Former Murchison Internment Camp Hut
River Road MURCHISON, Greater Shepparton City
Statement of Significance
Apart from the Myrtle ford Camp 5, Rodney and Waranga Shires possessed the only internment and prisoner-of-war camp sites in Victoria: as such these camp sites are of potential State significance as sole representatives of this little publicized aspect of Home Front activity during World War Two. Rodney Shire, in contrast to Waranga, has more tangible internment sites (Tatura Camp 1, Murchison Camp 13), where gateways and some structure remnants survive, the gateways being expressive of the interned nationalities in each camp. One of the camp huts also survives, in good repair, close to the Murchison northern town boundary. Nevertheless, given Waranga Shire's dearth of obvious sites, it is clear that high local importance falls upon the market garden and associated hut, as well as State-wide interest.
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