The School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW Sydney
presents the premiere screening of a new documentary film:
The Bride Flights
The one-way ticket from Spain that changed Australian migration.
Directed by Dr Natalia Ortiz Ceberio and Javier Castro
Official Opening by the Ambassador of Spain Her Excellency Ms Alicia Moral Revilla
About 700 Spanish women arrived in Australia during the early 1960´s supported by an informal agreement between the regime of Francisco Franco (1939-1975) and the Australian Government of the time. This agreement was known as the Martha´s Plan (El Plan Marta). The women came to Australia with the expectation that they were coming to work as domestic servants when the real intention of the plan was to provide wives for the mostly male Spanish community in Australia. The agreement was in effect for several years and received the support of the Catholic Church in Spain. These are the stories of some of the brides.
Venue: Io Myers Studio, UNSW Gate 2, High Street Kensington 2052
