Creator Walter Kiessling was interned in September 1939, leaving his pregnant wife, Rosa, alone in Melbourne. After visiting Walter in Dhurringile Interment Camp and then Camp 1, wife Rosa then appealed to Camp 1 Commandant Major Schrader for permission to have Walter visit her and the baby in hospital under guard escort. Soon after, permission was given to take the baby to Camp 1 for a christening with a Lutheran Pastor. While inside Camp 1, Walter and his internee friend Rudolf Schultz crafted the cradle for the baby.Wooden cradle with painted floral decorations and heart shaped holes in the ends.INTERNMENT CAMP TATURA AUSTRALIA JANUARY, 1940kiessling, cradle, woodwork, internment camp woodwork, major schrader, walter kiessling, rudolf schultz

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

Original booklet produced fortnightly by internees at Camp 1, Tatura, as a newspaper or periodical of camp events. Contributions were from internees. Title translates as "Stinging Nettle" with "Barbed Wire" typed in German below.Copy of C7672, booklet, stapled. No 26 August 1941. Typed, in German, of articles, advertisements, sketches. Front cover features sketch of camp scene, two men seated, column of figures ascending to platform or stage. 11 pages stinging nettle, barbed wire, german internees, camp 1

Fact based story that deals with German U-Boat 862's journey from Norway around to Indonesia and Australia.Black Paperback with sun rays coming from the ocean surface in bluegrahame wilson, u-boat, syndey

Film of the Goulburn Valley around 1958-1961, shot by Hermann William Schrudt. Includes the opening of the German War Graves Cemetery at Tatura.Green can of 8mm filmNo 4 Views of the Goulburn Valley. Time 700 + 300goulburn valley, german war cemetery, schrudt, hermann william scrudt

See document C5540.Same subject matter as C5540 with the addition of the list of approximately 600 names of German internees. In a plastic folder, clear plastic front. 3 cm red margin left hand side extending as the back cover.Record of Life in Camp 1 A and B Tatura 5th June - 15th December 1940german internees, internment camps, tatura

Vittorio was a internee in camp. This is a photocopy of the original book C Black multi ring A4 folder containing a copy of the book The Voyage of an Alien, an autobiography written by internee Vittoria Tolaini. The Voyage of an Alien by Vittorio Tolaini 14 Monash University Libraryvittorio tolaini, italian internees, dunera, loveday internment camp

Biography of Heinrich Walter Fuchs MD, an internee in Persia and Camp 3 Australia. Written by his daughter. Presented to the Society by his daughter.Plastic folder with red back.heinrich fuchs, internment camps, camp 3, persia, medical personnel

In charge of production Wm Fugmann would probably be one of the main stays and initiator of the Camp 3 theatre group.Red back clear front plastic folder with a head and shoulders drawing of Wilhelm Fugmann under which is a brief biography. The back page has 3 similar drawings of Burkhard Drude, Michael Bar and A. Sturzenhofecker, in the roles of Marquees Posa "Don Carloss, Tell "Wilhelmtell" and Major Tellheim in "Minna Von Barnhelm" (A soldiers luck) respectively.Camp 3 internees - Wilhelm Fugmaninternment camp, fugmann, michael bar, a. sturzenhofecker, burkhard drude, minna von barnhelm, a soldiers luck, camp theatre, theatrical plays

POW Internment camps. WW2. Jewish refugees interned from Singapore in 1990. Information sheets of POW and Internment Camps WW2, Tatura.Clear plastic blue back folder.jewish internees, internment camps, pow, tatura victoria, camp 3

Copy of program German War Cemetery Memorial Service. Used at the German War Cemetery for a Memorial Service on the 17 November.Red back clear plastic foldergerman war cemetery, memorial service, tatura victoria

Peter Drescher interred as a child from Palastine, in 1941, at Camp 3. Served for 20 years in the Australian Army, Still living in Darwin. Uhlheer and Hoffman Families Palastine group intered Camp 3, 1941, settled in Australia after the war.Clear plastic, red back foldercamp 3, tatura victoria, internment camps, hoffmann

Theatre program. Deutiches Theater Tatura. Wilhelm Tell left hand page above Wahrend Der Pause Erwartet Sie Vor Kaffee and Kuchen im theater foyer. The test is likewise in German. Camp 3 theatre group. One of the progammes and/or plays presented by the Camp 3 theatre group to Tatura Museum.Theatre program in clear plastic front cover with blue margin left hand side and back.Camp 3 Theatre program "Wilhelm Tell" Palastine Temple Society Interneesdeutiches theatre, william tell, internment camps, internment camp theatre groups, theatrical plays

Memoirs of an internee. Poem of daily life in Camp 3, August 1941. Original in German and two copies translated by Gerda Kazenwadel.Black folder with clear plastic cover camp 3, internment camps, tatura victoria

Documents from Camp 4, Rushworth. Japanese internees and garrison. Major Jim Sullivan, befriended many Japanese children in the camp. They kept in touch after the war and he organised a reunion back to Australia in 1993. Grey green cardboard folder, containing lists of internees, sketches of Jim Sullivan. Letters from former Japanese internees and their families.major jim sullivan, internment camps, camp 4, rushworth victoria, japanese internees

Addresses and correspondence re Japanese, Kormoran reunions.Red cardboard folder, containing letters. Details of Japanese names from Cemetery Trust.kormoran, japanese internees, cemetery trust, kormoran reunion

Documents and newspaper articles concerning POW escapes from Camp 13 Murchison. Gustav Polig compiled this collection of articles of numerous escapes from camps around Tatura. Heinrich Pexa, Rudi Pruckner and Kurt Freidrick and Italian prisoner Joe Pagliari, all captured. Also the murder of POW Karatchali. Also included is a copy of Intelligence report no 94, for the period of 10 June 19944 - 17 June 1944. Notification from the Apostolic Delegation to POW Cpl Paul Fuchs, informing him of the accidental death of his father.Blue backed clear plastic folder. camp 13, murchison victoria, gustav polic, heinrich pexa, rudi pruckner, kurt freidrick, joe pagliari, karatchali, italian pow, internment camps, camp escapes, paul fuchs, intelligence report

An account of Geo Campbell's stint as a guard compressed to 3 pages. Also approved application overseas escort V1522 4 W.O. 2 Woof P. R.. Christmas cards and W.O. 2 Woof's diary commencing Tuesday 21 January 1947 of a reasonably placid trip on the H.T. Orantes. A 21 page diary and to conclude the contents, General Birdwood and Australians Anzac Day 1947 Trafalgar Square London and the service of commemoration at St Martins in the field Trafalgar Square.Clear plastic cover, black margin on which is printed on a white paper strip "Reminiscences of Geo Campbell Camp 13 and Repatriation of German POW's Tuesday 21 January 1947 on H.T. Orantes - Warrant Officer 2 P. R. Woof. Reminiscences of Geo Campbell Camp 13 and Repatriation of German POW's Tuesday 21 January 1947 - Orantesgeorge campbell, p. r. woof, h. t. orantes, repatriation

Account of shooting POW at Murchison 21 September 1942. Added details of casualties, colonial inquiries, tunneling.Folder with clear plastic front and red back.pow, murchison victoria, pow shooting, internment camps

Diary of WW2 experiences as internee in Australia. Finnish Merchant seaman translated into English by Tor Lindquist. finnish merchant seaman, internment camps, pow

A concise and interesting story of the Loveday internment group Barmera SA with first hand knowledge and donated to the Museum by its author Ern Whitmore, born 1899. The forward by Lt. E. T Dean DSO VD is particularly worthy of note.A 32 page manuscript each enclosed in an individual clear plastic envelope. The top half of the front page "internment in South Australia" which is superimposed on an indistinct plan of probably be an internment camp. The lower half has a sentry with rifle in a sentry box overlooking a camp at night. On the bottom right hand corner a self adhesive sticker for the inscription on it and that inserted over the 3 cm red flap extension of the back plastic page.Internment in South Australia on the self adhesive sticker hand written "History of Loveday POW and Internment Camps" by Ern Whitmore and on the border the same as in inverted commas plus Bert Whitmore recollections.internment camps, loveday internment camp, barmera south australia, ern whitmore, lt e t dean

Books written after the war concerning the Raider Kormoran and HMAS Sydney's battle in the Indian Ocean with the loss of the Sydney and her crew.Green Back clear plastic folder. Photocopied pages from the book entitled The Raider Kormoran by Theodor Detmers and the Secret Raiders by David Woodward.The Raider Kormoran kormoran, hmas sydney, theodor detmers, david woodward, secret raiders, the raider kormoran

Interesting document presented to the Museum by former internee and assistant (later) Shire of Rodney Executive by Stefan Asboth.Clear plastic cover with red margin and red back cover. White printing on back back ground. Inscription top right hand corner.Re Internees Remaining in Australia If They So Desire. Presented to the museum by Stefan Asboth.stefan asboth, internees, tatura camps

Photos and notes of Japanese families interned in Camp 4, also reunion in 1993.Green plastic file, clear front with plastic sleeves containing photosJapanese Familiesjapanese families, internment camps, camp 4, interment camp reunions

Folder with black plastic cover, clear front containing printed articles "Famous Men of Malvern" and "Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal" "Famous Men of Malvern" and "Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal" karl duldig, camp 3, singapore group, internee camps

A small booklet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Dunera Boys arrive in Sydney, NSW.Predominently white booklet with England HMT Dunera and Australia in black. Commemoration booklet1940-1990 50 years in Australia dunera, 50th anniversary, internment camps, tatura

Used at Officer Camp, Dhurringile, during WW2.Linen finish cover, dark green, gold embossed, German text. 383 pages."Buecherei Offizierlager Dhurringile" stamped in red on flyleaf. Enc. greeting card - looses pages 384-385. B 8 70 in pencil on fly leaf. 2/6 in pencil.dhurringile, ww2, internment camps