Bonegilla - The migrants journey

Next date: Friday, 09 May 2025 | 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM

Award winning podcast, documentary maker and musician, Simon Reich, has created "Bonegilla - The migrants journey”, which immerses you in a world of hardships endured by war ravaged migrants and their brave pursuit of a better life in Australia. Bonegilla was the migrant camp near Albury, that 3/4 of a million immigrants were housed at, until their dispersal into Australian society.

The live show involves interviews with more than 20 migrants played on various large screens around the stage, including interviewee supplied photos and videos. Live music performed by a musician on a piano and synthesizer, will play the original composed soundtrack and sound effects throughout the performance. This heightens the emotional sections of the performance and creates an artistic event that also has a strong cultural message.

Post war migrants were critical to Australia expanding as a nation. Because of the horrors of the second world war, many people were actually refugees and had hardly any possessions or money. Once leaving their homelands, for a country hardly any of them knew about, they faced racism and ostracism. Through many first hand video interviews, the migrants tell their stories from the heart, painting a picture of an Australia that still needs to learn from their mistakes.

The show is not a "dry and dusty" history lesson, but a personal account from migrants that can paint a picture with their words.

You'll laugh. You'll cry. But most of all, you'll be truly inspired by these gutsy pioneers who left everything behind to create a better life for themselves and their descendants.

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East Lindfield Community Hall, 9 Wellington Road, East Lindfield, 2070, View Map