List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Australia

During World War II many enemy aliens were interned in Australia under the National Security Act 1939.

Internment camps were established for three reasons – to prevent residents from assisting Australia's enemies, to appease public opinion and to house overseas internees sent to Australia for the duration of the war.

As the war progressed, however, this policy changed and Japanese residents were interned en masse.

In the later years of the war, Germans and Italians were also interned on the basis of nationality, particularly those living in the north of Australia.

[1] During World War II, Australia interned about 7000 residents, including more than 1500 British nationals.