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Sign In Not a member? Join now! Click here to search picture captions and descriptions. Position within Australia. Your location. Places last visited. Your screen size. Map Includes. Submit website. It consists of a long central block facing south with a wing each end and two rear wings projecting northwards to form a courtyard. A pair of monolithic Doric stone columns dominate the recessed porch of the eastern wing.
Finely detailed gable pediments and corbelled parapets conceal an early attempt at flat roof construction. The roofs were formed by a 15 centimetre layer of earth on timber slabs and water-proofed with a 3 to 5 cm topping mixture of lime, oxblood and tar.
After failing, a shingle covered pitched roof was built, being replaced later with corrugated iron. A village was laid out in when Duguid sold up and a bridge over the Hunter was built in It was built in by Leslie Duguid. Set on 88 acres 35 ha overlooking the river, it has spacious rooms with 15 foot 4.
Wine grapes were grown here from and the ruins of the old cellar remain. Beside the house are the carved sandstone and kilned bricks produced by convict labour.
Over 60, Australian troops trained at the camp. In the camp was transferred to the Department of Immigration and it became one of Australia's largest migrant reception and training centres between June and January when migrants, particularly from Europe, were arriving in Australia in vast numbers. Over , migrants passed through the Greta Camp during the 11 years when it was in operation. The land was eventually sold at auction in There is nothing left of a place where over , soldiers and migrants lived.
Over , migrants passed through the centre. There is no Visitor Centre in Greta. There is a useful local website. Another possibly interesting fact would be to know how many children were born in Greta Migrant Camp Hospital. I am one of those first generation Australians, and very grateful and proud to be the first in this Lucky Country. My brother was born here in We arrived in , I was 3 years old. I have great memories of growing up here till I was 9. I still have my school pictures. Roman was probably Christened by Fr.
Bosky Ukrainian Catholic priest who arrived from Canada earlier that year. I was born in Greta in January 8months after my family arrived in Greta from Germany.
They arrived with 5 children, I am 6th and 7th brother born in Maitland as Greta Migrant camp hospital had closed by then. Always had a yearning to come back to Greta and finally have done that April It was so good for my soul and I loved the emotions of just being there , a beautiful spot.
He was Robert James but I cannot find a photo or more info on it. I would be grateful if you have this please regards Karen James. Location Greta is located km north of Sydney and 23 km north-west of Maitland. That year the railway reached the town. Got something to add?
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