Military History Lecture & Dinner

Military History Evening

Thursday, 3 April 2025

Topic: The Loveday Internment Camp

Guest Speaker:  Professor Peter Monteath

Receiving its first internees in June of 1941, the Loveday Internment Camp and its associated work camps grew to become the largest internment camp group in Australia, accommodating at its peak over 5000 civilian internees. For a time it was also a home to POWs. Located in an isolated part of rural South Australia, for a time Loveday was perhaps the most multicultural place in Australia, if not the world. This presentation highlights the diversity of the people held in Loveday, with particular attention paid to the thousands who were brought to South Australia from other parts of the world. It delves into the camp’s largely forgotten history, its connections with the Riverland both during and after the war, and its place in the history of wartime internment in Australia.

Time: 1830 lecture begins;…