Postwar Immigration Photo Gallery
In loving memory of my parents, Luise and Gordon Hagen-Schow.
The photos of the Bathurst Migrant Centre were taken by my father during his time at the centre from 1948 to 1951.
This is my parents’ room in the Bathurst Migrant Centre. The former army hut was made of corrugated iron, with a wide gap between the walls and roof.
The Bathurst Centre canteen. Migrant camps were remote and stark, but children enjoyed the freedom.
Celebrating the marriage of friends from Europe. By chance they were reunited in the Bathurst camp.
Learning to play cricket.
An exhibition of immigrant handwork went on tour.
This Nissan hut in the Scheyville Centre was typical of migrant camps.
