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Australia had to find housing for millions of extra people in the post-Second World War population boom. A big part of this effort was building temporary migrant hostels right across the country. One of these was built in Williamstown and changed the face of the suburb forever.
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
Techno Park: facebook.com/savetechnopark
Migrant forum community and photos: migrantweb.com/hostelsforum/viewforum.php?f=61
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Agapitos, Tony, 'Arrival of Greek ship 'Patris' at Victoria Dock 1961'. 1961. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/amazing-amateurs-tony-agapitos/
Poppleton, James, '1939 and All That!'. 1939-1948. Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C363285
Brooks, Earnest, 'THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918'. 1917. Imperial War Museum. iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205072973
WILLIAMSTOWN MAY HAVE MIGRANT HOSTEL (1948, August 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22677433
Brindlge, J. Australian News & Information Bureau. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=9029917
Williamstown Italian Social Club. 1978. https://williamstownitaliansocialclub.com.au/ourstory/
'ALTONA Hostel, Victoria. Migrant mother and children'. 1969. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454917
'ALTONA Migrant Centre'. 1967. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454777
'ALTONA Migrant Centre'. 1967. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454770
Dexter, Rachel, 'Residents fight ‘traumatising’ mass eviction from Williamstown industrial estate'. The Age. 11 July 2023. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/residents-fight-traumatising-mass-eviction-from-williamstown-industrial-estate-20230706-p5dm91.html
Hostel to reopen for refugees (1978, October 13). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110916010
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
Australia had to find housing for millions of extra people in the post-Second World War population boom. A big part of this effort was building temporary migrant hostels right across the country. One of these was built in Williamstown and changed the face of the suburb forever.
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MORE INFORMATION
My website: philipmallis.com
Techno Park: facebook.com/savetechnopark
Migrant forum community and photos: migrantweb.com/hostelsforum/viewforum.php?f=61
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SOURCES
Google Earth, 2024
Agapitos, Tony, 'Arrival of Greek ship 'Patris' at Victoria Dock 1961'. 1961. Australian Centre for the Moving Image. https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/amazing-amateurs-tony-agapitos/
Poppleton, James, '1939 and All That!'. 1939-1948. Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C363285
Brooks, Earnest, 'THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918'. 1917. Imperial War Museum. iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205072973
WILLIAMSTOWN MAY HAVE MIGRANT HOSTEL (1948, August 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22677433
Brindlge, J. Australian News & Information Bureau. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=9029917
Williamstown Italian Social Club. 1978. https://williamstownitaliansocialclub.com.au/ourstory/
'ALTONA Hostel, Victoria. Migrant mother and children'. 1969. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454917
'ALTONA Migrant Centre'. 1967. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454777
'ALTONA Migrant Centre'. 1967. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7454770
Dexter, Rachel, 'Residents fight ‘traumatising’ mass eviction from Williamstown industrial estate'. The Age. 11 July 2023. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/residents-fight-traumatising-mass-eviction-from-williamstown-industrial-estate-20230706-p5dm91.html
Hostel to reopen for refugees (1978, October 13). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110916010
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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.
