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 Australia interned enemy aliens under the National Security Act of 1939. Prisoners of War were also sent to Australia from other Allied countries.
New South Wales
Camp | Place |
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6 | Hay |
7 | Hay |
8 | Hay |
12 | Cowra |
15 | Yanco |
Liverpool Prisoners Of War and Internment Camp | |
Bathurst Internment Camp at Bathurst Civil Gaol | |
Long Bay Civil Gaol | |
Long Bay State Reformatory | |
Orange Temporary Internment Camp | |
Peat Island Civil Reformatory | |
Queensland
Camp | Place |
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Gaythorne Prisoners of War and Internment Camp | |
Chinese Camp at Bulimba shipyard, Brisbane for Native Labour Company | |
Enoggera Temporary Internment and POW Camp | |
North Ward POW Compound | |
Stuart Prison, Stuart, Townsville | |
Thompson's Point POW camp | |
South Australia
Camp | Place |
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17 | Sandy Creek Internment and POW Camp |
9 | Loveday |
10 | Loveday |
14 | Loveday |
Cook POW Labour Camp No. 3 POW Labour Detachment | |
Gladstone Civil Gaol | |
Katarapko Wood Camp | |
Keswick Temporary Internment and Transit Camp | |
Nangwarry Wood Camp | |
Moorook West Wood Camp | |
Wandillo, Prisoner of War Hostel | |
Woolenook Wood Camp | |
Tasmania
Camp | Place |
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18 | Brighton |
Victoria
Camp | Place |
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1 | Tatura |
2 | Tatura |
3 | Rushworth |
4 | Rushworth |
5 | Myrtleford |
6 | Graytown POW Camp |
13 | Murchison |
19 | Tatura |
Camp Darley | |
Camp Pell - Victoria (part of Australian Army Camp) | |
Dhurringile Internment and POW Camp (Tatura, Victoria) | |
Green Mill Temporary Internment Camp (Melbourne, Victoria) | |
Rowville Internment Camp | |
Western Australia
Camp | Place |
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11 | Harvey Internment Camp |
16 | Marrinup POW Camp |
No. 11 Detention Barracks Fremantle Prison | |
Jarrahdale POW Camp | |
No 8 Prisoner of War Labour Detachment from No 13 camp, Victoria | |
North Dandalup Work Camp | |
Northam POW Camp | |
Northcliffe POW Camp | |
Parkeston Transit and Detention Camp | |
Rottnest Island POW Hostel | |
Wembley POW Camp | |
Woodman Point Internment Camp | |
External links
- Tatura World War 2 Wartime Camps & Irrigation Museum
- The Enemy At Home - Germans In World War One Australia (online exhibition)
- Loveday Project (research project about Japanese civilians interned in Australia)