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After 80 years, some Dunera Boys still call Australia home

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Dunera boy Bern Brent Source: SBS

In September 1940, the British ship HMT Dunera arrived in Melbourne, carrying over 2,000 Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria.


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In September 1940, the British ship HMT Dunera arrived in Melbourne, carrying over 2,000 Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria.



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