Loading ...Bonegilla, on the Murray River, was open between 1947 and 1971, with more than 300,000 people passing through its doors. It was the longest operating migrant centre in Australia. Bonegilla joins the MCG, the Sydney Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef, among others, on the list last year.
Suggested by: Scott Dunlop
The large number of Australians can trace their ancestry to the brave people who ventured many thousands of kilometers from their original homeland in order to look for greener pastures and make a new life in a young country.