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PostPosted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:09 pm    Post subject: Bongilla Migrant Camp..... youtube Reply with quote
Bonegilla Migrant Camp - Australia's Heritage

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Met a German lady today whose family were at the above establishment in 1959. According to her, it was pronounced BONE-JILLA back in the day.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
We came in 1954 and I can only remember it being Bone gilla. Without the pause in the middle of course Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah well, no doubt it was subject to multiple mutations according to the nationality.
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