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MOOROOK, SA 1944-01-27. LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. A WOOD CUTTING CAMP UTILISING ITALIAN AND JAPANESE INTERNEE LABOUR WAS SET UP IN 1942. IT SUPPLIED FUEL URGENTLY NEEDED BY INDUSTRIES IN THE RIVER DISTRICTS. UNFORTUNATELY THE HEAT AND FLIES MADE CONDITIONS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND THE OPERATION WAS TRANSFERRED TO WOOLENOOK IN 1944-02. THE GATES TO THE COMPOUND AND THE GUARD HOUSE. THE GUARD HOUSE WAS BUILT OF LIMESTONE WITH A THATCH ROOF AND WAS ALWAYS COOL.
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Photographer
Hedley Keith Cullen
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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