SYDNEY’S NEW CAMP

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20070, 17 October 1939, Page 5

SYDNEY’S NEW CAMP

LARGE “HISTLE’^JOB , 1 BUILDERS' GOOD WAGES ; , SYDNEY. Oct. 7. On > a square mile of country not ’ far from Sydney; an army of men i have,begun-to-make a new .township. : Theyfare; transforming bare paddocks info a busy 'settlement of 204. brick, weatherboard and fibro huts, and will finish.the buildings before the end of , this month. It .will be the home of 6500 men,.New South Wales’ quota of Australia’s • 'special. new .force of 20,000. • , ■ ,! . Tile building, cf the camp, to cost £54,000, will be one of the most energetic.. (odristruction • projects ever carried ,oitt . in'Australia. Abput 700 men are working up to 13 hours a day, every day. including Saturday ; and Sundays. There is little line taken.oft for recreation.. Powerful .floodlights pro used at nights. Apart .from a few.local,workers, the men. ■ live ' and -eat at the site. With country. allowance and overtime,. the 'individual -earnings of many of the lifted- amount to £lO and more a week. '.' I Together with the men preparing ■materials and fittings in Svdnev, about. 2000. men are engaged on .the construction of the camp.. The 204 huts to be finished by the end of tl-o month will accommodate four battalions. Other work will be carried, cut 'later to accommodate technical uni.-'-.