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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph, Christmas tree
... christmas in an internment camp...Christmas at an internment camp during WW2 in Australia... Tatura the-murray Christmas at an internment camp during WW2 ...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 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook - Book - Childrens, Mrs H C Craddock, Everyday Stories to tell to Children, January 1930
... , Christmas 1942, Tatura Internment Camp 3A. ... Children's Books Camp 3 Christmas Red Cross Internees Hand written ...Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. Olive green linen cover with embossing on edge and spine. Gold printing on spine. 256 pages. The front of the original dust cover has been attached to the inside of the book. It is colour picture of four children in a farmyard with chickens and two cats. Painted by Ettel Kate Burgess.Hand written inside: Else-Lore Oertel from the Red Cross, Christmas 1942, Tatura Internment Camp 3A. else lore hukins, children's books, camp 3, christmas, red cross, internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPhotograph - copy, 1989 copy
... Christmas in an internment camp (Camp 3 Rushworth).... Tatura the-murray Christmas in an internment camp (Camp 3 ...Christmas in an internment camp (Camp 3 Rushworth).Black and white photograph. Taken inside a corrugated iron hut. There is a pine tree in the foreground, decorated with Christmas decorations. At the base of the tree is a small replica of a house.camp 3 rushworth, christmas celebrations -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Crocodile
... at Christmas time. hand puppets internment camp hand crafts pow puppets ...The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted green paper mache head. Teeth and inside of jaw painted red with red fabric lining at back of jaw. Black painted eyes. The body is of green fabric, hand stitched to leather which is tacked to the crocodiles head.hand puppets, internment camp hand crafts, pow puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre, crocodile puppet -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Kasper (Punch), WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted brown paper mache head with red lips, blue eyes and black eyebrows. Wearing a blue and white check hat and matching top over a green and red top, skirt and trousers. Long sleeves have a white trim. He has a white frilled neck ruff. The legs are only material at top with wooden boots painted black. There is no body parts. He is wearing a loose leather belt.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre, puppetry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, The Judge, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted brown paper mache head with red lips, blue eyes and black eyebrows. Has white judge wig with small round green hat. He has a white frilled neck ruff and wearing a black cape with high stand up collar. There are no body parts. pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre, puppetry -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, The Jester, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted fawn brown paper mache head with red lips and open mouth, green protruding eyes with red outline and big eye sockets. He is wearing a red pointed hat and matching red and gold and fur trimmed coat. There are no body parts. His legs are material with wooden fur boots and stubs for arms.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, The Policeman with key ring and sword, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted light pink paper mache head with goatee beard, black eyes and eyebrows. Is wearing a black top hat and has black short hair and side burns. There are no body parts. His legs are just his trousers of checked tweed. His shirt is navy blue with high neck with white trim and 6 gold tacks securing head to body. Sleeves are long with white cuffs. Hands are brown paper mache. He has a wooden knife with elastic on handle to put on arm and a wooden key with metal ring to put on arm.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPuppet, The Scribe, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Hand painted orange paper mache head with goatie beard, blue eyes and white eyebrows. Wearing a long black and white dress with a grey collar and cuffs over a cream with little red flower skirt which is trimmed in grey. Legs are cream material with wooden feet. Hands are wood. Hair is white with bald head.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, The Devil, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head and hands and 1 wooden boot covered with brown leather. 1 wooden leg carved as a hoof. Head painted red with white eyes and teeth trimmed in black. dressed in maroon trousers and coat with red and gold trimmings. Black felt collar.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 camp puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Man with Checked cap, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head hand painted brown with black hair and beard. Bright blue painted eyes. Black and white check hat. Brown fabric body with purple and white striped tie. Attached with tacks to wooden head support.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Skull, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head in shape of a skull - painted grey with black eyes, nose and white mouth. Wearing a dark brown "bush" hat.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Judy, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Brown paper mache head and arms, no body. Long dark blue material trousers under the dress. At end of material legs are small paper wooden legs and black shoes intact. Judy has a colourful dress with yellow apron. Dress has many different pieces of material of various patterns.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharon lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, murchison internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Green Lady, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Tan paper mache head ,face painted with water colours, brown headscarf over white hair, green dress with long sleeves. No body or arms/legs.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Red Lady, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head ,face painted with water colours, pink headscarf held down with tacks, a red dress with long sleeves. No body or arms/legs.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Man with moustache, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time.Paper mache head of man with large nose, pointed chin and moustache. Hand painted blue eyes. Moustache and eye brows made with cotton thread. Magenta tie stitched to neck. Bottle green felt jacket with magenta trim. Leather hands attached to sleeves. Light brown skirt attached to jacket. leather ears on head. pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumArtwork, other - Puppet, Princess, WW2
The puppets were made by German POW's in camp 13 and sent to internment camp 3 as gifts for the children at Christmas time. Paper mache head & arms hand painted pink. Small paper crown on top of white painted hair. White fabric dress with metallic gold trim in front on sleeves. A high collar attached to dress made of white fabric covering leather for stiffness. Blue cotton coat with gold trim. Wooden legs covered in calico with blue painted high heel shoes, with white heels.pow puppets, pow handcrafts, hand puppets, sharron lohe, ww2 internment camp puppet theatre, puppet theatre -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumDecorative object - Girl Bavarian Doll, Friedel Dehnel, 1040-1945
Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. Friedel Dehnel "Tante Fiffi" made the authentic Bavarian doll and clothes. Friedel, wife of Walter Dehnel, arrived as a young woman from Austria, working in the Victorian snowfields as a chef and was a champion skier. She then became a dressmaker for Melbourne society and insisted that she be interned to be with her husband. She made costumes for the internment camp plays and took over her husband's duties as a cook for Camp A when he was locked up for "insubordination". She was deported with her husband back to Germany after the war and cared for her orphaned nephews and nieces in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.Doll dressed in authentic Bavarian costume. Black wool hat trimmed with gold lace and dried flowers. Gold coloured skirt on dress with sash. Bodice is black with traditional embroidery. White long sleeves with lace trim at cuffs. She is holding a basket with dried flowers."Merry Christmas Else-Lore" on baseelse oertel, else lore hukins, friedel dehnel, dressmaker, chef, camp 3 -
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Book, Federmann, Alles Eine Linie, 1942
... Christmas gift Internment camp theatre groups Hand made/bound cloth ...Book was a 1942 Christmas gift for Adolf Wilke, POW camp 13 Murchison by all members of the camp theatre group. Signed by members of the cast.Hand made/bound cloth covered book containing poems, plays and cartoon sketches (done in ink). Page 3 features hand written signature in pencil. Illustration on front cover of mans face with the title above and date below. 26 numbered pages.adolf wilke, pow camp 13, pow christmas gift, internment camp theatre groups -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumDomestic object - Egg Cup, 1940's
... Angeles USA. german pow christmas present egg cup internment camp ...Made as a Christmas present for a child in camp 3 by a German POW. Gretl Frank was bought to Australia in September 1941 with her German parents who were residents in Palestine (a British Protectorate at the end of WW1). Temple society members. She was born in Palestine October 1939. Married Hornung, 2 children - Ingrid and Jennifer. She is now resident is Los Angeles USA.Polished wood turned egg cup.GS german pow, christmas present, egg cup, internment camp wood work, gretl frank -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPainting - Painting - Oil, Cesare Vagarini, The Big Tree, 1941
The painting was bought from Cesare Vagarini by Herr Wennagel for "Weihnachten" 1941 (Christmas) for his wife Johanna (Hanno) Wennagel. It was their first Christmas in the Camp. Herr Wennagel made many of the frames for Vagarini's paintings.A large Eucalyptus Tree surrounded by four huts - one on the left, three to the right. Green grass between the huts. A sunflower is growing at the side of the front left hut and a woman wearing a white shirt and blue skirt is seen entering the hut. Two women, one in pink and one in yellow are standing on a pathway between the huts. Clothes hanging on a washing line can be seen behind the tree near the last hut on the right. Bright blue sky and more trees in the background.Vagarini Ctatura, ww2, internment camp, camp 3 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumBook, Wenn es Schneit, 1944
Illustrated book of poems and drawings by Alfons Koenig, an internee in Camp 3 made for Christmas 1944. 2 copiesFaded blue soft cardboard cover. Snow scene and 1944-45, on the front cover. Book has been handstitched to cover. Some pictures in the book have been hand coloured.Pictures: BDM Linocuts: Alfons Koenig Title page and Manuscripts: Alfons Koenig Editor: The Management of the German Internment Camp 3, Tatura Australiaanderson h, wied h, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, alfons koenig -
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Decorative object - Christmas Tree, 1942/43
Made by German POW's Camp 13 and sent by Army Guards to Internment Camp 3 as a gift to German Beilharz family. Used until family released in 1946. Later, Meta Beilharz had it with her in the Tabulam and Templer Home for the Aged In Bayswater Vic.Christmas tree made of wooden upright and stand, wire branches covered in silver tinsel. Hand cut and painted angels and dwarfs, painted walnuts, stars (gold and silver), other ornaments - tiny pine cones, cotton wool, candle holderstatura, christmas tree, camp 3, beilharz family, pow, camp 13 -
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Book, Ida Seidel, Das Munsch-Kind, 1930
Forwarded to German internees in Camp 3 by the German Red Cross. See inside front cover. Christmas 1942. Retained by Gerd Aberle on release from internment.Dark blue hard cover, red and gold printing plastic covered.Ina Seidel - Das Munsch Kindgerd aberle, german red cross, camp 3 -
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Photographs, Frank Collection of copies of Camp 3 Photographs
Collection of photographs from camp 3, Palestine Group. 1. Christmas decorations. 2. Copy of photo of Erich & Gretl Frank sent by Gretl Frank to her grandfather in Cyprus, 01.06.1947. 3,4. Copy of photo of Gretl Frank & Helga Bulach (now Jurgensen), taken unofficially by a nursing sister. 5. Copy of photo of Frank family & Egar Clauss, an engineer working in Persia and brought for internment without his family. 6.Back: Roland & Berti Frank with Heidi & Ursula in front. Mrs. Emma Frank holding Erich and Mr Kurt Frank, Gretl in front. 7 Kindergarten Class- Ursula Frank; Gretl Frank & Anne Marie Blaich. 8 Doster; Waltraud Guenther; Wally; Nelly Edelmaier; Ilse Frank; Ingebord Graze; Heidi Frank & Gudrun Doster. 9 Gretl's school class with Herr Baer. Back: Walter Krafft; Peter Auer; ? ; ? ; ? ; ? ;Gretl Frank; Ursula Frank; Gerda Baer; ? ; Traude Hoefer; Eleonore Hahn. Front row not identified. 10 Waltraud Guenther; ? ; ? ; ? ; Doster; ? ; ? ;Heidi & Isse Frank. 11 Wedding of Otto Frank & Gertrud Beilharz. 12 Group including Harald Graze and Eberhard Guenther. 13 Group including Ulrich Krafft? 14 Official photograph 809. 15 Back: Roland Frank; Gudrun Heider (Frank); Heider (her husband); Jone Frank; Isolde Frank; Kurt Frank.| Front: Berti holding Ursula; Heidi; Bete Frank (mother of Isolde & Gudrun); Gretl Frank & Emma Frank.Copies of mainly 10 x 8 cms. sepia photographs -
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Christmas Card, Weihnachtsgruesse Aus Tatura, December 1940
... of the Garrison office equipment. tatura internment camp 1 Original hand ...Christmas greeting card produced for forwarding to family and friends outside the camp.Artwork by internees and the co-operation of the Australian Authorities in allowing use of the Garrison office equipment.Original hand printed Christmas Greeting Card with sketches, made in Internment Camp 1, Tatura.tatura internment camp 1 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumNotelet, 1940's
Issued for internee use at Camp 3, Tatura, by the Australian Young Mens' Christian AssociationChristmas greeting notelet, front "cover" features cut-out map of Australia, picture of a kangaroo in bottom left hand corner and of an emu in bottom right hand corner. Painted red bow at "spine"|Second page features sketch of internment camp trees and barracks. Part is seen through a cut out on front page. Printed on Page 3 in German : Christmas /New Year greeting and organisation responsible for production of notelet. Stapled togetherww2, camps, documents, cards -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumInternment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941
... Internment Camp Christmas Program... Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura Internment Camp Christmas ...The orchestra consisted of German male civilians interned as "Enemy Aliens" during World War 2. Those interned in 1941 were former Australian residents and New Guinea missionaries.The program indicates the caring attitude of the Australian authorities in permitting the acquisition of musical instruments, and the encouragement offered to the internees in order to produce the concert. Original single page paper program with printed list of orchestral items to be performed by the camp orchestra,19th.and 20th. July 1941, in Internment Camp 1, Tatura. Also lists the names of the members of the orchestra and their instruments.Nil.
