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Workers at the Warragamba Dam scheme
Estonian migrants came to Australia as a result of prime minister Ben Chifley's bold program of immigration. Migrants were needed to provide labour for Australia’s postwar development. After failing to attract enough British and northern European settlers, Australia looked to Europe's Displaced Persons. Australia employed its newest citizens for up two years, on the Snowy Mountains Scheme, Warragamba Dam and Prospect Reservoir.
Image courtesy August Keskula>
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