Australia had to find housing for millions of extra people in the post-Second World War population boom. A big part of this effort was building temporary migrant hostels right across the country. One of these was built in Williamstown and changed the face of the suburb forever.

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Google Earth, 2024

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Poppleton, James, '1939 and All That!'. 1939-1948. Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C36...

Brooks, Earnest, 'THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918'. 1917. Imperial War Museum. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/it...

WILLIAMSTOWN MAY HAVE MIGRANT HOSTEL (1948, August 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226...

Brindlge, J. Australian News & Information Bureau. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Searc...

Williamstown Italian Social Club. 1978. https://williamstownitaliansocialclub...

'ALTONA Hostel, Victoria. Migrant mother and children'. 1969. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Searc...

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'ALTONA Migrant Centre'. 1967. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Searc...

Dexter, Rachel, 'Residents fight ‘traumatising’ mass eviction from Williamstown industrial estate'. The Age. 11 July 2023. https://www.theage.com.au/national/vi...

Hostel to reopen for refugees (1978, October 13). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110...

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Boonwurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.