All were located at Loveday, in South Australia's Riverland, approximately 30 kilometres from Renmark, with Camp 9 approximately 8 kilometres from Barmera.
9) could hold up to 1,000 people, detaining Italian civilian internees, and later Italian prisoners of war.
[1] The camp began operations on 12 August 1940, and the first Italian POW arrived at the camp on 11 June 1941.
The camp guard was provided by members of 25/33 Garrison Battalion, a militia unit of the Australian Army.
Many internees were released from the camp in 1944.