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Greta Migrant Camp Memorial : 30-December-2009
Greta Migrant Camp Memorial : 30-December-2009

Photographs supplied by Glen Yeomans

The monument commemorates migrants who passed through the Greta Migrant Camp between 1949 and 1961.

Almost 170,000 displaced people fled Europe after World War Two to find a new life in Australia, and the camp operated for 11 years and was the second biggest migrant camp in Australia.

Location

Address:New England Highway , Greta, 2334
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.677991
Long: 151.389403
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Link:http://www.acph.nicheit.com.au

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 6th November, 1994
Front Inscription

Plaque :

These plaques were unveiled by Senator Nick Bolkus Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

6th November, 1994.

Plaque :

Cessnock City Council

“In recognition of all the nationalities who lived and worked in the Greta Migrant Camp between 1949 - 1961.

Their contribution to and enrichment of Australian life is remembered with pride and appreciation”

Cr M. C. Callaghan  6th November,1994    C. L. Cowan
Mayor                                                          General Manager

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

A tribute in the Bicentennial year of 1988 to people of many lands that made their beginnings in Australia at Greta Camp
and settled in the City of Maitland 

Maitland City Council     Maitland Bicentennial. Community Committee.
Ald Peter Blackmore      Ian Wilson
Mayor                             Chairman

Source: MA,ACPH
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