Made by Internee at Camp 3Wooden wall plaque. Wood carving of a small boy,dressed in a blue shirt, brown shorts, long cream socks, brown shoes, green hat. Mounted on a stained rectangular plaque with green scalloped edge. Blue and red flowers around boy. Two small holes at the topplaque, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving

Made by Internee at Camp 3Carving of a wooden scroll, edged in black and horse shoe painted blue with black dots (6) and crosses (2). Small flower inside shape of horse shoe. Mounted on a stained rectangular plaque with green scalloped edge and has 2 small holes at the top? Gluck!plaque, scroll, horse shoe, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving

Handmade wooden model of a ship with 2 round blocks in centre forming funnels.tatura, handcrafts, woodwork

Made and used in Camp 33 fawns, painted in shadesof brown gloss paint, standing in a green field3 fawns, yenken e, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork

Made in Camp 3Oval, dark coloured, polished wooden bucklebuckle, wood, vollmer h, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used there by childrenHandmade wooden model of a horse on base with 2 sets of wooden wheels and leather harness. Piece of metal with hole for pulling along. Painted light and dark brown with green base (with flower decoration) and red wheels ,tail is broom hairKurt Beckmodel, horse, beck k, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, general, handcrafts, wood, carving

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used there by childrenHandmade large wooden model of a cartor dray, painted brown and green. Has metal axle type arrangement under front wheels with attachment for horse model. 2 x removable panels front and backcart, beck k, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, general, handcrafts, wood, carving

hand made and used in Camp 3 by interneeturned wooden cigarette holdercigarette holder, camp 3, tatura, woodturning, handcrafts, woodcarving

Handmade and used by internees in Camp 3 Tatura during WW2Handmade wooden rolling pin. Wooden handle at each end attached to a central pivotal shaftrolling pin, camp 3, tatura, woodturning, handcrafts, woodcarving, domestic, items, cooking

made in Camp 3 by internees with wood from wood heapOrnate carved edged wooden rectangular tray.TATURA tray, camp 3, wood, tatura, o'toole, ivy, domestic, trays, food, drink, consumption, handcrafts, carving

Steel knitting needles were favoured over bone and plastic needles because they were unbreakable. Pairs of needles were used to make a variety of garments which were pieced together and sewn when the knitting was finished.A pair of steel knitting needles with blue plastic ends.handcrafts, knitting, knitting needles, george evans collection

The knitting needle gauge was used as a guide to the needle sizes used in Britain and Australia before metric measurements were adopted for weights and measures in the mid 1970's.A silver metal knitting needle gauge in the shape of a bell with different sized holes in the middle numbered from 1-5 and slots around both sides numbered from 6-22. These holes were used as a guide to gauge the size of knitting needles. The numbers and lettering have been engraved into the metal.KNITTING / PIN SIZE / IS WIDTH / OF SLOTShandcrafts, knitting, knitting gauge, george evans collection