Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1
Mount Disappointment, MITCHELL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1 - Physical Description 1
Large cleared area of about five acres. Terraced with evidence of buildings, the remains of a tennis court and cricket pitch. Now used as a picnic ground.
Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1 - Historical Australian Themes
Providing administrative structures and authorities - defence
Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1 - Usage/Former Usage
Picnic ground.
Veterans Description for Public
Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1 - Veterans Description for Public
Prisoner of War camps were set up at Mount Disappointment, during the later part of the Second World War to house alien internees and, later, Italian prisoners of war. At the end of the war, the camps were abandoned and all but on of the main huts were removed from the No.1 camp. The site resembles a large cleared area of about five acres, with evidence of buildings, the remains of a tennis court and cricket pitch. The site is now used as a picnic ground.
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Mount Disappointment POW Camp No. 1Vic. War Heritage Inventory
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1 Jackson StreetYarra City
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1 Lightfoot StreetYarra City
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1 Longfield StreetYarra City
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