30 Amazing Photos of Migrant Hostels in South Australia From 1948 to 1950

   

Migrant hostels provided temporary accommodation for refugees, or displaced persons, arriving in South Australia from Europe after World War II as well as other assisted migrants.

Post war immigrants contributed significantly to the large population growth within South Australia during the second half of the twentieth century.

The hostels that appear here were situated at Gepps Cross, on the corner of Main North Road and Grand Junction Road, and at Elder Park, on the banks of the River Torrens not far from where the Adelaide Festival Centre now stands.

Immigration Hostel entrance

 

Immigration Hostel (State Immigration Department)

 

Immigration Hostel bedroom

 

Immigration Hostel dining room

 

Immigration Hostel dormitory

 

Immigration Hostel reception

 

SPF Immigration Hostel on the banks of the River Torrens

 

Barbershop

 

Gepps Cross - General view of hostel

 

Gepps Cross Hostel baby creche

 

Gepps Cross Hostel bedroom

 

Gepps Cross Hostel buildings

 

Gepps Cross Hostel butcher shop

 

Gepps Cross Hostel canteen servery

 

Gepps Cross Hostel children's playground

 

Gepps Cross Hostel communal laundry

 

Gepps Cross Hostel delicatessen 

 

Gepps Cross Hostel dwelling

 

Gepps Cross Hostel fruit, veg and news shop

 

Gepps Cross Hostel general store

 

Gepps Cross Hostel general store

 

Gepps Cross Hostel kitchen and living room

 

Gepps Cross Hostel kitchen

 

Gepps Cross Hostel Post Office

 

Gepps Cross Hostel Post Office

 

Gepps Cross Hostel shared bedroom

 

Gepps Cross Hostel single bedroom example

 

Gepps Cross Hostel theatre and dance hall

 

Gepps Cross Hostel

 

Immigration Hostel - Elder Park looking west