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Civil Construction Corps (CCC) Staging and Transit Camp, and 11th Australian Base Workshop Camp
Located between Lillian Avenue, and Bidder and Regis Streets at Salisbury, it was one of three Civil Construction Corps camps established in Brisbane in 1942. The Salisbury CCC Camp was completed in early 1943. As it housed Brisbane’s CCC Zone Headquarters Offices, the camp had barracks rather than tented accommodation for its civilian labour force. The Salisbury CCC Camp provided the workforce for the construction of Australian and US Army, RAAF and USAAF and Commonwealth defence works across Brisbane’s southern suburbs. The site was later occupied by the 11th Australian Base Workshop.
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The Commonwealth Government formed the Civil Construction Corps (CCC) on 14 April 1942 for the purpose of organising civilian labour for the construction of defence works. Civilian men could either volunteer or be drafted into the CCC.
During the latter part of 1942, as a result Brisbane being chosen by General Douglas MacArthur to be the headquarters for the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and it’s subsequent development as a major Allied supply base, much building work was undertaken. Most of the projects were under the direction of the Allied Works Council (AWC) that used a combination of the CCC and...
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