Somers c.1955. Imigration Camp.

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Somers c.1955. Imigration Camp.

DATE1949 to 1957

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society

REG NO.P2324

HISTORY

Somers 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).

SUBJECTS

migrant hostels, military camps

KEYWORDS

1939-1945 War, Immigration Camp, Migrant Hostel, RAAF, Somers, migrant hostels, military camps