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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Cassette - mini, Hans Wettl
Hans Wettl was interviewed by Australian John Anderson about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3 months after the interview. Small black and red cassette, normally used in a video camera, inside a small plastic case.Hans Wettl 2 of 2 (C9128)hans wettl, john anderson, murchison pow camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sketch, von Gruenewaldt, Hans, The Sappers Farewell, 1947
Sketches made in POW Camp 13 by von Gruenewaldt as the Army sappers dismantle the camp and POW's are repatriated back home. Lt. D. H. Hall wrote his signature bottom left corner. On back of sketch. Jenks with best wishes Splinter.Artist/cartoonist von Grueneweldt POW Camp 13. South African Group. Sketch entitled The Sappers Farewell. Seasons greetings 1946-1947 G. E. Murchison. signed D. H. Hall Lt. bottom left corner. "Morgen 1st Auch Ein Tag" bottom right corner.Jenks With Best Wishes Splinterhans walter von gruenewaldt, pow camp 13, army sappers, pow repatriation -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Album - Photo album, Die Nibelungen-Besprechung, 1940's
Copy of original book. Individual photographs of a handmade illustrated booklet by Adolf Wilke. Text illustrations done by Hans Wolter Von Gruenewaldt at Camp 13 MurchisonOuter cover: White, pink & grey stripes. Album containing coloured photographs placed in sleeves. Roman numerals signify page numbering in original document.die nibelungen-besprechung, adolf wilke, hans wolter von gruenewaldt, camp 13 murchison -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Walter Jendry and wife and child, 1950
Ex POW Camp 13 Murchison. Walter Jendry, wife and child wearing hat with upturned brim. Germany. Post WW2. Foam backed copy in file.Black and white photograph of a lady (left) and man and a child (front centre) wearing a hat with upturned brim. Trees in background.pow's, camp 13 murchison, walter jendry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Medal - Iron Cross, Gefreiter Franz Rapp, 1940's
Iron Cross 2nd class, posthumously awarded to Gefreiter Frank Rapp who died in action on the Finnish front in 1941. Possession of POW in Camp 13 at MurchisonMilitary medal, Iron Cross, in form of cross, black & silver with date 1813 on one side, swastika in centre of the other. Black, white, red striped ribbon threaded through metal ring attached to medal.numismatics, gefreiter franz rapp, german military medals, iron cross second class, hartmut beck, franz rapp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Domestic object - Bottle
Object found at POW Camp 13Small cylindrical glass bottle with black screw top and black capital letters in glass on bottom of bottle.J 374 Mbottle, camp 13, murchison, tatura, glass -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Monkey Ashtray
Item made by an Italian POW held in Camp 13Sandstone hand-carved monkey and ashtray. Monkey has decorative markings. Ashtray has a diamond shaped recess carved into the top and decorated with two brown and black painted snakes and green and white leavesAshtray: Prisoner of War on top Monkey: Ricordo on side and Ricordo POW on bottomcamp 13, murchison, pow, italian, monkey -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Small Monkey
Item made by an Italian POW held in Camp 13murchison, camp 13, italian, pow, monkey -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs - Copy, Camp 13 Recreation hall
Photos borrowed for copying. Camp 13 Recreation hall when relocated into Murchison as an RSL Hall. Five photos including some murals drawn by Gerry von GruenewaldtPhotos borrowed for copying. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photographs - Copy, Recreation Hut from Camp 13 Garrison
Photos borrowed for copying. Recreation Hut from Camp 13 Garrison, relocated to Murchison as the R.S.L. Hall, and four photos of inside showing some of the von Gruenwaldt murals. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Our Century. The Growth of a Community, October 1999
A journey through 10 decades including time lines, citizens of the century, communities, sport, schools, transport and industry. Pictures from Shepparton, Murchison, Mooroopna, Tatura and Merrigum.Selections from Shepparton News depicting 100 years. Wes Shellie, son of Carmel and Peter Shellie, is the newsboy on front page, created by artist Andrea Demay. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio - Cassette - mini, Hans Wettl
Hans Wettl was interviewed by Australian John Anderson about his experiences in Murchison POW Camp 13. Hans died 3 months after the interview. (CD copy of this interview C9125)Small black and red cassette, normally used in a video camera, inside a small plastic case.Hans Wettl 1 of 2 ( C9130)hans wettl, john anderson, murchison pow camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
Group of German POW's at Murchison camp 13 who were attached to the no 6 labour detachment. Back row: Hubsch, Marmann, Ruff, Krebs, Schoepf. Front row: Winter, Freiberger, Dring, Wendroth and Trettel.HistoricBlack and white photograph of 10 German internees in uniform sitting in front of a hut. 739 in front of them.german pow's, murchison camp 13, no 6 labour detachment, hubsch, marmann, ruff, krebs, schoepf, winter, freiberger, dring, wendroth, trettel, 739 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document W.W.2 camps 1939 - 47 Vic & SA
An interesting record, briefly numbers of internees in Dhurringile, Tatura Nos 1&2, Rushworth Nos 3&4, Murchison 13, Myrtleford No 5, Loveday 9&10 where internees 1939 to Jan 1940, then 150 German officers and 50 OR at Dhurringile-Tatura No 1. 1000 Geman & Italian internees, Tatura 2 1000 G. POW. Later known as T 19 Rushworth3 1000 family groups, 1940 - 46. Rushworth 4 Asian family groups1940 - 46, Murchison 13 4000 officers, Myrtleford 1000, Italian officers. Loveday 4000 Italian internees. Clear plastic front, blue margin and back with a white strip, top right hand corner "Prisoner of War and Internment camps Vic & SA 1939 - 1947". Notes on Internment camps in the Tatura - Rushworth area.As above numbers -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Artwork, other - 7LH Nominal Roll, 1907
Framed illuminated nominal roll of the 7th Australian Light Horse (VMR) 1907. Stained wooden frame with glass panel. Lists officers, NCOs and men of the regiment arranged in troops drawn from Avenel, Broadford, Yea, Seymour,Murchison, Nagambi, Rushworth, Dookie, Shepparton, Numurkah, Mansfield, Cathkin and Alexandra. Boer War battles listed around the periphery.On reverse of frame, paper label "Purchased from Geo. Styles Gallery 50 Hunter Street Sydney Phone 233.2628"military, victoria, 7th light horse -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Functional object - Knife
Object found at POW Camp 13 Knife metal handle with long sharp pointed blademurchison, camp 13, tatura, personal, domestic, items -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, German Coin 1940, 1940
Coin found at P.O.W Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.German coin featuring eagle crest, date 1940's and German script on one face. on reverse face currency value.camp 13, murchison, coin, germany currency, george taylor, vera taylor -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Currency - Coin, Italian Coin
Coin Found at P.O.W Camp 13 when huts were being dismantled and relocated.Italian coin, flattened to oval shape. Some Latin script visible on one face and a number 2 on reverse face.camp 13, murchison, coin, italian currency, george taylor, vera taylor -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Monkey
Item made by an Italian POW held in Camp 13murchison, camp 13, pow, italian, monkey, ' -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, German POW's
Group of German internees from Murchison POW camp 13 who were attached to the No 6 labour detachment. Back row: Bogner, Feud, Brackmann, Albers, Koefer. Front row: Schiefler, Leutzech, Schuber, Prange, Bortels.historicBlack and white photograph of 10 German internees, dressed in uniform. 5 standing, 5 seated. 733 in front. Hut behind.german internees, german pow's, murchison camp 13, no 6 labour detachment, bogner, feud, brackmann, albers, koefer, schiefler, leutzech, schuber, prange, bortels, 733 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Box of Maps, early 20th century
Maps are of the following: Toolamba (2), Toolamba West (2), Undera (2), North Murchison, Coomboona (2), Mooroopna, Waranga, Kyabram East, Girgarree East, Mooroopna West (2), Tatura and Goulburn irrigation district (pre 1956).Box containing maps of individual parishes in the county of Rodney, showing early selections. Also one of early Tatura townships with owners of many house blocks. 17 maps.each one is labelled with the parish (Toolamba, Tatura, , etc.) -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Map, c.1930?
30 topographical maps, etc dating from 1930's. Subjects: Bendigo, Bendock, Castlemaine, Colbinabbin, Corio, Creswick, Dartmoor, Daylesford, Dunolly, Geelong, Gembrook, Glenmaggie, Juliet, Kaye, Maryborough, Murchison, Ringwood, Stratford, WalhallaMapsSchool of Botany, Univerity of Melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - MARKS COLLECTION: GEOLOGICAL MAP OF IRELAND
Rolled map on wooden hanger, woodern rail on bottom. On top of map: 'geological survey of Ireland' On bottom LH side: the geology of this map published June 1855 by Sir R.I. Murchison, Director General, J. Beebe Jukes Local Director, surveyed by T. Oldham. Map part of Lansell material. On back of map at top written in black pen 'Treland'.person, bendigo, george lansell -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Magazine, Wild Life, June 1947
Australian nature magazine featuring articles written by POW Adolf Wilke about bearded lizards. Title of article "My Prison Companions" (part 1). Part 2 C7685. Adolf was a POW at Camp 13 Murchison. Article page 207.Soft covered magazine stapled at spine, has black and white illustrations throughout. Front cover features red coloured flower heads (waratah). Title is also in red. Vol 8 no 6. Price 1/-.Miss Joan Graf, 25 Lothair Road, London N4 England Wilkeadolf wilke, my prison companions, camp 13 murchison, pow camps, australian nature magazine -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Creese, Bethea, The Winter Bud by Bethea Creese, 1951
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 224 pages. Cover has a colour image of a man and a woman standing near a tree.fictionRomance novel.rethea creese, romance, fiction -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Album - Photo album, Hans von Gruenwaldt murals, 1980's
Photograph album containing photos of murals painted by POW Hans Von Gruenwaldt. Original murals were painted onto the walls of Camp13 Garrison recreation hall during WW2. When war ended the hut was sold to Murchison RSL and moved into the town. Red album with gold boarder. 7 black pages. tatura, photography, photograph, slides, film -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Pumps on the Goulburn River
Photo 1. Original suction line entry for water for the pumps on the Goulburn River, south of Murchison. The pumps provided water for the United Echuca Waranga Waterworks Trust Scheme, c. 1880.|Photo 2. Original pump well, still in existance 2003. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Folder, Treatment of Aliens in Australia during in World Two (1939- 1945), 1988
Research project, Department of Social Science, Gippsland College of Advanced Education.Blue two ring binder containing 63 double line spaced text typed pages.Front page: Treatment of Aliens in Australia During World War Two (1939-1945) by Frank Pronesti. Research project. History/Politics. Map of Murchison Camp 13. Department of Social Science Gippsland College of Advanced Education 9 December 1988department of social science, gippsland college of advanced education, treatment of aliens in australia, internees in australia, ww2 internees, ww2 pow's, frank pronesti, murchison camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Joyce Hammond, Walls of Wire, 1990
A social history of the humane internment and POW camps set up during W.W.2 at Tatura, Rushworth, and Murchison in Central Victoria. Tatura camp was one of the largest internment camps in Australia holding approximately 12,000 - 13,000 people of multicultures from almost every country in the world.Hard cover, with Asiatic children from Tatura camp 4 enjoying a picnic at Waranga Basin. Front photo surrounded with a sketch of wire. B\W photos and sketches.Dedication to the memory of the author's husband, Alan Hammond.prisoners of war and internment camps - victoria - history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Joyce Hammond, Walls of Wire, 1990
A social history of the humane internment and POW camps set up during W.W.2 at Tatura, Rushworth, and Murchison in Central Victoria. Tatura camp was one of the largest internment camps in Australia holding approximately 12,000 - 13,000 people of multicultures from almost every country in the world.Hard cover, with Asiatic children from Tatura camp 4 enjoying a picnic at Waranga Basin. Front photo surrounded with a sketch of wire. B\W photos and sketches.Dedication to the memory of the author's husband, Alan Hammond.prisoners of war and internment camps - victoria - history