Polish migrants working hard to preserve their history

Andrew Krajewski works on the replica fighter

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After WWII, thousands of Polish migrants arrived in Australia in search of a better life. Many settled in Wollongong, where to preserve and honour their heritage, a group of Polish migrants is building a life-size replica of a Polish fighter plane from the war.

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