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Artwork, other - Puppet, Judy, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Brown paper mache head and arms, no body. Long dark blue material trousers under the dress. At end of material legs are small paper wooden legs and black shoes intact. Judy has a colourful dress with yellow apron. Dress has many different pieces of material of various patterns.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, murchison internment camp -
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Book, Exercise, Prior 1946
Else Oertel was an internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. Else (a German) was interned in a camp where Russian was being taught & so took up lessons. Her husband was away on business in Germany at the outbreak of war and was not interned with them & therefore Else was also motivated to learn Russian because it was possible she would be repatriated to the Russian sector of Germany at the end of the war (namely Chemnitz, Saxony). This book is one she used in these lessons.Foolscap size exercise book. Composed of unlined pages hand-bound together inside a manila folder(?) / other cardboard. Spine has lined paper on outer & inner spine has lined paper with sums handwritten (perhaps new use for old maths lesson book?).|Book contains lessons in Russian (possibly dication?) with occasional German notations. Lessons are carbon copies from another source. Exercise book used by Else Oertel in Camp 3A, in study of the Italian language.tatura, ww2, russian language, german language, camp 3, internment, internee camps, education, language study, books, school, educational -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Exercise, Prior 1946
Else Oertel was an internee in Camp 3A from 1940-1945. Else (a German) was interned in a camp where Russian was being taught & so took up lessons. Her husband was away on business in Germany at the outbreak of war and was not interned with them & therefore Else was also motivated to learn Russian because it was possible she would be repatriated to the Russian sector of Germany at the end of the war (namely Chemnitz, Saxony). This book is one she used in these lessons.Exercise book with blue & white cover, with lined pages. Standard arithmetic & multiplication tables printed on back cover. Some separate lined & unlined pages inside, some held together with a nail. Lessons in Russian with phonetic spelling & German translations. Exercise book used by Else Oertel in Camp 3A, in study of the Italian language.Printed on front cover: The "Vana" Exercise Book/ Name/Grade/School/ Approved by the Education Department|(name) E. Oertel; (grade) 3.A; (school) Russischtatura, ww2, russian language, german language, camp 3, internment, internee camps, education, language study, books, school, educational -
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Painting, Camp 2
Camp 2 waterclour. Donated Lieut Frederick Ferdinando Hardy b 1881. Served in Boer War, migrated to australia in 1909, enlisted WW!, with number VX7. Re-enlisted in 1940 for WW2 and served as Paymaster in camp 2Framed watercolour of Camp 2. Four huts, two in foreground and two behind. Two large gum trees and the end of the row infron t of a barbed wire fence. Corragated iron ssurrounds a small garden. Other gardens have frame work constructed from tree branches for climbing vines. Some washing hangs from another branch. Two gentlemen sit on a bench at a table appear to be studying. Tatura 1941, Theodore Engelcamp 2 tatura, theodore engel, watercolour painting, camp huts, 1941, hardy -
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Gramaphone Records, Allied Record Manufacturing Company, Mr Jones Goes to War, 1940's
Records given to donors by a RAAF radar operator, Keith Miller. Used for recruiting purposes .David Gator, RAAF service included 13th squadron Canberra Liberator conversions at Tocumwal RAAF station. Lake Boga with Catalina's, Darwin 1942 just at the end of Japanese bombing.2 x 12" 78 rpm records, American production, designed to be played in Army camps during WW2Title "Mr Jones Goes to War"mr jones goes to war, keith miller, raaf radar operator, raaf recruiting -
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Ashtray, 1940 - 1946
Miniature bath shaped metal ash tray. On one side there is a rest for a cigarette. The bath shape rests on 3 ball shaped legs. Has been painted blue by the donor. Originally metal unpainted. The head end is higher - sloping down to the foot end. Presumably made by POW's during WW2. Found in 1956 in a tunnel by a Dhurringile boy.ash tray, metal work, dhurringile pow camp, presbyterian church, orphans, orphanage -
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Photograph, Major Seal and Jackie Seal, Original 1942, copy 1989
WW2 Internment Camp Tatura. Army staff. Captain Seal was an intelligence officer at Camp 13. Jackie is his daughter.Male and female on horse back. Captain Llewellyn Seal on "Tony" and his daughter Jacqueline Enders nee Seal on "Darkie"captain llewellyn seal, jacqueline ender (nee seal), internment camps, camp army staff -
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Riding Crop, 1944-45
Made by a German Prisoner of War in Camp 13 (Murchison) and given to a member of the garrison, R. E. O'Hara. Internees / POW's made many items from largely scrap material during their time in the camps. This item holds historical and cultural significance as an example of the ingenuity of internees & how many occupied their time in camps, shaping the cultural and creative life of those in the camps. Also a possible indicator of relationship between garrison and internees. Dark brown wooden crop or swagger stick with a wooden knob on one end and a horse hair plume attached with cord to the other end. Fine cord attached to knob end with a loop for hanging. murchison, camp 13, tatura, garrison, prisoner of war, internee camps, ww2 -
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Document - Memoir, Hermine Wedel, Memories of Tatura, July 2014
An account of the author's family background & early life, more particularly those events leading to their internment in Tatura, Victoria, Australia during World War 2. The author's parents (author Hermine Wedel, nee Strauss) were of German nationality & practicing as missionaries in New Guinea. Upon the outbreak of WW2, those German nationals were ordered to the coast by the Australian authorities and the men were transported to internment camps in Australia. The women remained behind, reporting regularly to the authorities, until they too were brought to camps in Australia at the end of 1941. They were eventually reunited in a family camp for internees, Camp 3 at Tatura, in 1943. They were released from the camp to work in Australia in 1947 and the family returned to New Guinea in 1949, and eventually went back to Germany. The author also briefly recounts her marriage & married life in Brazil & Germany. 13 page document, A4 paper. 7 pages of English translation, 6 pages German original. world war ii, internee camps, civilian internees, german internees, camp 3, tatura, new guinea, strauss, stuerzenhofecker -
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Clothing - Scarf, 1940's
Made and used by internees at Camp 3Woven burgundy, yellow, green, light blue and darker blue woollen scarf, with tassels at each endscarf, hoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, weaving, clothes -
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Bow Saw, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Bow-saw handmade. Wooden frame, turned and shaped handles either end. Centre wooden strut across frame. Metal serrated edged blade made from gramophone spring. Adjustable metal rod at top of framesaw - bow, camp 3, tatura, ww2, trades, tools -
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Bath Tub, 1940's
Used by internees for washing and bathing babies at Camp 3Galvanised iron bath tub with fixed handles either endbath tub, bissinger g, weid, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, ablutions -
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Bath Tub
Used by internees for washing and bathing babiesGalvanised iron bath tub with fixed handles either endbath tub, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, ablutions -
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Weeder - Garden, 1940's
Used by internee at Camp 3Pointed large one pronged metal and wood garden weeder. Tin tube around the lower end of wooden handle"KW" on the handleweeder, garden, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, gardening -
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Weeder - Garden, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Pointed small one pronged metal and wood garden weeder. Tin tube around the lower end of wooden handle"KW" on the handleweeder, garden, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, gardening -
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Weeder - Garden, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Pointed two pronged metal and wood garden weeder. Tin tube around the lower end of wooden handleweeder, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, gardening -
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Plunger - clothes, 1940's
Used by internees at Camp 3Metal washing (clothes) plunger with wooden handle. Metal hook screwed into end of handle. Plunger is funnel shaped with metal sections. Handle is flat on two sidesplunger, laundering, imberger w, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic -
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Weapon - Toy Gun Wooden, 1942
Used by internees at Camp 3. Given as a gift to son of a Stanhope dairy farmer by a German internee when they delivered milk to Camp 3 in WW2Handmade wood and metal toy/model gun. Piece of rubber nailed on the endLA 5 No 134 T 14 cal CY Dunlopgun, toy, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3 -
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Plaque, 1940's
Made by internee at Camp 3, TaturaHandmade wooden wall plaque with two 'pin' holes at top with length of cotton threaded through for hanging. Adhered to plaque : handcarved wooden horseshoe, painted blue. Shaped 'banner' above with 2 words written on it in German, translating as 'good luck'. A small red flower has been painted on the plaque between ends of horseshoe with green leavesWied Kplaque, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp3, tatura, ww2, camp 3, handcrafts, wood, carving -
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Macrame Belt, 1940's
Handmade by internee at Camp 3Macrame belt in colours of navy blue, yellow, red, brown, green and pink. 1 tie yellow and navy blue, 1 tie red and green. Both ties finished with a knot and loose endsbelt - macrame, bissinger g, weid k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, macrame -
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Bath - Dolls, 1940's
Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Tin doll's bath. Painted brown outside with black around the base. Cream inside. Slightly shaped at one endbath - dolls, wied, l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, doll, furniture -
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Tool - Handle, 1940's
Made by internee in Camp 3, Tatura workshopWood turned handle, polished, with metal end piece/shaft. Opening for inserting blade/chiselhandle, wood, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork -
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Tool - Handle, 1940's
Made by internee in Camp 3, Tatura workshopWood turned handle with fine copper wire band at one end. Hole for inserting blade or chiselhandle, wood, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork -
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Album, Photos My Boy
Nothing known but would have been used for photographs of Servicemen in WW2 by their families. Never been used.Brown cardboard, striped light and dark cord threaded through 2 holes at end.photos my boy, ww2 servicemen -
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Sidearm - German, 1940's
Possession of POW at Camp13, Murchison. Formerly part of German paratroopers equipment/arms in WW2German paratroopers sidearm resembling large pocket knife with blade and retractable spike. Wood covereed metal shaft/handle riveted. Metal ring attached at spike end. Thumb guide towards unprotected blade.SMF Solingen Rostfreiarms, edged, weapons -
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Photograph, Whacko and Cobber, copy 1989 original 1943
WW2 internment camp 1, Tatura. Australian Staff Sergeant G F Evans (V14130) with two of the mascots in camp 1 - Whacko the Cockatoo and Cobber the terrier. Whacko was found by a prisoner as a fledgling, reared by one of the guards and renowned for its lurid vocabulary. Ended its days at Wallan Hotel after the War.Black and white photograph. Australian Sergeant (wearing service ribbons) with white cockatoo and terrier standing in front of Army hut, Camp 1. Photograph taken 24 June 1943.internment camps, tatura internment camps, wacka the cockatoo, cobber the terrier, staff sergeant g f evans, v14130, army camp mascots -
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Painting - Painting - Oil, Camp huts, 1943
Painted by internees C Vagarini at Camp 13.B. FrankBrown wooden frame. 3 huts and the end of a 4th hut in front of which are attractive gardens with a large barrel. Flower pot behind which is a blue cylinder, not unlike a fire extinguisher.Casare Vagarinipainting oil, vagarini c, frank b, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, oil -
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Sewing Basket, 1940's
Made and used by internees at Camp 3 , TaturaTop wooden frames shaped into handles (small), 2 wooden crossed legs at each end of cloth bag, which has elastic at each end and attached to the wooden frame through holes in the framesewing basket, hornung g, frank g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, domestic, sewing -
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Knitting Needles, 1940's
Made from bicycle spokes by an internee at Camp 3BMetal knitting needles. Looped over to form end of needle. Other end pointedknitting needles, bicycle spokes, baumert m, beilharz, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3b, handcrafts, knitting -
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Artwork, other - Frieze, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1940's
Made by Roland Frank and drwan and coloured by Gudrun Frank-Heider-Gollong at Camp 3, compound BIn box of 3 ply - On left Snowwhite and one of the 7 dwarfs shaking hands. No. 2 has a lantern, 3 a shovel, 4 gunny bag, 5 axe and carrying front end of a cross cut saw with 6 and 7 carrying firewoodfrieze, gollong h, frank r, snow white, 7 dwarfs, vollmer h, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodcarving