on the drive down from broulee to melbourne, we stopped at bonegilla migrant reception and training centre (near Albury, Vic). This was where dad arrived with his family in 1956 from Hungary, with one suitcase between them. Along with 100s of families, they stayed in the spartan ex-Army barracks you can see behind him. Over 300,000 people passed through this centre from the 1940s through to the 1970s, some refugees like dad's family, some immigrants. I was really glad to see the place, and it felt somehow healthy, respectful, that Janu could see where his Nagyapa first set eyes on Australia.Mum and sis are shown listening to recorded stories from a range of people once housed here.
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