Subject: Cowra Prisoner of War Camp site. The Cowra Prisoner of War Camp was constructed in 1941-2 to house Italian POW's captured by British Forces during WWII. It was part of a nationwide system of POW confinement and enemy alien containment.
Photographer: A Prescott
Copyright owner: Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
Date: 30/10/1990
Subject: PCO Plan Number 619
Photographer: Heritage Council of NSW
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 02/09/1988
Subject: The landscape surrounding the site may be used to interpret the context of the camp as the site's primary historical feature, becuase it remains essentially the way it was during WWII.
Photographer: S Hoppe
Copyright owner: S Hoppe
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: The development and occupation of the Prisoner of War camp was unique in the region, has important historical associations and has had a profound effect on the post-war development of Cowra.
Photographer: S Hoppe
Copyright owner: S Hoppe
Date: 01/07/2020
