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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

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Ern McQuillan
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Australian War Memorial
[AWM 123706]

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McQuillan, Ern

Australian War Memorial

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.

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Italians

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World War II

Liverpool

South-western suburb based around the town founded by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1810, which remained a satellite town of Sydney until suburban development incorporated it into the city in the mid-twentieth century.

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Moorebank

South-western residential and industrial suburb, bordered to the west by Georges River. It has been proposed as the site for a major intermodal freight terminal.

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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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