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Legislative Assembly
 
Broadmeadows electorate

09 August 2017
Constituency questions
FRANK McGUIRE  (ALP)

 


Mr McGUIRE (Broadmeadows) — (12 917) My question is to the Minister for Veterans, and I ask: what studies has the Victorian government made into the history and heritage of the Camp Road complex in Broadmeadows, featuring the Maygar barracks. This is the site where diggers, light horsemen and Victoria Cross winners were trained and dispatched a century ago to fight at Gallipoli and the Western Front. With the ebb and flow of history the site was converted into a hostel where wave upon wave of post-World War II migrants, including large numbers of families from Turkey, first called Australia home. My concern is that such history and heritage be honoured, instead of being overlooked or dismissed when other proposals for development within this historically significant site are considered.