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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
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
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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Accessory - Cufflink, Camp Threepence 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 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
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: TATURA DISTRICT 1939-1947, Sunday 14th November 1993
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VISIT TO TATURA, Sunday 14th November 1993
... at the internment camp. Document GERMAN HERITAGE SOCIETY COLLECTION: VISIT ...Bound photocopy of Chapter 12, pages 100 - 113 - Internment Camp 3, Tatura from the Book 'Walls of Wire, Tatura Rushworth Murchison' by Joyce Hammond, published J Hammond. Printed 1990, Rodney Printers, Tatura. Has a pale yellow front cover and a bright green rear cover. The chapter 12 has photos and information about living conditions and families at the internment camp.Joyce Hammonddocument, memo, german heritage society, german heritage society collection - visit to tatura, german heritage society bendigo, walls of wire tatura rushworth murchison, joyce hammond, j hammond, rodney printers tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - QC BINKS COLLECTION: INTERNMENT CAMP
5 copies of photos, all relating to internment camp near Tatura ? -between Rushworth and Tatura - Images shows rows of huts, inside fence line. Annotation by Q.C. Binks: a photo showing some of the huts of the No. 3 internment camp almost ready to receive the first of the German and Italian internees. Barbed wire fence and entanglement surrounded the camp The camp was in use during the 1939 - 45 war years. Very little remains today 2000. Photo April 1941.government, internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, The Passenger
Book A5 in size, soft cover, black, red and grey cover. Title is slightly diagonally across front cover in white capital letters. Illustration of a man looking back at a train in the background in grey red and black. Red spine with title in white and name of author grey both in capital letters. Back of the book is a dark purple/red colour with small train illustration at bottom in red and grey. There is a white barcode partially covering the illustration of the train. There is a red banner quarter way down the cover, taking up a quarter of the cover with white writing outlining the story line. There are 4 review from News papers two either side of the red banner the review is in red the name of the reviewer and newspaper in white kristallnacht, camp 2, tatura internment camp, "dunera", berlin, ulrich alexander boschwitz, mv abosso