BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join our club for our Spring 4WD Tour of Mt Dissapointment Sta te Forest Bit of History of this POW Camp Part 1of 3 -Camp No. 1- Mt. Disappointment State Forest- POW Camp Camps No 1\, 2 & 3 were set up in t he Mount Disappointment State Forest during the later years of World War Two to house alien internees and later Italian prisoners-of-war. No.1 Cam p\, known as the Broadford or Strath Alien Camp was situated at the inter section of Flowerdale\, Allisons and Two Tees Roads. Initially No.1 Camp housed Forests Commission staff until they were ordered to leave so that internees could be accommodated there. The Forests staff moved to Regular Camp\, which is situated on the corner of Flowerdale and Main Mountain R oads. In May 1943 Camp No 1 was occupied by internees. By June 1944 the c amp had been converted to house seventy five prisoners of war\, and confo rmed to Geneva Convention standards. The prisoners' labour was used for c utting firewood and forest maintenance. The camps came about because in 1 943 the Australian War Cabinet approved a scheme to utilize Italian POW l abour\, in line with Geneva Convention guidelines. The Forests Commission was desperately short of manpower in the war years and took up the optio n of establishing work camps. The Army required the provision of one Poun d per week per prisoner to provide food\, tools and accommodation for bot h prisoners and army personnel. The Commission stated that it needed pris oners to work in four main areas: firewood production\, fire protection w ork\, road construction and pine plantation work. During the latter years of World War Two\, two sets of six charcoal kilns were established at Ca mp No 1\, and in 1944 a powder magazine was constructed to store gelignit e used in the construction of roads. Five features of the original camp remain: a two-roomed corrugated iron building (explosives magazine) encir cled by an earth mound (including log buttressing)\; two concrete slab fo undations of previous buildings\; a drain/water race\; and a cement water storage tank. Detainees and POWs were not locked in and had a free range of the vicinity of the camps. It was said that there were signs several hundred yards away on the roads leading out of the camp that stated “NO D ETAINEES PAST THIS POINT.” However\, inmates were known to visit down to Reedy Creek to request handouts and at Camp number 4 they would often mak e their way into Wallan. Mr. C. Pavey\, the Mt. Disappointment regional f orester for the Commission wrote this regarding a success\, if any regard ing the scheme: Vermin in the form of wombats\, wallabies\, wild dogs etc . had decreased and Pavey contributed the success to the reduction in “pe sts” to the Italians liking for meat. (Contrary to the Defence Department that stated that Italians did not require much meat). 300 prisoners were allocated to the Forestry Commission for the Kinglake and Broadford camp s. Initial plans were for 3 camps at Broadford and 5 for Mt. Disappointme nt\, as well as many in the Healesville and Kinglake areas. A second camp was known as No. 2 Camp or Reedy Creek Camp (now Bambara). It was taken over by the army and enlarged and converted into a POW camp designed to h old 150 prisoners. By October 1944 it was occupied by prisoners who were to be put to work in the forests. Like No. 1 Camp\, this camp also featur ed two sets of six charcoal burners\, of which there are no remains. The school camp Bambara situated on the site was totally destroyed on Black S aturday in 2009. DTEND:20191012T130000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T151918Z DTSTART:20191011T130000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RC of KINGLAKE RANGES ~ SPRING 4WD CAMP OUT UID:cbda6c61-89dd-4416-bb85-3d6435f495db X-ALT-DESC:
Join our club for our Spring 4WD Tour of Mt Dissapointment S tate Forest \;
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\n\nBit of History of this POW Camp
\n\nPart 1of 3 -Camp No. 1- Mt. Disappointment State Forest- P OW Camp
\n\nCamps No 1\, 2 &\; 3 were set up in the Mo unt Disappointment State Forest during the later years \;of World War Two to house a lien internees and later Italian prisoners-of-war.
\n\n< div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline\; font-family: Helve tica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-size: 12px \; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">\nNo.1 Camp\, known as the Broadford or Strath Alien Camp was sit uated at the intersection of Flowerdale\, Allisons and Two Tees Roads.
\n\nInitially No.1 Camp house d Forests Commission staff until they were ordered to leave so that inter nees could be accommodated there. The Forests staff moved to Regular Camp \, which is situated on the corner of Flowerdale and Main Mountain Roads. In May 1943 Camp No 1 was occupied by internees. By June 1944 the camp h ad been converted to house seventy five prisoners of war\, and conformed to Geneva Convention standards.
\n\nThe prisoners'\; labour was used for cutting firewood and for est maintenance. The camps came about because in 1943 the Australian War Cabinet approved a scheme to utilize Italian POW labour\, in line with Ge neva Convention guidelines. The Forests Commission was desperately short of manpower in the war years and took up the option of establishing work camps. The Army required the provision of one Pound per week per prisoner to provide food\, tools and accommodation for both prisoners and army pe rsonnel. The Commission stated that it needed prisoners to work in four m ain areas: firewood production\, fire protection work\, road construction and pine plantation work.
\n\nDuring the latter years of World War Two\, two sets of six charcoal k
ilns were established at Camp No 1\, and in 1944 a powder magazine was co
nstructed to store gelignite used in the construction of roads. \;
\nFive features of the original camp remain: a two-roomed corrugated i
ron building (explosives magazine) encircled by an earth mound (including
log buttressing)\; two concrete slab foundations of previous buildings\;
a drain/water race\; and a cement water storage tank.
Detainees and POWs were not locked in and had a free range of the vicinity of the camps. It was said that there we re signs several hundred yards away on the roads leading out of the camp that stated &ldquo\;NO DETAINEES PAST THIS POINT.&rdquo\; However\, inmat es were known to visit down to Reedy Creek to request handouts and at Cam p number 4 they would often make their way into Wallan.
\n\nMr. C. Pavey\, the Mt. Disappointment re
gional forester for the Commission wrote this regarding a success\, if an
y regarding the scheme:
\nVermin in the form of wombats\, wallabies\
, wild dogs etc. had decreased and Pavey contributed the success to the r
eduction in &ldquo\;pests&rdquo\; to the Italians liking for meat. (Contr
ary to the Defence Department that stated that Italians did not require m
uch meat).
300 prisoner s were allocated to the Forestry Commission for the Kinglake and Broadfor d camps. Initial plans were for 3 camps at Broadford and 5 for Mt. Disapp ointment\, as well as many in the Healesville and Kinglake areas.< /p>\n\n
A second camp was known as No. 2 Camp or Reedy Creek Camp (now Bambara). It was taken over by the a rmy and enlarged and converted into a POW camp designed to hold 150 priso ners. By October 1944 it was occupied by prisoners who were to be put to work in the forests. Like No. 1 Camp\, this camp also featured two sets o f six charcoal burners\, of which there are no remains. The school camp B ambara situated on the site was totally destroyed on Black Saturday in 20 09.
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