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Australian Internment Camps During WW1“Some of the buildings at the Holdsworthy Camp (also known as The German Concentration Camp) seen from a different angle showing rows of huts with roads between the areas. The largest internment camp in Australia during First World War was at Holsworthy, near Liverpool on the outskirts of Sydney. The camp held 6,890 internees, most having German or Austrian parentage. The camp grew from a collection of tents to a small town of huts complete with theatres, restaurants and cafes, other small businesses, an orchestra and sporting and educational activities. Holdsworthy Camp remained open until 5 May 1920 when the last internees and prisoners of war were repatriated.” -Australian War Memorial. () -85090-127000484759036830Holloway, T F, (1916-1918), Largest Internment Camp, Australia [ONLINE]. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 14].00Holloway, T F, (1916-1918), Largest Internment Camp, Australia [ONLINE]. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 14].-15049548895Speech;4000020000Speech;-14414533020War was a horrific nightmare and an endless wait for good or bad news. Australia was a lucky country, her soldiers went away to the war, but on the home front the nations or races our soldiers were fighting off were quick to become our enemies…even the ones that didn’t go to war against our country. In fact Australian citizen or not, if you were from an ‘enemy’ race you were considered the enemy, even if you were born Australia. For example; an Australian citizen born and bred is taken to an internment camp because his grandfather was German. The source I have chosen is a photograph from Holloway T.F of the largest and oldest internment camp in Australia. Internet camps were set up for these alien enemies in a town on the outskirts of Sydney called Holsworthy, New South Wales. The picture shows the recently built internment camp with huts, but before the numbers grew, inmates were housed in a number of tents. The government saw that interning thousands of men, children and women of enemy counties was in interest of national security. The Australian War Memorial described this photograph as showing “Some of the buildings at the Holdsworthy Camp (also known as The German Concentration Camp) seen from a different angle showing rows of huts with roads between the areas. The largest internment camp in Australia during First World War was at Holsworthy, near Liverpool on the outskirts of Sydney. The camp held 6,890 internees, most having German or Austrian parentage. The camp grew from a collection of tents to a small town of huts complete with theatres, restaurants and cafes, other small businesses, an orchestra and sporting and educational activities. Holdsworthy Camp remained open until 5 May 1920 when the last internees and prisoners of war were repatriated.”Having these internment camps meant that the people captured there were cheated, they came to Australia escaping their home land, only to later become betrayed. The fit and healthy men had a choice; to fight for the Australians or end up in an internment camp…some went to fight. The small percent that went to war, supported the Australian government and were fighting for us against their old homeland, it was rare that you would find a German or Austrian in an Australian internment camp that supported their old country. 00War was a horrific nightmare and an endless wait for good or bad news. Australia was a lucky country, her soldiers went away to the war, but on the home front the nations or races our soldiers were fighting off were quick to become our enemies…even the ones that didn’t go to war against our country. In fact Australian citizen or not, if you were from an ‘enemy’ race you were considered the enemy, even if you were born Australia. For example; an Australian citizen born and bred is taken to an internment camp because his grandfather was German. The source I have chosen is a photograph from Holloway T.F of the largest and oldest internment camp in Australia. Internet camps were set up for these alien enemies in a town on the outskirts of Sydney called Holsworthy, New South Wales. The picture shows the recently built internment camp with huts, but before the numbers grew, inmates were housed in a number of tents. The government saw that interning thousands of men, children and women of enemy counties was in interest of national security. The Australian War Memorial described this photograph as showing “Some of the buildings at the Holdsworthy Camp (also known as The German Concentration Camp) seen from a different angle showing rows of huts with roads between the areas. The largest internment camp in Australia during First World War was at Holsworthy, near Liverpool on the outskirts of Sydney. The camp held 6,890 internees, most having German or Austrian parentage. The camp grew from a collection of tents to a small town of huts complete with theatres, restaurants and cafes, other small businesses, an orchestra and sporting and educational activities. Holdsworthy Camp remained open until 5 May 1920 when the last internees and prisoners of war were repatriated.”Having these internment camps meant that the people captured there were cheated, they came to Australia escaping their home land, only to later become betrayed. The fit and healthy men had a choice; to fight for the Australians or end up in an internment camp…some went to fight. The small percent that went to war, supported the Australian government and were fighting for us against their old homeland, it was rare that you would find a German or Austrian in an Australian internment camp that supported their old country. BibliographyCivilian internees in Australia | Australian War Memorial. 2014. Civilian internees in Australia | Australian War Memorial. [ONLINE] Available at: . [Accessed 11 November 2014].P04970.047 | Australian War Memorial. 2014. P04970.047 | Australian War Memorial. [ONLINE] Available at: . [Accessed 11 November 2014].National Archives of Australia. 2014. – National Archives of Australia. [ONLINE] Available at: . [Accessed 11 November 2014].Holloway, T F, (1916-1918), Largest Internment Camp, Australia [ONLINE]. Available at: [Accessed 11 November 14]. ................
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