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Plane which flew us to Woomera, January 1949
Plane which flew us to Woomera, January 1949

Plane which flew us to Woomera, January 1949

Date1949
Object numberANMS0287[003]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Alex Newman
DescriptionThe aeroplane that took Alex Nypl and other post WWII migrants from Corowa to their work assignment at Woomera on 26 January 1949.HistoryRecently arrived Czech migrant Alex Nypl was directed by the Australian Commonwealth Employment Service to travel from the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the 26th of January 1949 to Woomera, South Australia, to start work as a labourer at the Department of Works and Housing on the 27th January 1949. He was instructed to travel by road to Corowa and from there to travel by air to Woomera.