Ravenshoe Army Entertainment Hall

Ravenshoe Army Camp Theatre Floor Slab

As part of the construction program for Ravenshoe military camp a large timber truss igloo theatre was erected at the entrance to the camp. Only the concrete floor slab of this building now remains to provide an indication of its former dimensions.

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Location

Corner Kennedy Highway and Millstream Falls Road, Millstream National Park

Ravenshoe, QLD 4888

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Place type

Recreation/community

History

From December 1942 the headquarters of the Australian Army in north Queensland transferred from Townsville to the Atherton Tableland with the main administrative centre around the town of Atherton. A huge schedule of construction work under the direction of the Allied Works Council was commenced in January 1943 involving the building of tent encampments, hutments, stores, bakeries, mess kitchens, hospitals, sewage plants and entertainment theatres.

Like similar military camp theatres in north Queensland at Rocky Creek, Wondecla and Danbulla, the Ravenshoe theatre was about 42 metres in length and 22 metres wide and stood about 7.5 metres in height. It was...

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