1952
In Western Australia, Ludwik Tabaczynski publishes a quarterly literary magazine "Echo - Opowiadania".
In Sydney a committee is established to build a Polish children's home, so as to meet the childcare needs of Polish families and single parents during the difficult settlement period.
The Polish Association in South Australia calls into being a committee to build a Polish Community Centre in Adelaide.
In Brisbane, Polish nuns (Nazaretanki) arrive and undertake activities to establish a Polish children's home.
In Melbourne, Victoria, an association of Polish journalists is formed.
In Melbourne Jerzy Grot-Kwasniewski begins publishing the monthly Polish Voice (Glos Polski).
The first organisational meeting of the Melbourne branch of the Polish veterans association (Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow - SPK).
In Melbourne, a cooperative is founded with the aim of establishing a Polish community centre. In 1955 a property was purchased in Parkville, which became a centre for community activities until 1962, when the Centre was moved to 313 Latrobe Stree in the city centre.
The opening of the Polish children's home in Essendon, Victoria, by Cardinal Mannix. The home is run by the Resurrection Sisters (Zmartwychstanki), a Polish religious order from the United States. The children's home was in the form of a boarding school/orphanage housing up to 80 children at a time. They cared for children of working families, single parents as well as state wards.
The first edition of the monthly Nasza Droga is published in Adelaide, South Australia.
1953
Boleslaw Korpolewski publishes the weekly Forum in Sydney.
The opening of the a Polish Saturday language school in Geelong, Victoria. This was a common activity from the earliest years of Polish settlement - and these community run and funded schools emerged around the country from the first days of settlement.
The purchase of the premises where the Sodality Centre (Dom Sodalicyjny) and then the Polish Jesuit Centre was established in Richmond, Victoria.
1954
The establishment of the Polish Women's Association in Adelaide, South Australia.
The first meeting of the Polish Cultural-Artistic Association (Polskie Kolo Kulturalno-Artystyczne) in Melbourne.
The first performance of the Polish cabaret "The Happy Kookaburra" (Wesola Kookaburra), initiated by Andrzej Chciuk and Barbara Schenkel. All texts were written by local writers.
First mention in the Polish Weekly of the annual general meeting of the Polish Association in Geelong.
The establishment of a building fund for the building of a Polish children's home in South Australia.
The Polish soccer club Polonia becomes state champions of South Australia.
The establishment of the Polska Macierz Szkolna in Adelaide - an organisation consisting of Polish community educators - focusing on language and cultural maintenance.
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