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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, marching across paddocks, 1940
... german civilian internees...Photographs show German civilian internees being... Tatura the-murray Photographs show German civilian internees ...Photographs show German civilian internees being transferred from Dhurringile internment camp (Mansion) via "Kiota" farm to Camp 1. Bill Pargeter owned "Kiota" farm at that time (January 1940).2 sepia coloured photograph depicting internees marching across paddocks, under guard, with soldiers carrying guns.german civilian internees, dhurringile camp, kiota farm, camp 1 -
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Certificate, Deutches Reichs Sportabzeichen, 1945
... by the German civilian internees within the compounds of the camp... by the German civilian internees within the compounds of the camp ...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. -
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Portrait
... Erich Erwin Heinz Neumann was a German civilian internee... Tatura the-murray Erich Erwin Heinz Neumann was a German civilian ...Erich Erwin Heinz Neumann was a German civilian internee in Camp 1, Tatura, during WWII. He was an artist & this portrait, although unfinished, was of another internee, a Count, (name currently unknown), in the same camp. This is a framed, photographic copy of the original portrait, donated by the daughter of the artist, photograph taken by the grandson, (Tim Allan of TA Media, Adelaide, South Australia).Framed photograph copy of unfinished portrait of unknown Camp 1 internee, Count ....., by another German internee, Erich Erwin Heinz Neumann. Tan frame. Subject on dark background, white beard & hair, white clothing. tatura, camp 1, internee camps, illustrations, erich erwin heinz neumann, camp artwork, internment artwork -
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Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941
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. -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Theatre Program, Internierungslager Tatura 1, 24/12.1940
Indicate life and interest of German male civilians who were held in internment during /world War 2. The names of several internees involved in the production are included. A unique document saved by the family for many years, and which illustrates the methods undertaken by the internees in order to improve their life while imprisoned. Also illustrates the help offered to the internee by the Australian Authorities, viz the use of office equipment to print the program, and the making available of movie films and musical instruments. Original paper program, printed on two sides.nil -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Abacus, Between 1939-1945
Camp 3 was one of the Tatura Group of civilian & prisoner of war internment camps during World War 2. Camp 3 was a civilian 'family' camp. The abacus was made by a German internee, for his son in the camp. It was made from scrap materials found in and around the camp & the beads & other wooden parts of the abacus were turned on a lathe also constructed by the internees. Wood & metal abacus with wooden base, sides & beads (100), & metal rails. Wood painted red & black. camp 3, tatura, internment camps, civilian internees -
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Document and CD - Biography, Mary Henderson Gerstle et al, Bernhard Hermann Gerstle, 2013
Bernhard Gerstle & his family (parents & siblings) were German nationals working in Tehran, Iran upon the outbreak of World War II. In 1941, after the installation of a pro-British ruler to the Persian throne, all German nationals were targeted as threats to national security. The women and children evacuated to Stuttgart, Germany via Turkey, while the men were handed over to British forces. Bernhard was taken by ship (the SS Rona) to Bombay & then to Australia (on the SS Rangitiki). He was then marched in to Loveday internment camp 10, South Australia. In January 1945 the German & Italian internees at Loveday were transferred to Tatura Camp 1. Bernhard remained there until after the war & his eventual release, on 29th August 1946. Bernhard chose & was granted permission to remain in Australia post-war, as did many civilian internees, after their examination by a Committee of Inquiry which investigated their political leanings & other criteria for their supposed suitability as Australian residents. The biography also recounts his employment post-war, marriage in 1952 & his later naturalisation as an Australian citizen. Other material includes Gerstle family history from the perspective of Bernhard's sister & family, who remained in Stuttgart; background on the Gerstle family's Russian origins; and a biography of Oskar Speck, famous kayaker, amongst other things, who was interned along with Bernhard & who became good friends with the family; a brief historical background of the Allied forces/Persia invasion; and extracts of Tatura Camp 3 internee Helga Griffin's book, "Sing Me That Lovely Song Again". Black plastic A4 display folder. CD soft case with CD. Folder contains printed biographical information regarding Bernhard Hermann Gerstle. CD contains copies of same documents and also copies of photographs of Bernhard & the Gerstle family. Folder: Bernhard Hermann Gerstle/ Gerstle Family/ Loveday and Tatura Internment Camps 1941-1946/ Sydney 1946-1978/ Compiled by Mary Henderson 2013 CD: BH Gerstle; 1941 - Interned by British/ 1941-1946 - Internee at Loveday SA, Tatura VIC/ Sydney 1946-1978. camp 1, tatura, loveday, world-war-two, internment-camps -
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Document - Memoir, Hermine Wedel, Memories of Tatura, July 2014
... in Brazil & Germany. world war ii internee camps civilian internees ...An account of the author's family background & early life, more particularly those events leading to their internment in Tatura, Victoria, Australia during World War 2. The author's parents (author Hermine Wedel, nee Strauss) were of German nationality & practicing as missionaries in New Guinea. Upon the outbreak of WW2, those German nationals were ordered to the coast by the Australian authorities and the men were transported to internment camps in Australia. The women remained behind, reporting regularly to the authorities, until they too were brought to camps in Australia at the end of 1941. They were eventually reunited in a family camp for internees, Camp 3 at Tatura, in 1943. They were released from the camp to work in Australia in 1947 and the family returned to New Guinea in 1949, and eventually went back to Germany. The author also briefly recounts her marriage & married life in Brazil & Germany. 13 page document, A4 paper. 7 pages of English translation, 6 pages German original. world war ii, internee camps, civilian internees, german internees, camp 3, tatura, new guinea, strauss, stuerzenhofecker -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Peter Mueller
Peter Muller was a German pilot in North Africa and captured and sent to Camp 13. Model of JunkersBlack and white photograph of Peter Mueller in Luftwaffe uniform and forage cap in front of a hut and suspended from the window is a 4 engine model plane. Looks like a civilian plane the left hand of Herr Mueller is lightly holding up the wing tip of the model plane.peter mueller, german internee, camp 13, camp internees, luftwaffa pilots, german planes, model planes -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Newsletters, Brennessel, Oct. 1941 -Mar 1942
The 22 copies of Brennessel were the property of Internee Brulle, who was repatriated to Britain during the War. The copies were given to Pastor Ewald Steiniger, Pastor at the Lutheran Trinity Church in Melbourne. Steineger's son donated them to the Tatura Museum..Typed, roneod newsletters written in German with numerous sketches of camp life and identities. Hand applied colour to the name and sketch on the front page. Black 2 ring binder.Pencilled name "Brulle" on the front page.camp 1 civilian internees, illegal newsletters, books, periodicals