Stage Number: MBSH.02.06.04
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Rocklea-Yeerongpilly-Moorooka
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: Tennyson Memorial Avenue, Yeerongpilly
Latitude & Longitude: -27.52644444,153.0075
Time Link: 1942
Map Link: 1942
Image Time Point: 1942
This camp, set up by the Australian Army in 1942, was broken into company areas, and the troops were housed in wooden huts, which were arranged around central headquarters and a parade ground. There were also quartermaster stores and recreation facilities, and the set-up indicates the permanency of the site for the duration of World War II. The No.1 Staging Camp would have serviced a large number of men during the war.
Queensland Government, Queensland WWII Historic Places, ‘Camp Tennyson – 1 Australian Staging Camp’ (http://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/places/?id=2008), sighted 20 July 2017
The remnants of Camp Tennyson can be seen in this aerial photograph, 1946. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Record number: 120288.
QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 4 miles to the inch. Moreton District. Sheet 1. 4 miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane.. 634925
