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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Hay internment camps canonical 1

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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 Hay Dunera Museum ⓘ
linked to: 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 camp ⓘ
linked to: Hay internment camps