| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
Costello Road LOVEDAY |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Berri Barmera Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Piggery Breeding Pens, Loveday Internment Camp Complex |
| Registered Name |
Piggery Breeding Pens, Loveday Internment Camp Complex |
| Significance |
The Loveday Internment Camp Complex is rare as it is the only purpose-built internment camp in South Australia during the Second World War and demonstrates a way of life, social customs and land use that is of exceptional historical interest. The Piggery Breeding Pens are an integral component of the Camp Complex and the only remaining physical fabric that demonstrates the agricultural operations undertaken by prisoners of war (POW).
Both POWs and civilian internees made a vital contribution to agricultural production during the Second World War when there was critical rural labour shortages. Built and operated initially by Japanese and then both Japanese and Iranian-German POWs between 1943 and 1946, the breeding pens were an integral part of piggery operations and contributed to South Australia's food supplies. At the end of the war, the piggery became a civilian operation and the breeding pens continued to be used in the postwar years. |
| Subject Index |
Farming and grazing - Piggery; Law and enforcement - Prisoner of War Camp |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
05-AUG-2021 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Berri Barmera |
| State Heritage ID |
26509 |
| Heritage Number |
28112 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CL 6211/769 H740700 S210,211 |