Greta Army Camp

In November 1939, 2,930 acres (11.9 km2) of land was compulsorily acquired in the Allandale-Greta area to create one of the Australian Army's largest training camps.

Built for the training of the 6th Division of the 2AIF because the existing Australian army facilities were occupied by Citizens Military Force units.

In 1949 Greta Camp was transferred to the Department of Immigration who transformed it into one of Australia's largest migrant reception and training centres.

[3][1] In total, about 100,000 migrants from various countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Yugoslavia, sprent time in the camp.

[4] Men were required to sign a two-year work contract and were housed at "Chocolate City" when they were not away at jobsites, such as cutting sugar cane in Queensland, steelworks, the railways, or the Snowy Mountains Scheme.