History of the Drescher Family at Camp 3 Tatura and after WW2Spiral bound folder - black cover. Photos of Drescher family on page 1; family certificates (birth, wedding, departure notices, christening, passport, naturalization papers).Camp 3 Peter Dresher Collectionfamily history, internees, camp 3

Letter written by internee Emil Hottelmann, an internee in camp 3Small piece of tan paper with writing on it in pencil. Also brown envelope with S Hottelmann Esquire on frontS. Hottelmann Esquireletter written by emil hottelmann., camp 3 internee family

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used by internees for food preparationHandmade wire whisk. Handle is tightly bound with thin wirecamp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, domestic, utensils

Grey enamel mug. Brush with wooden handle bound with twine. Black hairs.enamel mug, shaving set, camp life, internees

Presented to Tatura museum by Mr Albert Whitmore ,Barmera O/C Engineering section . A 17 page history, written by Yuriko Nagata, a tutor in Japanese at Adelaide University. It contains a plan of Camp 9A clear plastic folder with black margin and white paper strip. Black back cover.Japanese internees at Loveday 1941 - 1946. Bottom left hand corner - Presented to Tatura Museum by Mr Albert Whitmore, 4 Laffert St, Barmera, South Australia 5345

Produced by internees at camp 1 Tatura. Report/award of internees sporting achievements.8 page loose leaf booklet or report with typed and hand written entries, in German. Front cover features, in centre of page, a crest with letters D & S intertwined and a swastika.Fruchteichtdeutsches reich sportabzeichen, camp 1 tatura, camp 1 sporting achievements, internees sporting achievements, german internees

Child's dress made by one of the female internees for her child. Internee unknowncchilds dress with round neck, short sleeves, gathered at waist.camp internees, camp children, camp dressmaking

Made by internee at tatura camp 3. part of a collection of handtools used by internees.Handmade Handsaw, wooden handle , metal blade serrated edge.tatura, trades, tools

Detailing some of the ingenious methods of escape and the camouflaging of tunnelling. In January 1945, 20 officers escaped from Dhurringile and Lt Edgardo Simone , the Italian P.O,W was the outstanding escapee in Australia. Others are noted in Barbara Winter's book "Stalag Australia"Clear plastic folder, red margin on which is a white strip of paper. A red back cover. On the top right hand corner on the front clear plastic is a white self adhesive label on which is printed " Security of Prisoners of war and Internees - and escapes - Australian War Museum Archives - Canberra.As noted aboveaustralian war museum archives

Made from blanket like material by internee at camp 3 Tatura, used there by interneesHot Water Bottle Cover, Baglike in shape with blanket stitiching opening & drawstring.Material is a grey colour with a pale striped patterntatura, ww2, domestic, items, heating

Program made by internees at Camp 3 Tatura for W. Shakespeare play "The Merchant of Venice". Internees make up the cast.Program in booklet form with red and gold paper. Ribbon tied at spine. 4 sticky taped top and bottom. Black and white illustrations. Front cover shows male and female masks with harp in centre.Anna Sawatzky Rudolf Hoeferrudolf hoefer, anna sawatzky, shakespear plays, internee entertainment, internee theatre productions, camp 3 entertainment

Else-Lore Oertel was a German internee in Camp 3A as a child, with her mother from 1940-1945. Woodworking was popular amongst the internees and Werner Dehnel, another internee in camp 3, made the darning mushroom for Else-Lore, for darning socks.Wooden darning mushroom. Darker wood at top. Base (stalk) is of lighter wood. Both possibly varnished. Stalk has bevelled lines where it meets top. Base has 1939 Australian penny underside. Attached by (ribbon?) to stalk is a cardboard gift tag.Underside of mushroom top: Else/ Love von Onkel Werner. TATURA 1939/41|Attached tag: Fur Else-Lore. Von Onkel Werner.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, domestic, items, sewing, handcrafts, woodwork

Sporting events were organized and carried out by the German civilian internees within the compounds of the camp. This certificate sets out standards and achievement of internee.The item indicates the organizational capabilities of the internees and the sporting facilities made available by the Australian authorities. Photocopy ofeEight pages, five blank, hand printed and typed certificate, personally signed containing sports performances conducted in Camp 1.. All in German. Photocopy.