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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPainting - Painting - Oil, Billiards, 1940's
... internment camp auction... at the internment camp 4 auction conducted by the Commonwealth Government... at the internment camp 4 auction conducted by the Commonwealth Government ...Discovered in 2003 when owner, Ken Gray, of Tatura, noticed the covering paper peeling away on the wall of a galvanised iron shed on his property. He believed the shed was bought at the internment camp 4 auction conducted by the Commonwealth Government in the early 1950's and transported to the property which he now owns.Cartoon like painting depicting men (army garrison soldiers) playing billiards. One man appears to be sitting on the edge of the billiard table. Item unframed. (conservation work done on this in 2021 and now framed)kenneth gray, camp 4, internment camp auction -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps MuseumPainting - Painting, Oil, Centaur, 1945
Harry Gorry bid for & purchased on internet auction site. The seller's mother was putting these & other items up for auction. Her father, the seller's grandfather was Dr. Bruno Koenig, a German surgeon detained by Allied forces while fleeing New Guinea in 1941. He was detained & sent to be interned in Camp 3, Tatura. There he met the painter Cesare Vagarini & they became friends, thus 4 years later upon the end of the war Vagarini gave the surgeon the two paintings in thanks & in memory of their friendship. Dr Koening then passed the paintings down to his daughter, where they remained in the family for 60 years. The seller's mother decided it was time to sell & was happy that the paintings went to a good home, as the family was until now unaware of the connection between Vagarini and the Tatura Museum. Harry Gorry just happened to notice a familiar name in an auction that he came across by accident & purchased them for our benefit. (Most information copied from Tatura Bulletin article, April 2014).Oil painting, depicting mythological scene. Female figure (unclothed), holding a red cloth/ garment trailing behind her. Centaur / faun? walking beside her. Outdoor scene. Trees, mountains & cloudy blue sky visible in background. Sandy coloured soil. Painted on reverse of old "Choice Tea" box.(On back): 1945 Tatura; ... remember ..... and us, Cesare and Maria Vagarini; On back, on sticker: Va(r)garini, Tatura Internment Camp, 1945 "Choice Tea" stencilled on back, part of original box material.tatura, camp 3, cesare vagarini, camp 3 artwork, victorian internment camps, doctor bruno koenig -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, Garrison, c.1995
... 17th army garrison, pow camp, internment camp, tackaberry..., pow camp, internment camp, tackaberry, ibbot, camp auction ...Copies of original material, records and recollections from the days the Camp operated during WW2, archival material, photographs and sketches. Unique material collected from the World War 2 Internment and Prisoner of War Camps in the Tatura, Murchison, Rushworth area during World War 2..Black two ring folder containing printed matter, sketches and photos in plastic sleeves.17th army garrison, pow camp, internment camp, tackaberry, ibbot, camp auction.
