Camp Columbia Heritage Project, Wacol, Brisbane.

Introduction of the project

• The liberation of the Pacific started in Brisbane

Australian History of Camp Columbia

• Woogaroo – Wolston – Wacol – a long military history

American History of Camp Columbia 1942 -1944

• The Americans establish Camp Columbia
• Extended military facilities in the area
• The Hospital, Officer Candidate School, Muckly, Darra, Freeman, Motor Pools
• American Sources – Camp Columbia

Dutch History of Camp Columbia 1944 – 1947

• Dutch take over Camp Columbia
• Buildings and facilities during the Dutch period
• The Dutch Women Army Corps 
• The story Willy de Eerens and the dog tag found at Camp Columbia
• Dutch continued to use Camp Columbia after the war
• The Big Timeline of the Dutch Occupation of Camp Columbia
• Newspaper articles Camp Columbia – 1945 – 1946
• Dutch Sources Camp Columbia

The Camp Columbia Heritage Project

• Proposals for the Camp Columbia Heritage Project
• The Initial Archaeological Research Project
• Remnants of Camp Columbia at Pooh Corner Bushland Reserve
• Maps Heritage Plan, Aerial Photographs and other Maps of Camp Columbia
• Artefacts founds at the site of previous Camp Columbia
• Camp Columbia Pictures
• Timeline Camp Columbia

Personal Stories from Camp Columbia

• Jean van Schilfgaarde – secretary at the Dutch Army at Camp Columbia
• Joan McConachy – secretary at the Dutch Army at Camp Columbia
• Patricia Metcalfe – Typist, Wim van Wely – Motor Pool
• Edmund Nyst – Dutch Army
• World War II Stories from Brisbane’s South West

External links

• Wacol Migrant Centre Remembered 1949 – 1987
• The Dutch at Archerfield Airport, Brisbane
• Dutch-Australian history -Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia
• Bronbeek Museum Netherlands.
• The Dutch Women Army Corps in Australia