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Based on up to now unused and confidential archival documents the history of Czech and Slovak exile in Western Australia in the years 1968–1989 is discussed. Attention is paid to the complex problem of relations between the post-February exile and that after August 1968, to the foundation of the Czechoslovak Association in Western Australia, to the contacts with other exile centers in Australia, the foundation of the Society of Science and Arts in Perth, and to the leading exile personalities, namely Josef Kučík and Petr Hrubý.