Operation Kangaroo

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
  1. Part of the Spanish Assisted Migration Scheme.
  2. Garcia (2002), pp.36-46.
  3. Tao, 2018.
  4. Garcia (2002), p.45.

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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