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List Of World War II Prisoner-of-war Camps In Australia
This is a list of prisoner of war camps in Australia during World War II. During World War II many enemy aliens were interned in Australia under the '' National Security Act 1939''. Prisoners of war were also sent to Australia from other Allied countries for internment in Australia. Internment camps were established for three reasons – to prevent residents from assisting Australia's enemies, to appease public opinion and to house overseas internees sent to Australia for the duration of the war. Unlike World War I, the initial aim of internment was to identify and intern those who posed a particular threat to the safety or defence of the country. As the war progressed, however, this policy changed and Japanese residents were interned en masse. In the later years of the war, Germans and Italians were also interned on the basis of nationality, particularly those living in the north of Australia. In all, just over 20 per cent of all Italians resident in Australia were interned. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulimba, Queensland
Bulimba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulimba had a population of 6,843 people. Geography Bulimba is located north-east of the CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, but it is by road. Toponymy Bulimba is reportedly a Yugarapul word used meaning 'place of the magpie lark'. The same word is the origin of the nearby Bulimba Creek, and of the Bulimba Reach on which the suburb is located. The leader, Bilin Bilin, has his name based upon the magpie lark, or the pee-wee. History Bulimba was originally inhabited by the Yuggara people, who have lived in the area for at least 20,000 years. In the 1820s, Bulimba was called Toogoolawah and was settled as a farming district, with residential subdivision commencing in the 1880s land boom. In 1862, a Baptist church opened in Bulimba. In April 1886, a new Baptist Church was erected on the same site. In April 1864, local residents began to lobby for a school. Bulimba Mixed School opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolenook Wood Camp
Woolenook Wood Camp was a World War II internment and prisoner of war camp in the Australian state of South Australia located Murtho along the River Murray, in the state's Riverland. It was officially part of the Loveday POW Camp complex, and housed Japanese internees and later, Japanese prisoners of war. As internees, they had the option to accept paid work and they were employed as wood cutters for the Allied war effort. Timber was required to fuel Renmark's steam-powered irrigation pump for food production while fossil fuels were in low supply. The cut logs were collected and transported to Renmark on the PS Ulonga captained by Bob Reed. Woolenook was similar to wood camps throughout South Australia at the time, including two others attached to the Loveday POW camps - Moorook West (Wood Camp) and Katarapko (Wood Camp). The camp consisted of a tented compound, surrounded by barbed wire. The camp guard was provided by members of the 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorook West Wood Camp
Moorook West (Wood Camp) was a short lived World War II prisoner of war camp in the Australian state of South Australia, located in Loveday near the River Murray, in the state's Riverland. It was officially part of the Loveday POW Camp complex, and housed Japanese prisoners of war. They were employed as wood cutters for the Allied war effort. It was similar to wood camps throughout South Australia at the time, including two others attached to the Loveday POW camps - Woolenook (Wood Camp) and Katarapko (Wood Camp). The camp was officially closed on 21 February 1943. The camp guard was provided by members of the 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army. See also * List of POW camps in Australia * Loveday Camp 9 * Loveday Camp 10 * Loveday Camp 14 Camp 14 was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 30 kilometres from Renmark. This camp was divided into four comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nangwarry Wood Camp
Nangwarry is a town and a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about north-west of the regional centre of Mount Gambier. The Town of Nangwarry was proclaimed under the ''Crown Lands Act 1929'' on 17 October 1974. The boundaries for the locality were proclaimed on 13 December 2001 which include the extent of the Town of Nangwarry and which align with the boundaries of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Nangwarry. The locality was given the "long established name". Nangwarry has a petrol station, a general store, bottle shop, post office, timber mill, and a museum. And a football / netball team known as the Nangwarry Saints, who play in the Mid South Eastern Football League. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that the locality had a population of 520 of which 483 lived in its town centre. Nangwarry is located within the federal division of Barker, the state elector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarapko Wood Camp
Katarapko Wood Camp was a World War II prisoner of war camp, located on Katarapko Island, on the River Murray near Loxton, in South Australia's Riverland. It was officially part of the Loveday POW Camp complex, and housed Italian prisoners of war, who were employed as wood cutters for the Allied war effort. It was similar to wood camps throughout South Australia at the time, including two others attached to the Loveday POW camps - Moorook West (Wood Camp) and Woolenook (Wood Camp). The camp consisted of a tented compound, surrounded by barbed wire. The first Italian prisoners arrived at the camp on 3 May 1942. The camp guard was provided by members of the 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army. Cut timber was used as fuel for the power station and the pumping station at Berri. See also * List of POW camps in Australia * Loveday Camp 9 * Loveday Camp 10 * Loveday Camp 14 Camp 14 was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Gladstone Gaol
The Old Gladstone Gaol is a historic former prison in Gladstone, South Australia. It is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. The prison was built between 1879 and 1881. It was built to address chronic overcrowding in regional prisons in South Australia, and was built to a model prison plan by the then governor of Bristol Prison in England. It was designed to house both male and female prisoners from the beginning. The prison was built by Messrs. Sara and Dunstan, from local Gladstone stone. It was the first prison in South Australia to restrict prisoner contact with visitors, separating them "by iron gratings nine feet apart, with a warder between" so conversations could be overheard and contraband restricted. The first prisoner arrived on 8 June 1881. It was reported to be lightly used in its early decades; one report stated that "the only ‘lifer’ was a cat called Lady Jane Grey". The prison saw a significant industrial dispute regarding sacked warders in 1921, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook, South Australia
Cook is a railway station and crossing loop located in the Australian state of South Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway. It is about west by rail from Port Augusta and about north of the Eyre Highway via an unsealed road.(1927)''Travel in comfort across Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway''. Melbourne : Commonwealth Railways. internal map titled ''Map shewing Connections between Capital Cities via Trans- Australian Railway'' It is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at , which extends from Ooldea, South Australia to beyond Loongana, Western Australia. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific transcontinental passenger train and has little other than curiosity value for passengers strolling around while their train is replenished. History Cook was established in 1917 on the Nullarbor Plain when the Trans-Australian Railway was built. It is named after the sixth Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Cook. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveday Camp 14
Camp 14 was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 30 kilometres from Renmark. This camp was divided into four compounds and held Axis prisoners from various locations around the world, including Papua New Guinea, the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. The camp guard was provided by members of 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army. The four compounds were numbered and prisoners were divided into their specific nationalities. 14A held Italian prisoners, 14B and 14C held Japanese prisoners and 14D held German and Italian prisoners. Prisoners first started to arrive at Camp 14 between the months of January and February 1942. The camp officially closed in 1946, when the last prisoners were repatriated to their home countries. See also * List of POW camps in Australia * Loveday Camp 9 * Loveday Camp 10 * Italian prisoners of war in Australia Italian pris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveday Camp 10
Camp 10 was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, located at Loveday during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ..., in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 12 kilometres from Renmark, South Australia, Renmark. This camp could hold up to 1000 people and also held the camp headquarters and 39 buildings, including the hospital. The first Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946), Italian prisoner arrived at the camp on 12 August 1941. The camp guard was provided by members of 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a Australian Citizens Military Forces, militia unit of the Australian Army. This camp was also involved in greater world affairs during the Second World War. Nazi Germany, German nationals, who had been detained in Iran after the Anglo-Soviet inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveday Camp 9
Camp 9 (also known as Italian Internee Camp No. 9) was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 8 kilometres from Barmera. This camp could hold up to 1000 people, detaining Italian civilian internees, and later Italian prisoners of war. The camp began operations on 12 August 1940, and the first Italian POW arrived at the camp on 11 June 1941. The camp guard was provided by members of 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army. Many internees were released from the camp in 1944. See also * List of POW camps in Australia * Loveday Camp 10 * Loveday Camp 14 Camp 14 was one of three main prisoner of war (POW) and internee camps, located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 30 kilometres from Renmark. This camp was divided into four compounds and held Axis prisoners from vario ... External links Segment from SA Life re the Loveday campsAustralian Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the cities of South East Queensland, and the 22nd-largest city in Australia. Today, Rockhampton is an industrial and agricultural centre of the north, and is the regional centre of Central Queensland. Rockhampton is one of the oldest cities in Queensland and in Northern Australia. In 1853, Charles and William Archer came across the Toonooba river, which is now also known as the Fitzroy River, which they claimed in honour of Sir Charles FitzRoy. The Archer brothers took up a run near Gracemere in 1855, and more settlers arrived soon after, enticed by the fertile valleys. The town of Rockhampton was proclaimed in 1858, and surveyed by William Henry Standish, Arthur F Wood and Francis Clarke, the chosen street design closely resembled the Hod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
