Plan drawn from documents and memory by former internees Helmut Ruff and Manfred Haering. Sketch plan of Camp 3 Tatura layout as in 1945. Camp contained members of Palestine, Singapore/Straits Settlement & New Guinea Groups.Copy of black ink and coloured A3 plan mounted on hardboard showing layout of buildings and perimeter fencing of camp 3 Tatura. Original hand drawn.palestine group, singapore group, new guinea group, helmut ruff, manfred haering, camp 3 layout

Organ purchased in 1886 by Presbyterian Church, Girgarre East (Springvale) and used continually there until 1975. Bought then by W&D Ballantyne (Harston). They gave it to this museum in 2009 on permanent loan. Used during WW2 when internee was married in the church. Girgarre East Presbyterian Church. Mrs M Clapp was the organist who played it at Springvale Presbyterian Church, Harston, for church services and Japanese weddings from internees at Camp 4. When Mrs Clapp became to old to play the pedal organ the Church purchased an electric organ for her. The donor purchased the pedal organ for personal use then donated it to the Museum. Packard reed organ (harmonium) featuring very ornate case. Good variety of stops.Packard Organ Port Wayne Iln. USAtatura, musical, instruments, keyboard, ballantyne, mrs clapp, springvale presbyterian church, japanese weddings

Depicts the entrance to 14c Compound of the Loveday Internment Camp Group. The guardroom is on the left. All internees and vehicles entering or leaving the compound had to pass through the cage. Taken in 1945 by Hedley Keith Cullen (AWM). Accession number 122994/Copy of black and white photograph depicting a birdcage entrance, fencing, guardroom and huts in the distance. Foreground barren dirt. Picture is attached to corefu.guard rooms, loveday internment camp, 14c compound, camp entrances

Former internees and families of Camp 13. 2 couples, Mr and Mrs Roddy Davies and Dr and Mrs Trucco, of Edinburgh Scotland, on left. Mr Trucco was Lieutenant Riccardo Trucco, Italian POW camp 13, who was the dentist at that camp. Colour photograph of 2 couples standing in front of the Museum wall with part of the Museum sign to the left of the photograph.roddy davies, dr trucco, lieutenant riccardo trucco, italian pow's, camp 13, riccardo trucco, lieutenant trucco, camp 13 dentist, ww2 internment camp dentist

Depicts some of the children internees that had come from Palestine. One of the families was the Hoefer family who are in this photograph. Uli (mid back), Karl Heinz (2nd from right in back row) and Traude (2nd from right in front row).Black and white photograph of a group of children with hut 135 to the right. Some children standing and others sitting on the grass.uli hoefer, karl heinz hoefer, traude hoefer, palestine internees

Thesis by Lucilla Lentini, "Australian Nazis: An evaluation of National Socialist support amongst Tatura's first 42 internees before, during and after World War II". Thesis for Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne.Thesis, 52 x A4 pages (56 inclusive). Bound in plastic. tatura, bahlsen, fritz alfred, boelter, reinhold, bruelle, wilhelm, dehnel, werner, fent, otto carl, froelich, gustav karl, grasle, kuno hans, hahn, fridolin, haslinger, franz joseph, hemerich, otto, hempel, walter erwin, herbst, otto albert wilhelm, kiessling, walter paul, klenk, karl friedrick, kuldschun, lewandowski, siegfried, luckemeyer, wilhelm ludwig, maltz, otto paul, mayer, gustav adolph, meister, gottlieb friedrick, muffler, karl, pecher, johans, rammstedt, otto joseph, renz, hans, reutter, paul, ritter, konrad, werner kurt, rohling, adolph, schauer, willi, schoeller, ralph, schultz, rudolf, schwarz, strothe, christian, suchting, hans johannes, thierfelder, kurt oswald, utermohle, herbert, ventur, erich august, weber, fritz, weiss, karl friedrich, wildermuth, emil otto, zachen, friederick, documents, reports

Fortuna and Cassati families were internees in Camp 3A during WW2. Back row (l to r): Domenico Fortuna, Elpi Fortuna, Mrs Cassati and Judge Cassati. Front row: Miss Cassati, Mafalda, John and Con Fortuna and governess. Photograph taken in 1942. Black and white photograph of 4 adults standing, 4 children and a lady sitting. Fence and huts behind them.232 to the left and being held by first girl.john fortuna, con fortuna, camp 3a rushworth, mafalda fortuna, mrs cassati, judge cassati, miss cassati, domenico fortuna, elpi fortuna

Photo taken by A. Knee. Photo of ex Camp 3 internees c.1997 visiting Museum. Walter & Marianne Klink & Gerda Kazenwadel. Gerda was the first donor to the Wartime Camps section of the Museum, donating the two large theatre posters "William Tell" & "The Broken Jug".Colour photograph of a man and two ladies outside the Museum. Photograph has been laminated.walter klink, marianne klink, gerda kazenwadel, camp 3 internees ww2

Book of theatre programmes made an internee in an Australian camp during WW2. Sent to the Museum by Andreas Benzing along with 2 spare copies of 2 programmes and a postcard from Italy. The book was found in Dublin Ireland and belonged to a German who had lived in Dublin Ireland.Blue speckled material hard covered book with brown paper lining inside containing pages of theatre programmes.Spine: Lager Tatura/Austr Inside page 1: From Frank Phelan (ingen). no 35 appartment Finsbury House Ballsbridge 689823ww2 camp theatre, ww2 camp theatre programmes, internee theatre programmes

Compiled reference articles on the Tatura District, 1939-1947. Information from War Museum Archives, Canberra. File 780/1 (2 pages). Tatura and the Shire of Rodney, by W H Bossence. Walls of Wire, Tatura Rushworth Murchison by Joyce Hammond. The Story of the Beilharz Family by Dr. Paul Sauer. Contains a map, with Internment Camps, of the Shire of Rodney, Prisoners of War in Australia During World War 2, Special Requirements for Internees : Accommodation. Chap. 1, Prisoner of War and Internment Camps at Tatura, Vic., Plan of the Camp. Has a pale yellow front cover and a pale blue back cover.document, memo, german heritage society, german heritage society collection - visit to tatura, german heritage society bendigo, german war cemetry, war museum archives canberra, tatura and the shire of rodney, walls of wire tatura rushworth murchison, the story of the beilharz family, ian walder, geoff pedersen, kurt beilharz

Depicts a member of the AMF 8th Employment Co. Made by former camp 2 Tatura internee after his release in January 1942. At the 8th employment company at Tocumwal. Kurt Lewinski was a Dunera boy. Formerly a refugee of England 1938, originally from Berlin. Transported to Australia in 1940.Wood carving or sculpture of a man stacking boxes at a railway station.K. Lewinski 1944 Huon Pine (stained)wood sculpture, internee hand craft, dunera boy, kurt lewinski

Pfander and Weigold families were internees during WW2 at camp 3. Back row: Isolde Pfander, Wilhelm Weigold, Mr Paul Pfander, Erwin Pfander, Margarete Pfander. Front row: Rosemarie Weigold, Mrs Margarete Weigold, Helmut and Erich Weigold and Mrs Klara Pfander.Black and white photograph of Pfander and Weigold families. Taken Camp 3 13 February 1943. No 200 in front of Isolde Pfander (left of picture). isolde pfander, wilhelm weigold, paul pfander, erwin pfander, margarete pfander, rosemarie weigold, margarete weigold, helmut weigold, erich weigold, klara pfander

The Sturzenhofecker family were German internees at Camp 3 during WW2. Photograph taken 10 March 1945. Back row, left to right (standing): Albrecht, Peter, Dr Alfred, Roland; Front row (sitting): Irene holding baby Armin. Gottfried is leaning on his mother.Black and white photograph of a man standing behind a lady holding a baby, a child leaning against her, two children to her left and one boy to her right. Hut on left and on right behind a tree. Shrubs behind the group. 840albrecht sturzenhofecker, peter sturzenhofecker, dr alfred sturzenhofecker, roland sturzenhofecker, irene sturzenhofecker, armin sturzenhofecker, gottfried sturzenhofecker