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Refugees

Villawood detention centre

Built on a munitions factory site, the Villawood detention centre started out as a migrant hostel, welcoming postwar immigrants to Sydney.

Dunera

Ship that brought 2,000 internees, known as the 'Dunera Boys', who had sought to escape Nazi persecution, to Sydney in 1940.

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Australia First Party

Right wing political party with branches in each state.

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Coluzzi, Eleni

Cafe owner and co-founder with her husband Luigi of Bar Coluzzi.

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Kang, David

Barrister who as a university student fired a starting pistol near Prince Charles to protest the plight of Cambodian refugees.

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Pietroszys, Genovefa

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Eastern European refugee who arrived in Australia in 1948 with her husband Stefan as displaced persons. After being threatened with deportation because of health issues, the couple fled authorities and lived for more than twenty years in caves at Killarney Heights and around Middle Harbour. After her death from a heart attack in 1979, her husband went to live in an aged care home where he died in 1982.

Pietroszys, Stefan

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Eastern European refugee who arrived in Australia in 1948 with his wife Genovefa as displaced persons. After being threatened with deportation because of health issues, the couple fled authorities and lived for more than twenty years in caves at Killarney Heights and around Middle Harbour. After his wife's death from a heart attack in 1979, Stefan went to live in an aged care home where he died in 1982.