"Smoko" for guards with their mountsB & W. Two guards seated on stack of timber. Three horses in harness.internment camp guards, ww2, camp 13, army personnel, garrison guards, garrison horses

This item was used on P.C. Toby Nixon and Grace Nixon's farm, "Rolling Downs" at Bete Bolong. During WW11 the farm grew carrots, red beet, cabbages, beans and maize. Because of labour shortages the government built a Prisoner of War Camp on Russell's Hill. The manager, Dick Northrope, used three Italian prisoners to frill ring small trees and shrubs between crop harvesting. The introduction of ‘frill ringing’ and poisoning with arsenical tree killers in the 1940's and 1950's helped reduce the amount of labour required and trees on more country were treated. This enabled the hill country at Bete Bolong to become more productive. The dead trees and shrubs were later cleared by Erle Broome's D7 caterpillar bulldozer. This was the first big area of 230 acres to be cleared in the Orbost district. Soon after entering World War 11 Australia was asked by Britain to accept and guard large numbers of 'enemy aliens' and prisoners of war. The British government felt that it could not afford to feed large numbers of prisoners and it was believed that once in Australia the internees would have no chance of escape. Eager to show solidarity with Britain's cause, Australia readily agreed and decided to place the prisoners in a number of different camps scattered around the country and guard them with reservists and soldiers too unfit to serve overseas. There was an internment camp at Bete Bolong, Orbost. This item is an example of an item used by the Italian P.O.W.'s residing there. It is also an example of an agricultural tool not commonly used today.A galvanized iron watering can which has been used to hold poison for ring barking trees (possibly arsenic). It has a narrow spout. There is a handle at the back and a folding handle on the top. The top is conical with an opening for a cork. agriculture prisoner-of-war-camp tree-removal land-clearing

Camp 1 TaturaBlack and White photo of Camp 1 Parade Ground with Guard Room on left with the number 24 on the side of one of the huts. Guards lined up outside on each side of ground. Personnel Hub on right. A stone walled garden is on the right. Two poles in the middle of the picture. camp 1, tatura, army guards internment camps, camp 1 garrison parade, huts, guards, garrison

Depicts the entrance to 14c Compound of the Loveday Internment Camp Group. The guardroom is on the left. All internees and vehicles entering or leaving the compound had to pass through the cage. Taken in 1945 by Hedley Keith Cullen (AWM). Accession number 122994/Copy of black and white photograph depicting a birdcage entrance, fencing, guardroom and huts in the distance. Foreground barren dirt. Picture is attached to corefu.guard rooms, loveday internment camp, 14c compound, camp entrances

Black and white photograph of Japanese men leaving the camp on a work detail. Taken at Camp 13.Black and white photograph stuck on coreflu depicting a group of Japanese men leaving the camp. Barracks and trees in background. The men are just coming through the sentry guard gate.japanese internees, camp 13 murchison, internment camp work detail

Camp 13 guard observation tower beams (ruins) in paddock. Timber and wire fence mid distance.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Timber beams, remnants of guard observation tower (foreground).camp 13, internment camp, murchison victoria, observation tower, ruins, guard tower ruins

Copy of black and white photograph of early stage of Camp 13.Copy of black and white photograph of pre fabricated huts in fenced off area. Sentry box and guard near gate in foreground, trees in background.camp 13, murchison victoria, internment camps, internment camp buildings

Valentine Carpern was a guard during WW2 at the internment camp, Tatura.Copy of original. Camp guard Valentine Carpern and hostess "Maude". Fence and garden bed in background.internment camps, camp 1, valentine carpern, internment camp gardens, tatura victoria

Found at POW camp 13 site post war by war time guard. Contained in a gold coloured material covered display box.Circular Commonwealth of Australia copper coin, value one penny, dated 1945. Head and shoulders impression of George V1 on reverse side. Kangaroo on front. Latin script around circumference.Australian half penny 1945camp 13, penny coin, australian currency, murchison internment camp

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

Picture of Camp 3, B and C compounds, taken from the water tower by Vollmer family, 1947, prior to repatriation to Germany. Several other copies in file.Black and white photographs of huts surrounded by perimeter fences with guard tower in foreground.internment camps, pow's, camp 3, water tower camp 3

WW2 internment camp 1, Tatura. Australian Staff Sergeant G F Evans (V14130) with two of the mascots in camp 1 - Whacko the Cockatoo and Cobber the terrier. Whacko was found by a prisoner as a fledgling, reared by one of the guards and renowned for its lurid vocabulary. Ended its days at Wallan Hotel after the War.Black and white photograph. Australian Sergeant (wearing service ribbons) with white cockatoo and terrier standing in front of Army hut, Camp 1. Photograph taken 24 June 1943.internment camps, tatura internment camps, wacka the cockatoo, cobber the terrier, staff sergeant g f evans, v14130, army camp mascots