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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, Camp 4, Rushworth, 1993
Documents from Camp 4, Rushworth. Japanese internees and garrison. Major Jim Sullivan, befriended many Japanese children in the camp. They kept in touch after the war and he organised a reunion back to Australia in 1993. Grey green cardboard folder, containing lists of internees, sketches of Jim Sullivan. Letters from former Japanese internees and their families.major jim sullivan, internment camps, camp 4, rushworth victoria, japanese internees -
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Folio, Internee Recollections, 1993 translation
Diary of WW2 experiences as internee in Australia. Finnish Merchant seaman translated into English by Tor Lindquist. finnish merchant seaman, internment camps, pow -
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Document, Ern Whitmore, Loveday Internment Group Barmera SA, 28 February 1946
... camps loveday internment camp barmera south australia ern ...A concise and interesting story of the Loveday internment group Barmera SA with first hand knowledge and donated to the Museum by its author Ern Whitmore, born 1899. The forward by Lt. E. T Dean DSO VD is particularly worthy of note.A 32 page manuscript each enclosed in an individual clear plastic envelope. The top half of the front page "internment in South Australia" which is superimposed on an indistinct plan of probably be an internment camp. The lower half has a sentry with rifle in a sentry box overlooking a camp at night. On the bottom right hand corner a self adhesive sticker for the inscription on it and that inserted over the 3 cm red flap extension of the back plastic page.Internment in South Australia on the self adhesive sticker hand written "History of Loveday POW and Internment Camps" by Ern Whitmore and on the border the same as in inverted commas plus Bert Whitmore recollections.internment camps, loveday internment camp, barmera south australia, ern whitmore, lt e t dean -
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Booklet, 1940-1990 50 years in Australia, 1940
A small booklet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Dunera Boys arrive in Sydney, NSW.Predominently white booklet with England HMT Dunera and Australia in black. Commemoration booklet1940-1990 50 years in Australia dunera, 50th anniversary, internment camps, tatura -
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Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph of AWAS personnel on admin staff of POW camp.Copy of black and white photograph. Three prisoners with guard, building stone gateway to quarters of Australian Women's Army service. Quarters in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, awas personnel, awas personnel quarters -
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Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph. Huts appear to be part of administration section of camp.Copy of black and white photograph.Camp buildings - wood heaps in background. Australian flag flying in foreground.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings -
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Photograph - copy, Camp HQ, 1989 copy
Copy of original black and white photograph Camp HQCopy of black and white photograph. Administration buildings (camp HQ) with well established gardens and Australian flag flying in foreground. Large tree in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp gardens, internment camp buildings -
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Document - Envelope, 1989 copy
... correspondence Internment camps in Australia Shire Engineers Rodney Shire ...The envelope was sent to Mr S. Asboth at Camp 1 Tatura, dated 25 July 1946. Stefan Asboth was an internee in Camp 1. Stefan was an engineer and was working in Persia when the war broke out. He was sent to Britain, then to Loveday in South Australia and then to Camp 1 where he stayed for the duration of the war. A black and white photocopy of an envelope sent to Mr S. Asboth at Camp 1 Tatura Victoriastefan asboth, camp 1 tatura, war time correspondence, internment camps in australia, shire engineers, rodney shire council -
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Photograph - Photograph - copy, The Red House Camp 3, Copy 1989
... in file. rushworth victoria internment camp 3 internment camps ...This was taken at Camp 3, Rushworth. The building is known as "the little red house" and was used to hold offenders at the camp. It was the camp goal. Larger print also in file.Black and white. Slightly to the left is a brick building with a galvanized iron roof. Attached to the right of the brick structure is a galvanized iron structure, approximately the same width as the brick wall. Appears to be a photograph of the back of the building.rushworth victoria, internment camp 3, internment camps australia -
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Photograph - copy, 1989 copy
The Decker family lived at Camp 3, Rushworth, for 6 years. They were evacuated from Palestine when war was declared and sent to Australia on board the Queen Elizabeth.Black and white photograph. Grave of J. Decker. Inscription on the cross at the head of the grave reads "Templar. J. Decker 3-9-46"camp 3 rushworth, decker, internment camp 3 -
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Photograph, Leaving Camp, 1989
... loveday Italian internees Camp 9 South Australian Internment camps ...This is a photograph of Italian internees leaving Camp 9, one of the Loveday SA Camps. The men appear to be part of a work party setting off for a job.Black and white photograph. Several men walking through the gates. All have hats on and they are carrying some luggage.internment camp loveday, italian internees, camp 9, south australian internment camps -
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Photograph - Photograph - copy, Loveday Opium Crop, 1989 copy
... Australia Internment camps South Australia Opium crops war effort ...As part of the war effort this crop of opium was grown at Camp 14, Loveday, South AustraliaBlack and white photograph. A field full of developed opium plants. Their is one adult male standing in the centre of the crop.loveday south australia, internment camps south australia, opium crops, war effort -
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Photograph - copy, 1989
... Australia Opium crops Internment camp Loveday Black and white ...As part of the war effort this crops of opium was grown near Camp 14, Loveday, South Australia.Black and white photograph. Crop, showing irrigation channels between rows.loveday, south australia, opium crops, internment camp loveday -
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Photograph - copy, 1989
... and internees in the camps. loveday, south australia opium crops ...One of the many illicit stills used by POW's and internees in the camps.Black and white photograph. A primitive distilling machine several containers and bottles.loveday, south australia, opium crops, internment camp loveday -
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Photograph, Japanese garden in Camp 14, 1989
... . This was built at Camp 14. loveday, south australia opium crops ...The archway is at the entrance to the Japanese compound. The small Japanese building is a Japanese shrine. This was built at Camp 14.Black and white photograph. Two lamps on posts in the front of the photograph. There is an archway to the left and rear of the photograph. Between the 2 lamps there are three stone steps leading up to a small Japanese building.loveday, south australia, opium crops, internment camp loveday, japanese shrines, japanese internees -
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Photograph, Pigeon Loft at Camp 14, 1989
... , Loveday South Australia loveday, south australia Camp 14 ...Pigeon loft and garden were part of Camp 14, Loveday South AustraliaBlack and white photograph. Garden beds in foreground. Bird boxes raised on posts on right hand side. Barb wire fences surrounding huts in rear of photograph.loveday, south australia, camp 14, internment camp gardens, pigeon loft -
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Book, Letters 1941- 1942. Peter Karl Loewensberg
... camps in australia Blue hard cover. Title printed in gold ...W.W 2 letters describing his internment in UK, voyage on the " Dunera" and his arrival in Australia, and internment in Hay. Translated by Louise KulbickiBlue hard cover. Title printed in gold lettering. High gloss pages.dunera,, internment camps in australia -
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Book, Diaries 1940 - 1942 Peter Karl Loewensberg
WW 2 diaries describing Peter's internment in the UK and "Dunera", his arrival in Australia and internment in Hay. Translated by Louise Kulbrick.Blue hard cover, title printed in gold lettering. High gloss pages -
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Currency - Coin, Australian One Penny 1945, 1945
... . camp 13 penny coin australian currency murchison internment ...Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1945. Head and shoulders impression of George V1 on reverse side. Kangaroo on front. Latin script around circumference.Australian half penny 1945camp 13, penny coin, australian currency, murchison internment camp -
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Artwork, other - Painting - Watercolour, Cairo Courtyard
Painted and used at Internment camp 3.Watercolour painting of "Cairo Courtyard" on wooden board, wide brown wooden frameC. Rippert. On back: "Numurkah Butter Factory, Victoria, Australia. 54 lbs nett. Produced in the district of Numurkah. "Pure Creamery Butter". G. Glockemann - Hornsby. On a sticker "Gemalde" Von Frau Rippert Ruckseite Des Bildes Von Historischem Interesse. Frau Charlotte Rippert, the artist, was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt in the 1930's. Interned by British in Cairo and transported to Australia on the Queen Elizabeth, arriving in Sydney, 31 August 1941.c. rippert, internment camp 3, internment camp artists, glockmann family, charlotte rippert -
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Painting - Oil, Frau Charlotte Rippert, Bowl of Flowers/ Carnations, 1940's
Painting by Charlotte Rippert, a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Oil painting of bunch of carnations. Dark red, red, pink and white. Lime green backgroundLaminate Label - reads "Bowl of Flowers, Artist: Charlotte Rippert, Donor Elfrieda Faig nee Kaltenbach."charlotte rippert, german lutheran missionaries, internment camp 3 artists, internment camp artists -
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Book, Dunera Lives. Volume 1 A Visual History, 2018
A remarkable, thoroughly researched and detailed record of "Dunera" internee artists with examples of their varied styles of water and colour paintings, sketches and cartoons. Vivid reminders of the whole experience of internment in Australia during World War 2 for these men. Launched at the Jewish Museum in St Kilda, Sunday July 8th and Monday July 9th at Readings Books in Melbourne.Visual history of camp life of the Dunera boysBlue soft cover, with front cover painting by Emil Wittenberg. Painted at Tatura on 23rd May 1941, depicts a group of Dunera internees behind barbed wire. B/W and colour photos, sketches, paintings and watercolour.To the memory of Amirah Inglis. A photograph of Kenneth Stanley Inglis, 7 October 1929 - 1 December 2017dunera boys -
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Decorative object - Letter Opener, 1940's
Made by POW's at camp 13.Ornate carved wooden letter opener. Hand turned.N0 13 POW Group Murchison Australiakevin clarke, wooden letter opener, internment camp woodwork -
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Sculpture - Wood Carving, Kurt Lewinski, Man with Wheelbarrow, 1998
From the bequest of the late K. Lewinski, a German Ort boy from Berlin, refugee in England 1938 - June 1940. Interned and transported to Australia 1940, interned in camp 2. Released in January 1942 to 8th employment co at Tocumwal.Wooden sculpture featuring a man wearing a peaked cap, pushing a wooden wheel barrow filled with round logs, fixed to a wooden rectangular base. 2 pieces.K. Lewinski 1998 Timber: man - kwila, barrow - blackwood, firewood - teak kurt lewinski, wood sculptures, ort boy, internment camp 2, 8th employment co -
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Domestic object - Egg Cup, 1940's
Made as a Christmas present for a child in camp 3 by a German POW. Gretl Frank was bought to Australia in September 1941 with her German parents who were residents in Palestine (a British Protectorate at the end of WW1). Temple society members. She was born in Palestine October 1939. Married Hornung, 2 children - Ingrid and Jennifer. She is now resident is Los Angeles USA.Polished wood turned egg cup.GS german pow, christmas present, egg cup, internment camp wood work, gretl frank -
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Photograph, German War Cemetery, 21 September 1991
Photographed at the 50th anniversary of the internment of the Templer people.Colour photograph of Tatura War Cemetery with a white cross in the foreground and the brass name plates of those laid to rest from all over Australia.templer society, templer society reunion, tatura war cemetery, german war cemetery -
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Document, Australian Manuscripts Collection La Trobe Library Melbourne, My Experience in an Australian Internment Camp, 1991
... experience in an Australian Internment Camp" by B. Goener. La Trobe... experience in an Australian Internment Camp" by B. Goener. La Trobe ...The 1st 2 pages list manuscripts correspondence of the activities at Tatura Internment Camps. A 39 page account on the experiences of alien internee B. Goener. A simply told, fascinating record. His philosophical outlook makes this story a treasured addition to our archives.Clear plastic folder, red margin and red back with the inscription "Tatura Internment Camp - M.S. 11610 - Guide to Records held in the Australian Manuscripts Collection - La Trobe Library - State Library of Victoria. On the margin - "My experience in an Australian Internment Camp" by B. Goener. La Trobe Library. Acquired 1991as aboveb. goener, australian alien internees, hsk kormoran -
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Document, Record of Life in Camp 1A and 1 B, 1944
Life in an internment campa 35 page record in a plastic folder, clear plastic front and 3 cm black margin left hand side extending to the back cover. Some of the content headlines or places are Orange, Tatura, Long Bay, Melbourne, South Australia. A map and 19 towns of WA, Northern Territory, New Guinea. Reg No is the translation as is the "Tatura Song" written by H. Sturzenhofecker to the melody good cheer comrades, on the horse and Mr Otto Herbst being awarded a certificate commanding of yachts. Written in German "Verzeuhnis Alter Internieiten De Sannellagers Tatura (1A and B) Von 5 Juni - 15 December 1940otto herbst, h. sturzenhofecker, camp 1a and 1b -
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DVD, The Loveday Internment Camp 1940-1946
... centre in South Australia. Loveday Internment Camps Tourist ...Used to inform tourists at an information centre in South Australia.DVD with case. The case back includes printed description of the content of the DVD.loveday internment camps, tourist information -
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Folder - survey maps
... . gerhard meinke loveday camp camp 14 south australian internment ...Maps of no 14 A, B, C and D internment camps and documents on Loveday Camp, South Australia. Donated by Gerhard Meinke concerning Loveday Camp. Brief outline of camps life, release and repatriation, list of deaths, of POW's and internees.Blue back clear plastic folder containing maps of No 14 camp and documents on Loveday Camp.gerhard meinke, loveday camp, camp 14, south australian internment camps, japanese internees