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Gate into Mike Compound, Woomera Detention Centre

The Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre, in South Australia, opened in 1999 and closed in 2003. It was used to house people who had entered Australia without a travel visa (most of whom were seeking asylum).

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Photo: Damian McDonald. National Library of Australia an24765578

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