Aliens in Goulburn and District with Nadia Johnson

Where: Goulburn Mulwaree Library, 184-194 Bourke Street, Goulburn, NSW, 2580
When: 13th Mar 2021
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Contact Details: Erin Williams library@goulburn.nsw.gov.au (02) 4823 4435
Event Details: Many post-WWII Displaced Persons came to live and work in the Goulburn area in the 1940s and 1950s. Join researcher Nadia Johnson as she shares some interesting stories about these ‘aliens’.

• Find out why an academic from the Australian National University called the city Burton instead of Goulburn.
• Learn how local schools assisted the migrants to fulfil their obligations to the government.
• Be surprised by this fascinating but overlooked history of Goulburn and surrounding towns.