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Book, Study and Survey of Prisoner of War Facilities in Western Australia
Written by E Polis after reading Stalag Australia and realising what was written was not entirely correct. No mention of the Italian prisoners of war and the importance of of the internment camps in Western Australia.White pages, yellow plastic outer cover front and rear. Name of book and author (Enest Polis) and date (1996) on first page in black ink.On acknowledgements page inscription reads: "presented to Arthur and Lurline with many thanks for all their generous help with my research. E Polis 29 July 1998".internment camps in western australia, italian pow's in western australia, major hector foley, marrinup prisoner of war camp -
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Book, Erinnerungen. Lebensgeschichten von Opfern des Nationalsozialismus (Lives Remembered. Life Stories f Vicctims of National Socialism)
Volume 5 of a series of books written by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism. This volume tells the stories of victims exiled in Australia.3 books contained in a cardboard box. Box has black and white picture of Sydney Harbour Bridge and a ship on front with title (Erinnerungen) in red print and rest of title in black print. Bottom right corner has Band 5: exil in Australien in white print. Title on side in red and black. Back has map of Australia and Asia with countries in blue and ocean in white. Book 1 has same picture on it. Book 2 has a picture of man in army uniform. Book 3 has a picture of a woman and a billy can. Book is written in German and English.national fund of the republic of austria for victims of national socialism, internment camps in australia, internees in australia -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Work Party
Black and white photograph of Japanese men leaving the camp on a work detail. Taken at Camp 13.Black and white photograph stuck on coreflu depicting a group of Japanese men leaving the camp. Barracks and trees in background. The men are just coming through the sentry guard gate.japanese internees, camp 13 murchison, internment camp work detail -
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Decorative object - Brooch, Set of six Wood and Shell Brooches, 1942
These brooches were made by Hans Beck, a German Templer who was born and lived in Palestine. When WWII broke out, he was sent to Australia on the "Queen Elizabeth" in 1941 and interned in Tatura Camp 3. His wife and children were left behind in Palestine. His daughter Ingrid said that although they were behind barbed wire, they were safe. Hans worked as a manufacturing jeweler in Sydney after his release from Internment. He sent for his family on 1947. A 1 x wooden triangular shape with a small four petal flower made of tiny white shells. A metal stick pin is attached to the back. B 1 x wooden heart shape. Two flowers on stems made from small pink shells. Each flower has five petals. A group of four tiny white shells sit between the flowers. A vase is carved into the bottom of the heart. A small safety pin in attached to the back. C 1 x wooden oval shape. Group of three pink shell flowers on green stems. Two flowers have six petals and a centre made from shells. The centre flower has only one petal. A bow of tiny white shells at the base of the brooch. Small safety pin attached to back. D 1 x wooden round shape. A cluster of shells in a floral pattern. A small bright red shell in the centre of cluster. Pin on the back is broken. E&F 2 x wooden round shape. A cluster of small shells in a floral pattern. One dark wood, one lighter coloured wood. handmade, brooch, shell, beck, queen elizabeth, templer -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Southern Sky, Tatura, Victoria 5pm
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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Mitte December, Tatura, Victoria, December 1940
Dr Leonhard Adam was a Dunera internee in Camp 2RomanticismL.A 1940 Mitte December, Tatura, Victoria -
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Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Waranga (Victoria, Australia) 25.i.42, Staurmus SW
Dr. Leonhard Adam was a Dunera Internee in Camp 2RomanticismVictoria, Australia 25.I.42 Staurmus SW -
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Painting - Painting - Watercolour, On the Waranga Basin, Victoria
RomanticismLeonhard Adam. On the Warringa Basin, Victoria. Nov 41leonhard adam, waranga basin -
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Painting - Painting - Watercolour, 110 deg Fahrenheit
Done by Leonhard Adam, internee at Tatura.Original Painting depicting the camps, colours and changing conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time in internment at Tatura.leonhard adam, internee tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - Painting - Watercolour, Waranga Basin 6.1.42
Painted by Leonhard Adam, an internee in Tatura.Original Painting depicting the camps, colours and changing conditions of the Australian landscape during the artists time in internment at Tatura.leonhard adam, waranga basin -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Unknown - Identification Disc, TANG Jong Hwa
Issued to internees/pow's as identification discs during internment in WW2.Brown Bakelite disk with hole punched in centre top. Identification information pressed into it.IJF 50308 TANG YONG HWAidentification discs, ww2 identification discs, internee identification disc, pow identification discs, major jim sullivan, tang jong hwa -
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Unknown - Identification Disc, TJIOK Bik Ha
Issued to internees/pow's as identification discs during internment in WW2.Brown Bakelite disk with hole punched in centre top. Identification information pressed into it.IJF 50987 SEKI TJIOK BIK HAidentification discs, ww2 identification discs, internee identification disc, pow identification discs, major jim sullivan, tjiok bik ha -
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Literary work - Autobiography, John Malcolm WELLER, 1970
An excerpt from the autobiography written in the 1970's by John Malcolm WELLER. a guard in Camp 13 and Graytown in 1942-1945. Clear front, grey back and side plastic folder containing 8 sheets of an excerpt from the autobiography of John Malcolm WELLERon side: donors name and address; Record of "Saddler Weller army guard at Camp 13 and Graytown 1942-1945.john malcolm weller, saddler weller, camp 13 murchison, graytown internment camp, army guards internment camps -
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Painting - Oil Painting, 5 Trees and a River
1 of 2 Oil painting by Charlotte Rippert which were given to Otto Lobert and his wife on the wedding Camp 3 1946.landscape scene with a hill in background and five tall trees and a river in the foregroundBack: 'Oil Painting by ??Charlotte Rippert?? Wedding Gift - in Camp 3. DONOR: Otto Lobert (One of pair C3502) Nov. 1993)charlotte rippert, otto lobert, mrs lobert, camp 3 weddings, oil paintings, internment camp art work -
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Article - Newspaper Article x 2, Australia's Unknown Prisoner and Finns released in Australia
First article written in Swedish about 3 Finnish prisoners of war interned at Graytown Camp, Viktor Aaltonen, Olle Hellsten and Walter Soderholm (Söderholm). Details their time chopping down eucalyptus trees to keep Melbourne supplied with firewood, while hunting rabbits in their spare time. Second Article is a list of names from the Finnish Red Cross of Finnish Internees released from Australian Camps.Photocopy of 2 newspaper articles Australiens okända fångar (Australia's Unknown Prisoners) and Australiassa vapautettuja suomalaisia (Finns released in Australia)finland, aaltonen, olle hellsten, walter soderholm, graytown internment camp, finnish red cross, finnish internees ww2 -
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Drawing, Captain Colin Gaylard
... practice in Tatura. He was an Army dentist, POW, & Internment camps ...Captain Colin Gaylard was a dentist in private practice in Tatura. He was an Army dentist, POW, & Internment camps, WW2. Drawing by Kurt Winkler an internee in the camps.Photocopy of sepia toned portrait of Captain Colin Gaylard, side view shoulders up. Framed in brown tortoise shell frame with an inner gold frame.Kurt Winkler Tatura Nov 40officer, captain colin gaylard, internment camp dentist -
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Clothing - Woven Scarf
... Tatura the-murray internment camp hand crafts winter clothing ...Off white woven scarf with tassels each end. 10 stripes across width.internment camp hand crafts, winter clothing accessory -
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Folder, Die Verschleppung von Mitgliedern Der Tempel Gesellschaft Nach Australien Zur Internierung, 1991
Compilation of day to day life of Templers from the Holy Land to an unknown destination and of their internment in AustraliaBlue cover with title printed on, covered by clear plastic on front and white cardboard on back which extends over the spine and onto the front by 1.5 cm. 62 printed pages. (title translates to The Transportation of Members of the Temple Society to Australia for Internment).1991 bottom of front coverww2 camp 3, transportation of members of the temple society to australia, temple society, diary of transportation of temple society, erhard gohl -
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Folder, Loveday Internment Camp
Correspondence re WW2 camps trail from Cowra, Canberra, Hay, Tatura to Loveday South Australia. Also Loveday Internment Camp Museum Proposal Update, Proposal to establish a museum for the Loveday Internment Camp at the original camp site at Loveday.Clear plastic front, with blue plastic back coming around onto front. Contains 10 plastic sleeves of correspondence and documents. Front cover has title and 3 black and white pictures with 3 rows of barbed wire.Front cover: Loveday Internment Camps, Loveday South Australia; 1941-1946loveday internment camp, loveday museum proposal, rosemary gower -
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Accessory - Cufflink, Camp Penny Cufflink, 1939-1945
Else Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The Internment Camp currency was manufactured for use in the camps by the internees. It is an example of the ingenuity of the internees in making use of anything at hand & repurposing it for much more than originally intended. Else's daughter, Else-Lore Hukins donated the items.Internment camp Penny with small metal bar soldered to back ("one penny" side). White thread fastens a grey motley plastic button to the bar. For use as a cufflink.coin has "Internment Camps" on the face & the denomination (penny) on the reverse.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internee camps, numismatics, coins, accessory, internment camp currency -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Cufflink, Camp Penny Cufflink, 1939-1945
... Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan Street ...Else Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The Internment Camp currency was manufactured for use in the camps by the internees. It is an example of the ingenuity of the internees in making use of anything at hand & repurposing it for much more than originally intended. Else's daughter, Else-Lore Hukins donated the items.Internment camp Penny with small metal bar soldered to back ("one penny" side). White thread fastens a plastic button to the bar. For use as a cufflink.Coin has "Internment Camps" on the face & the denomination (penny) on the reverse.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, numismatics, coins, internment camp currency, else oertel, else lore hukins -
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Accessory - Cufflink, Camp Threepence Cufflink, 1939-1945
... Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan Street ...Else Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The Internment Camp currency was manufactured for use in the camps by the internees. It is an example of the ingenuity of the internees in making use of anything at hand & repurposing it for much more than originally intended. Else's daughter, Else-Lore Hukins donated the items.Internment camp Threepence with small metal bar soldered to back ("Threepence" side). For use as a cufflink, missing the other threepence for the set.coin has "Internment Camps" on the face & the denomination (threepence) on the reverse.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, numismatics, coins, else oertel, else lore hukins, internment camp currency -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Cufflink, Camp Penny Cufflink, 1939-1945
... Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan Street ...Else Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. The Internment Camp currency was manufactured for use in the camps by the internees. It is an example of the ingenuity of the internees in making use of anything at hand & repurposing it for much more than originally intended. Else's daughter, Else-Lore Hukins donated the items.Penny with small metal bar soldered to back ("one penny" side). For use as a cufflink.coin has "Internment Camps" on the face & the denomination ("penny" or "threepence") on the reverse.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, numismatics, coins, else oertel, else lore hukins, internment camp currency -
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Currency - Coin, Internment Camp Penny, 1940's
... Internment camp currency used during WW2 at Tatura Group... Tatura the-murray Internment camp currency used during WW2 ...Internment camp currency used during WW2 at Tatura Group internment camps.Round bronze coin contained in a white cardboard holder with hole in middle which coin fits into. One side of the coin has "internment camps" minted on it, the other has "one penny".Internment Camp Penny; Donor: Jim Sullivan (Major ret.)internment camp currency, camp coins, coins, major jim sullivan, ww2 internment camp coins -
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Currency - Coin, Internment Camp Penny, 1940's
... Internment camp currency used during WW2 at Tatura Group... Tatura the-murray Internment camp currency used during WW2 ...Internment camp currency used during WW2 at Tatura Group internment camps.Round bronze coin with hole in middle. One side of the coin has "internment camps" minted on it, the other has "one penny".internment camp currency, camp coins, coins, ww2 internment camp coins -
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Memorabilia - Folder, POW and Internment Camp Envelopes, 1940's
... Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan Street ...Copies of envelopes and letters to and from POW's and internees held in Tatura Victoria during WW2.Black cover multi ring binder containing sleeves with copies of envelopes addressed to and from POW's and internees whilst held in Tatura Victoria.postage envelopes, war time letters, ww2 letters -
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Document, Otto von Drehnen
... was subsequently interned in Camp 1. tatura internment camps german consul ...Otto von Drehnen was a prominent Adelaide citizen from the late 1800s, a successful businessman. He was elected President of the Deutsche Club & appointed the Consul General for Austro-Hungary. He was subsequently interned in Camp 1. Documents relating to Otto von Drehnen, previous Consul General of Austro-Hungary & prominent Adelaide businessman, interned in WWII. Black A3 folder containing newspaper articles, invitations, programmes, etc. from von Drehnen's term as Consul General & some biographical information. Also excerpts from Barbara Winter's book "The Most Dangerous Man in Australia?" in which he is mentioned.|Had to put broadsheet newspaper cartoon & two attached newspaper clippings in large plastic sleeve in map drawer. Wouldn't fit entirely in A3 folder.tatura, internment camps, german consul, documents, newspapers, invitations, programmes -
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Uniform - Army Uniform, Captain MacInnes
Army issue uniform worn by Captain Alan Finley MACINNES, a MO at D Company 17th Garrison Battalion stationed at Camp 4 Tatura during WW2.Army issue jacket, trousers and hat, made in army issue material, olive drab colour. Hat has leather band and army badge. Material for the uniform is Berathea wool cloth with an open collar two epaulets and two metal subdued Australian Rising Sun badges affixed to the lapels. Both epaulets display three metal pips indicating the rank of Captain and metal "AUSTRALIA" shoulder titles.as aboveww2 army uniform, ww2 army captains uniform, captains uniform, captain macinnes, alan macinnes, medical officer internment camps, d company 17th garrison battalion, camp 4 tatura -
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Work on paper - Menu, Farewell Dinner menu
Original menu for farewell dinner for Captain MacInnes. tan piece of paper. landscape, folded in half. Front cover has a colour drawing of a ship, flying the medical red cross emblem. Under this is hand writing in black ink and the medical insignia of a snake and wand and wreath. Inside on right page, in black ink, handwritten is the menu. Back page, in black in is the signature of people whom attended the function. Farewell Dinner to Captain A MacInnes, D Company 17th Garrison Battalioncaptain macinnes, alan macinnes, d company 17th garrison battalion, internment camps ww2, medical officer camp 4 tatura -
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Document, Colin M McDonald Amy records
... Tatura Internment Camp... and Casualty form Tatura Internment Camp Second World War Army guards ...Army Records for camp guard at Tatura Interment camps8, A4 pages white with photocopied text in blackcolin mitchell mcdonald, vx139955, discharge, demobilization, service and casualty form, tatura internment camp, second world war, army guards internment camps