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Plast in Australia
After the Second World War, Australia also received a large number of Ukrainian
refugees from the D.P. camps in western Europe. The first Plast Branches
were established in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sidney in 1951.
In 1960, Branches were established in Brisbane and Canberra. The first
meetings were held in churches. In Australia, the Ukrainian Plast members
encountered a different climate, vegetation and geography. Also, there
were no pre-Second World War Ukrainian communities and this new immigration
had to depend entirely on their own resources to establish their community
life and activities. Most Camps were held over the Christmas holidays and
the New Year was usually welcomed during these Camps. National Anniversary
Camps are held every five years and the first was held in 1957/58 with
220 members attending.
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