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1. bushtelegraph -

See Flight LAN Chile No 1131: A brief history of group of Chilean migrants” written by Marcial Parada.

Flight LAN Chile No 1131 is the story of 31 Chilean families and their children who fled the Pinochet dictatorship in 1976 to come to Australia.

Marcial tells of their journey and arrival at the Wacol Migrant hostel in Brisbane to start a new life in Australia and how that life turned out.

Marcial became a railway worker, an active union member of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, a stout political opponent of the Bjelke Petersen regime in Queensland and one of the main activists from Australia in solidarity with Latin America. He is now retired and lives in Brisbane.

‘Flight LAN Chile’ is available from Marcial Parada by ringing (07) 3278 0938. The book is in both Spanish and English.