powerful and important stories of post World War II migrants are being lost and Annette Janic feared these stories would become extinct unless these stories were shared. The author of War Child and a first generation Australian, Annette Janic’s parents and an older brother passed through Bonegilla after arriving in Australia under the International Refugee Organisation program following World War II. Annette thought she knew her mother well … until a secret was revealed after her mother’s death that involved the author! Come and listen to Annette speak about the importance of writing biographies and memoirs and her journey in writing her mother’s story, War Child.

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REUNION AFTERNOON TEA Hume Club 2pm to 4pm Cost: $15 Duration: 2 hrs Spend the afternoon at the reunion for all years of arrival to the Bonegilla Reception and Training Centre. Share stories of the arrival of your families to Bonegilla and reminisce about your individual stories over afternoon tea. A special focus will be on 50, 60 and 70 years since arriving at Bonegilla (1948, 1958 and 1968). We also encourage you bring along family photos to share.

AFTERNOON TEA Function Space/Lawn 2.30pm to 3.30pm A range of sweet and savoury items using Woodstock flour as well as a range of sourdough loaves for purchase.

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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 Fridays on My Mind - Friday, November 2, 5.30pm to 8.30pm, The Cube Wodonga Courtyard and surrounding venues, Wodonga. Enquiries: (02) 6022 9300 Your gateway to the weekend! Relax and unwind. Have you got Fridays on your mind? Experience live performances, talks and art while enjoying gourmet food and wine. All ages. Free entry.

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 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.

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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.

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