The present-day MacArthur Central building became the Pacific headquarters of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur,[REF] and the University of Queensland campus at St Lucia was converted to a military barracks for the final three years of the war.
Brisbane was used to mark the position of the "Brisbane Line", a controversial defence proposal allegedly formulated by the Menzies government, that would, upon a land invasion of Australia, surrender the entire northern part of the country.