Civil Construction Corps camp

Chermside Army Camp 'I Block', 'Florence Park'

In April 1942, the Federal Government established the Civil Construction Corps (CCC) to build defence works. CCC work gangs comprised volunteer and conscripted labour. The Geebung CCC Camp was built adjacent to the Chermside Army Camp in 1942. This CCC Camp supplied the workforce for the Australian defence projects that were built throughout Brisbane’s northern suburbs from 1942 to 1945.

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Location

263-273 Ellison Road

Geebung, QLD 4034

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Place type

Military camp

History

The Australian Government created the Civil Construction Corps (CCC) on 14 April 1942. It came under the direction of the Department of the Interior. The CCC was used to undertake the construction of defence works as directed by the Commonwealth’s Allied Works Council (AWC). Workers were to be paid award wages and their trade union membership retained. Men over the age of 45 could volunteer to join the CCC but conscription was also used to bring the work gangs up to strength. In Queensland, the compulsory call-up for the CCC began in July 1942. The CCC headquarters was in the...

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