Two deck chairs (1 minus canvas). The other one has orange, green, cream and black striped canvas. Made in Camp 3 by Karl Wied. Frame mostly 5 cm x 1.5 cm varnished timber held with bolts and nuts and steel plates.deck chair, hand made, karl wied, camp 3, tatura, internee, woodwork

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

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

Plan of a wood turning lathe made by internee at camp 3. diagram and description of each piece in the plan to make a wood turning lathe. Has been laminated.lathe plans, lathe diagram, rudy hoefer, woodworking equipment

Used by internees at Camp 3. Known as "Klip Klop" sandals, worn to lavatory and shower blocks early morningsPair of carved wooden platform heel sandals. Synthetic covering on heel and sole. Leather strap nailed in position to cover toessandals, wood, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp 3, tatura, ww2, costume, female, foorwear, handcrafts, 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

Gisela Koch was a German internee in camp 3. She was given the box while in Camp 3. Her niece, Dr. Silke Hesse donated the item.Rectangular shaped polished wooden jewellery box, rounded edges. Hinged lid, brass hinges. Medium-light brown coloured wood. Dark green velvet lining inner & on base. Underside of lid is padded underneath velvet. Has tray insert, velvet covered also. Insert possibly not made of wood, is very light to handle. tatura, internment camps, camp 3, domestic, items, ornaments, decorative, handcrafts, woodwork, containers

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

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

Made by Internee at Camp 3Superb hand tooled red gum wool winder on a base of 2 hexagonal pieces, 2 small hexagonals on the top piece of wood support one fixed position spool whilst the upper spool is adjustable up or downwool, hoefer r, wood, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, textile, machinery, spinning, handcrafts, woodwork

Handmade by internee at camp 3, Tatura and used there as an egg cup. Handturned light coloured, polished wood egg cupegg cup, bissinger g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork, wood, turning

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura workshopWood turned handle, unpolished, unfinished handle, wood, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork

Made by internee in Camp 3, Tatura workshopWood turned handle, polished, with metal end piece/shaft. Opening for inserting blade/chiselhandle, wood, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork

Made by internee in Camp 3, Tatura workshopWood turned handle with fine copper wire band at one end. Hole for inserting blade or chiselhandle, wood, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, handcrafts, woodwork

Made in Tatura Internment Camp for the Internee's son and daughter.Jewel box, hand craft wooden, lined internally, and containing two tortoise shell carved pendants, tortoise shell and leather wrist ornament held with metal clasp, and an aluminium toy fighter plane lapel badge.Raised circular section on lid with letter "B"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

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