Somers c.1955. Imigration Camp.
Somers c.1955. Imigration Camp.
DATE1949 to 1957
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COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society
REG NO.P2324
HISTORYSomers c.1955. Imigration Camp.
The site of the former RAAF Training School was used in the post 1939-1945 period as a Migrant Hostel.
The complex was built originally as the RAAF initial training school a the beginning of the 1939-1945 War. It was used for a period as a holiday camp. The site was re purchased the site for 145 000 Pounds and set up a Migrant Hostel for immigants arriving form Europe after the war (1949-1957).
migrant hostels, military camps
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