Balgownie Migrant Workers Hostel, Post-war migrant accommodation site in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia

The Balgownie Migrant Workers Hostel is a remaining accommodation site near Wollongong with three preserved buildings. The structures combine curved steel frames with timber cladding in a practical post-war design.

Built by Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd under a contract let in October 1950, the hostel opened in December 1951 and was later renamed Fairy Meadow Migrant Hostel. It housed post-war immigrants until closing in 1982. The University of Wollongong bought the site in June 1987, and the three surviving huts were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 28 August 2009.

The hostel is associated with author Mary Rose Liverani, who began her Australian life there, and with former residents and their descendants who still live in the Wollongong district and retain ties to the site. The buildings are locally rare: other Wollongong migrant hostel sites at Unanderra and Berkeley no longer have comparable structures.

The buildings now form part of the University of Wollongong's Campus East and serve as student housing and a childcare facility. Access may be limited since it functions as an active university campus.

The curved Nissen huts are based on a military design from 1916 that was originally developed for soldiers and later adapted for civilians. This style was simple to assemble and withstood harsh weather, making it perfect for quick housing solutions.