• This 22 minute short film was recorded in 2017-2018 and features a series of interviews with former child residents at the Benalla Migrant Camp(1949-1967).
  • Map of Migrant Camps in Post-WWII Australia. Recreated Map of the Benalla Migrant Camp. The Benalla Migrant Camp...
  • The Migrant Camp exhibition was not open the days we were in Benalla but it was still fascinating to drive around the complex and see the buildings and facilities.
  • Located at the Benalla Airport precinct the Benalla Migrant Camp saw over 60,000 migrants pass through the gates over 18 years.
  • The Benalla camp was specifically suitable for the hard-to-place migrant, single mothers, widows and wives who were separated from their husbands.
  • The Benalla Migrant Camp opened in December of 1949, and that was five years after the Second World War finished.
  • The Benalla Migrant Camp was in operation from September 1949 until 8th December 1967.
  • The Benalla Migrant Camp was established in September 1949 on land previously used by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)...
  • The Benalla Migrant Camp exhibition at the Benalla Visitor Information Centre is a special exhibition that showcases the history and of migrants who lived in...
  • Benalla Migrant Camp exhibition at the Benalla Visitor Information Centre.
  • Australian Christian College – Hume is a private non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning and primary and secondary, located in Benalla...
  • The Benalla Migrant Camp, open from 1949 to 1967, was home to more than 60,000 people.
  • Experience the stories of Benalla Migrant Camp residents 1949-1967 through their personal photos, stories and items.