Operation Kangaroo, or Operación Canguro, was part of an informal immigration initiative [1] — "informal" due to the fact that there were no formal diplomatic relationship between the two countries — that brought male, Spanish, assisted migrants to Australia to work as cane-cutters in North Queensland. [2] [3]
First contingent
The first group arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, in the SS Toscana ( Lloyd Triestino Line), on 9 August 1958. [4]
See also
Footnotes
References
- Garcia, Ignacio (2002), Operación Canguro: the Spanish Migration Scheme, 1958-1963, Jamison Center, ACT: Spanish Heritage Foundation.
- Mason, Robert (2018), The Spanish Anarchists of Northern Australia: Revolution in the Sugar Cane Fields, Cardiff : University of Wales Press. ISBN 1-786-83308-5
- Tao, Kim (2018), The 60th anniversary of the Spanish migration agreement, Australian National Maritime Museum, 6 August 2018.
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Operation Kangaroo, or Operación Canguro, was part of an informal immigration initiative [1] — "informal" due to the fact that there were no formal diplomatic relationship between the two countries — that brought male, Spanish, assisted migrants to Australia to work as cane-cutters in North Queensland. [2] [3]
First contingent
The first group arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, in the SS Toscana ( Lloyd Triestino Line), on 9 August 1958. [4]
See also
Footnotes
References
- Garcia, Ignacio (2002), Operación Canguro: the Spanish Migration Scheme, 1958-1963, Jamison Center, ACT: Spanish Heritage Foundation.
- Mason, Robert (2018), The Spanish Anarchists of Northern Australia: Revolution in the Sugar Cane Fields, Cardiff : University of Wales Press. ISBN 1-786-83308-5
- Tao, Kim (2018), The 60th anniversary of the Spanish migration agreement, Australian National Maritime Museum, 6 August 2018.