Harvey Internment Camp Memorial Shrine Traditional Geocache
Harvey Internment Camp Memorial Shrine
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Located next to South Western Highway, Harvey.
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Harvey Internment Camp Memorial
Shrine |
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Giuseppe
Raneri, an Italian Internee during World War 2, decided that he
wanted to build a roadside shrine, similar to those they have in
Italy. Once he got permission to do so, the Internees built the
shrine using materials from within the compound (mainly sandstone
and granite).
The shrine
is still there to this day, although now it has been housed in
small building after it was restored in 1992 by the people of
Harvey.
Within the
shrine's building is a lot of information about life in the camp,
including photos and copies of letters and other
memorabilia.
The camp
contained approximately 1000 Italian men from all over Western
Australia, together with at least 200 Australian Army personnel
assigned to guard the Internment camp.
Very
interesting place to visit and Well worth a look.
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For further details about the shrine contact
Harvey Visitor Centre
Ph: (08) 97291122
Email: info@harveytourism.com |
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