Pair of cherubs: 1 - cherub on crescent moon cut out of 3 ply wood. Painted orange with yellow hair. Stars drawn on the moon. 2 - Cherub sitting on clouds holding a star. Cut out of 3 ply. Lightly painted. Skin colour (white).cherub, woodwork, camp 3 woodwork, camp 3 craft

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

Made by POW's at camp 13.Ornate carved wooden letter opener. Hand turned.N0 13 POW Group Murchison Australiakevin clarke, wooden letter opener, internment camp woodwork

photos donated by Nancy Fowkesblue plastic folder with photos &c text in sleevescamp 13 woodwork, personal story, books, military

Made by Rudolf Hoefer In Camp 3Wooden slatted folding stool. cross supports between the legsIH or HIstool, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork, furniture, domestic

Made and used by internees at Camp 3Wooden slatted folding stool. Cross supports between the legsstool, wood, bissinger g, wied, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork, furniture, domestic

Made and used by internees at Camp 3Wooden ladder with mortised joints. 9 rungs.ladder, camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork

Donor was former child internee at Camp 3 (father Friedrich "Fritz" Gottlieb Kubler).Hand made wooden pencil case. Lid slides on & off. Large main compartment & smaller compartment.A stylised 'K', painted white, and a flower (orange petals, green leaves), both engraved on lid.tatura, camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork, school, equipment

Handmade by internee at Camp 3Wood plane, camp coins used as washers. One imprinted "Internment Camp". The handle turned on a pedal lathe, also made in Camp. All from materials found in camp surroundsOn coins - "One penny Internment Camp"plane, wood, hoffmann k, hoffmann e, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork, trades, tools

This box was made in the Camp to bring clothes and other hings out of the Camp when leaving. Made from fruit or vegetable boxesLarge wooden storage box with lid with lock and key. Key tied onto a piece of plastic coated wire. Key loose inside box. Extra strips of wood nailed on inside and outside of boxKurt Beilharzbox, wood, beilharz k, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork

Made by ex-internee for MuseumWooden barbwire 8 sided outline of Camp 2. Copper wire loopww2 camp 3, handcraft, woodwork

Used by internees at Camp 3 to make molds for coffee pots.Solid wooden block. Tapered at the top. Used to form tin coffee potsmould for coffee pots, wooden, kazenwadel family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, handcrafts, woodwork, coffee pot molds

Made by internee in Camp 3, TaturaHand turned wooden bowl. Varying shapes of wood grains incorporating a small circular base.bowl, frank b, wood, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, hancrafts, woodwork

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

Model acquired by one of the Camp 13 garrison members, the father of the Donor.Wooden model of three masted Schooner fore-and-aft-rigged on three masts, in wooden tongue and grooved varnish box with glass front.Made by German Prisoner of War in German Prisoner of War Camp, Murchison, 1944, on underside of box.three masted schooner, german pow camp 13, garrison, camp 13 murchison, craft work, model ship, handcrafts, woodwork

Items made by prisoners from wood scrounged from wood heap. Photographed at display of memorabilia at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph of wooden items - platters with pennies in centre, bowls, globe, egg, buckle, egg cups on tray, mortar and pestle, pipe and ash tray. Negative no. 20.internment camps, ww2, woodwork, handmade, tatura

Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia, displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Negative no 13.Colour photograph. Items made from melted down silver coins. Bracelets, pendants, rings and brooches. Wooden trinket box.metalwork, woodwork, pow, camp internees, jewellery, trinket box

Photographed at Exhibition of Camp memorabilia displayed at Temper Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Hand carved woodwork and dolls. Tools and planes, toys, fretsaw work cradle, dolls bath with ladle and fairy tale figures - inlay work. Doll on top of jewel box has hand carved head and limbs and a stuffed cloth body. Negative no 4.tools, wood work, fret work, hand carved, dolls, inlay work, pow, camp internees

Photographed at Exhibition of POW memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria in 1981. Colour photograph. Toys made by prisoners. Oven (door opens), saucepans (possibly made from jam tins), wardrobe, bath, bed and small cupboards. Negative no 5.furniture - toy, woodwork, craftwork, tin craft, pow, internment camps

Photographed at Exhibition of POW memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged. Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Chess set, draughts counters, tiny toys, aeroplanes and cannons. Highly prized scrap books made with cut outs from foot tin labels.Negative non 2.woodwork, draughts, chess set, pow, internment camps, toys, aeroplanes, cannons