Bonegilla: The Migrant's Journey

This multimedia presentation features filmed first-hand interviews with post-war migrants from various European countries. It includes immigrants' own photographs and videos on two screens, sound design and a piano and string quartet playing live as the soundtrack for the complete running time.

Bonegilla migrant camp was Australia's own Ellis Island and one in every 20 people in Australia have a direct link to the camp that saw hundreds of thousands of migrants make the bold step of making a new life for themselves down under.

The anecdotes are at times tragic and heartbreaking, but ultimately you will be inspired by the tenacity and humour of the brave New Australians who made this country what it is today.

Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants