Camp Pell (Royal Park) - Then & Now Pt.II

Entrance to Camp Pell Leave and Transit Depot, 1945.

The entrance to the Leave and Transit Depot, today grassland of  Royal Park. 

Post war emergency housing at Camp Pell, formerley the Leave and Transit Depot. 1950's.

The same site at Royal Park today, reclaimed by bushland. 

An AWAS member discharged from the General Duties Depot walks past the
guard post at Camp Pell for the last time.  13-5-1946

The same scene along Brens Drive today. The State Hockey Centre
 located in the background. 

Relatives and friends wait at the main gates of the General Duties Depot
at Camp Pell awaiting the arrival of repatriated Australian Prisoners of War.  25-7-1945

The site of the General Duties Depot entrance today, now Brens Drive.

A Red Cross bus conveys repatriated Australian Prisoners of War along the drive
of the Royal Park General Duties Depot (Camp Pell).  25-07-1945

Brens Drive today, not much has changed. 

The Red Cross Societies hut welcomes friends and relatives of repatriated
prisoners of war at the Royal Park General Duties Depot.  25-7-1945

The Red Cross Society hut still exists today as 'Anzac Hall' and is used as an
Urban Camp for   regional schools visiting Melbourne. 

Repatriated Australian Prisoners of War soon after arrival at the
General Duties Depot, Royal Park.  25-7-1945

Site of the General Duties Depot, now the entrance to the State Hockey Centre.