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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Detention centres

Subject

Holsworthy Internment Camp during World War I

Liverpool Internment Camp during World War II

Villawood detention centre

Yasmar

Metropolitan Boys' Shelter

Yasmar house

Deutsches Theatre Liverpool

Minda Child Remand Home

Yackels, Alfred Fritz

Holsworthy Internment Camp

Liverpool Internment Camp

Villawood detention centre

Yasmar estate

'Sing sing', prison in the German concentration camp at Holsworthy c1914

A group of Italian prisoners of war behind the perimeter fence of the main compound at the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp November 21, 1945

Edmund Resch (No. 5498) Internee at Liverpool camp, 1914 - 1918

German concentration camp internee life - a heipsiz group, Holsworthy c1916

Interior of one of the hospital wards at the German internment camp, Holsworthy c1916

Internees of the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp working in the camp vegetable garden in front of the camp headquarters building 10 February 1944

Vermin hunting - life in the main compound of the German concentration Camp, Holsworthy near Liverpool 1914-1919

Villawood detention centre March 2004

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Detention centres

Holsworthy Internment Camp during World War I

When the Commonwealth Government assented to the War Precautions Act in 1914, people of German origin or descent, as well as those from countries allied with Germany, were deemed a national security risk and detained. Deprived of their freedom and with limited family visits, the camp men cleared land, constructed roads and worked on the railway, as well as building community enterprises such as shops, cafes, theatre groups and orchestras. Some spent as long as six years in the camp where they faced deportation and an influenza epidemic. What they made of life during their internment says a lot about their spirit.

Liverpool Internment Camp during World War II

The Liverpool Internment Camp at Moorebank commenced on 15 October 1939 under the direct control of the Australian Army Base at Victoria Barracks, Sydney. When larger camps were built at Orange and Hay in 1940 the camp was closed, however, after eight months it was re-opened for internees in transit to other states and as a holding camp for 'special internees' including members of the Australia First Movement.

Villawood detention centre

Built on a munitions factory site, the Villawood detention centre started out as a migrant hostel, welcoming postwar immigrants to Sydney.

Yasmar

Yasmar is a rare surviving example of a mid-nineteenth century great house and garden. The estate had only three owners before it was transferred to government control during World War II, and has been empty since 1994.

Metropolitan Boys' Shelter

Remand home and shelter for boys who were awaiting Children's Court hearings.

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Yasmar house

Grand nineteenth-century house still standing in Haberfield. Situated at 185 Parramatta Road it has variously been a home, army quarters and remand centre.

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Deutsches Theatre Liverpool

The theatre of the German prisoners of war camp near Liverpool.

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Minda Child Remand Home

Remand centre providing accommodation, health care and children's court for juveniles charged with misconduct. From 1990 it became a juvenile justice detention centre for boys on remand from around the state.

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Yackels, Alfred Fritz

Man with a police record who was interned during World War II but who enjoyed two weeks freedom in 1940 when he escaped from Holdsworthy Internment Camp.

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Holsworthy Internment Camp

Internment camp established during World War I at Holsworthy which housed between 4000 and 6000 German internees.

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Liverpool Internment Camp

Camp established at the outbreak of World War II to inter those suspected of being a security risk.

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Villawood detention centre

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Secure facility used to house asylum seekers and people awaiting deportation.

Yasmar estate

The only relatively intact villa house estate remaining on Parramatta Road at Haberfield. It was formed when 46 acres of Dobroyde Estate were transferred to Alexander and Mary Louisa Learmonth on their marriage. The name is the reverse spelling of Ramsay.

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'Sing sing', prison in the German concentration camp at Holsworthy c1914

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a7246009 / PXB 229/5]

(Mitchell Library)

A group of Italian prisoners of war behind the perimeter fence of the main compound at the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment ...

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By

Contributed By

Australian War Memorial

Edmund Resch (No. 5498) Internee at Liverpool camp, 1914 - 1918

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Contributed By

National Archives of Australia

[SP421/4, Album 8]

German concentration camp internee life - a heipsiz group, Holsworthy c1916

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Corporal Dening

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a9573087 / ON 13, 87]

(Mitchell Library)

Interior of one of the hospital wards at the German internment camp, Holsworthy c1916

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Contributed By

Australian War Memorial

Internees of the Liverpool prisoner of war and internment camp working in the camp vegetable garden in front of the camp headquarters ...

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Contributed By

Australian War Memorial

Vermin hunting - life in the main compound of the German concentration Camp, Holsworthy near Liverpool 1914-1919

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a7246088 / PXB 229/44]

(Mitchell Library)

Villawood detention centre March 2004

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[0403-0904-79]

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