Hay internment camps

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The Hay internment camps were World War II-era facilities in Hay, New South Wales, where mainly German and Austrian Jewish refugees and other “enemy aliens” were detained by Australian authorities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II internment camp
internment camp complex
associatedWith Dunera affair
category Internment camps in Australia
Jewish refugee history in Australia
World War II sites in Australia
climate semi-arid
commemoratedBy Dunera Museum
surface form: Hay Dunera Museum
constructionMaterial barbed wire fences
timber huts
continent Australia
country Australia
currentUse largely demolished
demographics primarily male internees
distanceFrom about 8 kilometres north of Hay
endTime 1946
guardedBy Australian military guards
hasPart Camp 7
Camp 8
Camp 9
historicalPeriod 1940s
inmatePopulation Austrian Jewish refugees
German Jewish refugees
Italian internees
Japanese internees
other enemy aliens
prisoners of war
languageUsed English
German
locatedIn Hay, New South Wales
New South Wales
Riverina region
memorial Hay Internment and POW Camps Interpretive Centre
namedAfter Hay
notableTransport Dunera Boys
operatedBy Australian Army
Australian government
purpose detention of enemy aliens
detention of prisoners of war
receivedFrom HMT Dunera
religionPracticed Christianity
Judaism
securityClassification high-security camp
startTime 1940
state New South Wales
usedDuring World War II

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Dunera Museum hasExhibitTheme Hay internment camps
Dunera Boys internedAt Hay internment camps
this entity surface form: Hay internment camp