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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - autobiography, Vittorio Tolaini, Voyage of an alien, October 1982
... italian aliens... arandora star italian aliens italian pow's dunera boys marco grazzi ...an interesting account of one of the 734 who joined the ill fated Arandora Star of which 486 perished and one of the 200+ survivors who subsequently came to Australian on the Dunera. The German survivors from the Arandora Star, 244 joined the B & G class 2288 Jewish Refugees, some 2732 souls. Graphically described in the first 20 pages and life in Australian prison camps until he returned to England in 1946,Folder. Voyage of an alien. picture of the Dunera. by Vittorio Tolaini. printed on a gold coloured cardboard cover.Voyage of an alien. picture of the Dunera. by Vittorio Tolaini. printed on a gold coloured cardboard cover.dunera, arandora star, italian aliens, italian pow's, dunera boys, marco grazzi, german survivors -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, reminiscence of their survival of the Arandora Star and Dunera, 1991
... italian aliens from england... internee survivers italian aliens from england simeoni mas ...Written in Italian it would appear to be a reminiscence of their survival of the Arandora Star and Dunera. One page.One page in a clear plastic folder.DA Landre and Melbourne GLI ex Della"arandora star", della, dunera, italian internee survivers, italian aliens from england, simeoni mas -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, Alien Italian Internees Camp 2 Then 4 and 2
... Tatura the-murray Folder Alien Italian Internees Camp 2 Then 4 ... -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document - Autobiography, The Voyage of an Alien
Vittorio was a internee in camp. This is a photocopy of the original book C Black multi ring A4 folder containing a copy of the book The Voyage of an Alien, an autobiography written by internee Vittoria Tolaini. The Voyage of an Alien by Vittorio Tolaini 14 Monash University Libraryvittorio tolaini, italian internees, dunera, loveday internment camp -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Enemy Aliens, 1005
... Enemy Aliens The internment of Italian Migrants.... enemy aliens franklin j italian migrants camp 14a (loveday) camp ...Tells of the plight of Italian migrants in Australia during WW2. On Jun 10th, 1940 the Australian authorities carried out the bigget round-up of civilians of an Italian descent.Navy blue soft cover with lines of green barb wire and red and white textEnemy Aliens The internment of Italian Migrants in Australia during the second world war.enemy aliens, franklin j, italian migrants, camp 14a (loveday), camp 3, tatura -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, To Set the Record Straight, 2008
Tells of the Author's Father who migrated to Australia in 1925. He spent 3 1/2 years in Internment Camps at Tatura, Hay and Loveday as Italians were classed as Enemy AliensWhite/green soft cover book, black and red textww2, camp 1, hay, loveday, books, history, local -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Painting - watercolour, No 2 Internment Camp, 1945
This painting is for the Museum. It was a gift to me by an ex prisoner, whom I met when he came to Melbourne with Vic, Nicky and others. His name is Luigi Poggioli and he was a most distinguished gentleman, so distinct and well educated that I still remember him clearly (and I do not have a good memory). Perhaps I remember so well because of his kind words in verse on the painting which read :(Translation) "Ungrateful land with handsome race of Italian blood who with their hard work enriched you". Yes I believe I remember so well because of this verse. Extract from a letter from Mrs Tolaini now living in London. She is the Wife of Vittorio Tolaini who was on the Dunera and wrote of his experiences in "Voyage of an Alien" June 1991. Framed watercolour painting - 11 trees in foreground, one small hut facing towards bottom right hand corner, 4 large huts centre of painting, black writing in Italian left and right foreground. Painting by L Poggioli.Front bottom left side: "To Noemi Vendramini for her 21st birthday, January 19,1945. L Poggioli, LP44 No. 2 Internment Camp, Tatura Front bottom right side: 4 lines of Italian writing translated "Ungrateful land with handsome race of Italian blood who with their hard work enriched you"camp 2, mrs tolaini, noemi vendramini, luigi poggioli, dunera boy -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Hidden Lives: war, internment and Australia's Italians, 2018
Tells the stories of those immigrants who experienced detention during World War 2 as enemy aliens in these allied nations. Some Italian families whose husbands were arrested as "security risks" were sent to internment camps such as Loveday S.A hundreds of miles away leaving their wives and families to cope alone during W.W.2Cover has colours of the Italian flag, green, white and red. Across the centre of the flag is a photo of Italian internees arriving at a camp.For our surrogate mother, Lurline Knee. Thank you for bringing the Tatura story to us. beast wishes from Claudia (Marsella) Barker may 2018.world war two, italian internees -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio Wartimes Camps, Italian Internees and Prisoners of War, c. 2000
Lists of Italian Pow's interned in Australia during WW2.List of names of prisoners of war held in Australia during WW2. Recollections "Voyage of an Alien" by Vittorio Tolaini.Black two ring folder with printed material enclosed in plastic sleeves. -
Orbost & District Historical Society
poison pot, Smith, R. & E, 1940's
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