Remains of barbed wire at Camp 3.Colour photograph on foam showing some barbed wire and cactus near some trees at Camp 3.internment camp 3

AWAS sisters from Tatura Group internment camps. Rear: Sisters S O'Shannessy, M Morrison and E Chalmers. Seated: Sisters Robinson, D Evans, M Peck and Lorraine Danson.Black and white photograph of 7 nursing sisters, 3 standing, 4 seated, in uniform. Building behind them and a tree on the far right. Sister on right has a hat on.sister o'shannessy, sister morrison, sister chalmers, sister robinson, sister evans, sister peck, sister lorraine danson, awas

Helga Griffin, daughter of Austrian engineer father and German mother. Interned aged 6 years and sent to Australia with her parents and young brother. Five years interned in Camp 3 near Rushworth, then released to Melbourne. Helga vividly describes her early childhood in Persia. The mixed emotions of her whole family during the internment experience and postwar, trying to adjust to a new country, new culture, new language. Very evocative memories of wartime dislocation.Blue/green front soft cover, red and white printing, white back cover and spine, black printing.With my very best wishes to the Tatura museum and the sterling work of the volunteers that contribute to its valuable presence. Helga 26.5.06ww2 camp 3, books, autobiography, helga griffin, helga griffin (girschik)

Used by internee children at Camp 3Wooden box with fern like leaves and stars painted on the sides and top. A burning candle also painted on the top. Contains 4 jigsaws, Karl Wied, Taturawooden jigsaws, g hornung, k wied, internment camp hand crafts, children's jig saws, children's toys, camp 3 children's toys, gisela bissinger, gisela wied

Records taken and graphed while in internment at Loveday and Tatura. Sketches and story were done in Camp 3, TaturaBlue plastic folder and sleeves containing 10 graphs, and nineteen coloured pen and ink and colour sketches and story of young children in Camp 3ww2 camp 3, loveday, documents, maps

Handmade by internees of Camp 3Beaten silver oval brooch with small grey green stone in centre. Rim is indented with small dots. Handmade.brooch, helmut ruff, internment camp jewellery, jewellery making

Father Arthur Owens was the Army Chaplain in Camps 3 and 4 at Tatura during WW2.black and white photograph (x3) of an Army Catholic Chaplain sitting patting his dogarmy chaplain, camp 3, camp 4, tatura internment camps, father arthur owens, father owens

The Decker and Stuerzenhofecker families were internees at the Camp 3. Buried at Tatura Cemetery and later exhumed and reburied at the German War Cemetery, Tatura.Black and white photograph 2 adults and 3 children standing behind 2 wooden crosses marking the graves of J. Decker and H. Stuerzenhofecker.J. Decker and H. Stuerzenhofecker 14-10-44decker, stuerzenhofecker, camp internees, internment camp graves, tatura cemetery

Camp 3 families on picnic at Waranga Basin during days of internment.Black and white photograph of a group of people sitting in the shade of some trees. waranga basin, camp 3 internees, german internees

Christmas at an internment camp during WW2 in Australia. Ginger bread house featured as well. First Christmas in Camp 3 for Templer families 1941.Black and white photo of Christmas decorations, left hand side on stand.camp 3, christmas in an internment camp, christmas decorations, templer society

Aerial photograph, taken in 1946 of the Rushworth internment camp.Black and white aerial photograph of camp 3 Rushworth showing layout of the camp.aerial photo of camp 3, taken in 1946, rushworth internment camp, aerial photographs, victorian internment camps

There were 7 camps in the area during World War II which held about 4,000-8,000 people at any one time. 3 camps housed Prisoners Of War who were enemy servicemen captured in various theatres of war around the world and transported to Australia for the duration of the war. The remaining 4 camps held Internees who were civilians living in Australia or other Allied territories and countries at the outbreak of war and were deemed to be a security risk because of their nationality. The camps were situated in the Goulburn Valley as food was plentiful here and there was a good supply of water from the Waranga Basin.A coloured sketch showing all the compounds at Tatura War and Internment Camp.internment, ww2, world war two, tatura, goulburn valley, war camps, prisoner of war, prisoner of war camps

Mafalda Fortuna's recollections of her families arrest in Palestine, transportation on the "Queen Elizabeth", and internment in Camp 3. Four pages.|Photo of Fortuna siblings seated on stone entrance to mess/school hut in Compound a, Camp 3.

These brooches were made by Hans Beck, a German Templer who was born and lived in Palestine. When WWII broke out, he was sent to Australia on the "Queen Elizabeth" in 1941 and interned in Tatura Camp 3. His wife and children were left behind in Palestine. His daughter Ingrid said that although they were behind barbed wire, they were safe. Hans worked as a manufacturing jeweler in Sydney after his release from Internment. He sent for his family on 1947. A 1 x wooden triangular shape with a small four petal flower made of tiny white shells. A metal stick pin is attached to the back. B 1 x wooden heart shape. Two flowers on stems made from small pink shells. Each flower has five petals. A group of four tiny white shells sit between the flowers. A vase is carved into the bottom of the heart. A small safety pin in attached to the back. C 1 x wooden oval shape. Group of three pink shell flowers on green stems. Two flowers have six petals and a centre made from shells. The centre flower has only one petal. A bow of tiny white shells at the base of the brooch. Small safety pin attached to back. D 1 x wooden round shape. A cluster of shells in a floral pattern. A small bright red shell in the centre of cluster. Pin on the back is broken. E&F 2 x wooden round shape. A cluster of small shells in a floral pattern. One dark wood, one lighter coloured wood. handmade, brooch, shell, beck, queen elizabeth, templer