Reversible ski jacket made by Rosalie Kiessling, 1970s. Used by Rosalie's son and daughter-in-law, from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The Kiessling family skied at Mt Buller and are members of Omega Ski Lodge. German by birth Rosalie, grew up skiing and ice skating, studied fashion design in Munich and worked designing women’s ski wear and lingerie before migrating to Australia via New Zealand in 1939 with her husband. As skiing increased in popularity following the end of WWII, Rosalie’s business grew reaching its peak during the 1960s. Though it was never large; at most she employed three staff. Rosalie continued to design and manufacture fashionable but functional ski wear until the late 1970s, although increasing imports from large overseas manufactures and constant new innovations in fabric technology made it difficult for her to compete in a relatively small industry. Reversible ski jacket with side zip pockets and full zip front. One side of the jacket is black fabric, while the other is black checked with a yellow and red weave. Rosalie Kiessling sportswear Melbourne / All cottonskiing, ski clothing, fashion design

Camp 1, Baptism of son of Walter Kiessling. Lutheran Pastor from New Guinea and Colonel Schrader are in the middle. Walter Kiessling is holding the baby, Walter junior.Black and white photograph of a group of internees and an army officer standing in front of a hut. A man in the front is holding a baby wrapped in a blanket.kiessling, schrader, walter kiessling, camp internee christening, lutheran pastor

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. Photograph location: 12 B 1 filing cabinet "K"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, rose kiessling

Contains photographs of Walter H Kiessling's christening whilst father was interned in Camp 2 plus photographs of items the family has donated.Gold coloured CD in white cd envelope with black writing.walter h kiessling, walter p kiessling, camp 2 tatura, cradle

German National, Walter Kiessling snr. an employee of a German firm was interned in Camp 1, Tatura. His wife remained in Melbourne where there son Walter was born. The father was immediately taken to Melbourne under escort to see his wife and baby son. Subsequently his wife would travel to Murchison by train and ride her bicycle, with the baby in a basket, out to the camp to visit her husband. Later visits were with a friend in their DKW car. Young Walter was christened by a Lutheran Pastor in the camp, under the supervision of Major Schrader, the Garrison Commandant. The photos tell the story. 4 photographs: Rosa riding her bicycle; Walter holding baby Walter at his christening x 2; Rosa holding baby Walter with a girl behind holding flowers, standing next to Camp 1 Commandant Colonel Schrader and internee friend standing in front of a camp hut; Group of internees and Colonel Schrader in front of a hut at the Christening; the DRW car that Rosa and friend came up in for visits; The humane treatment given to enemy aliens by the Australian Army during World War 2.Plastic sleeves containing photos internment camp 1 tatura,, walter kiessling, rosa kieslling, camp 1 commandant, colonel schrader, drw car

This jacket and cap were designed by Rosalie 'Rosa' Kiessling about 1967. They formed part of the Fashion Group Inc's Walkabout Tour of the USA in 1967 which aimed to promote Australian fashion design in America. German by birth Rosalie, grew up skiing and ice skating, studied fashion design in Munich and worked designing women’s ski wear and lingerie before migrating to Australia via New Zealand in 1939 with her husband. As skiing increased in popularity following the end of WWII, Rosalie’s business grew reaching its peak during the 1960s. Though it was never large; at most she employed three staff. Her designs featured in the pages of Australian Vogue, Flair and the Women’s Weekly throughout the 1960s and received coverage from newspapers in Australia, New Zealand the United States. Rosalie was closely involved with the Swiss Club of Victoria, the Australian Wool Board and the Fur Traders Association, participating in numerous fashion shows and awards run by these groups. In the late 1960s she became involved with the Melbourne Branch of the Fashion Group Inc, a worldwide non-commercial association of women involved in the fashion industry. Rosalie continued to design and manufacture fashionable but functional ski wear until the late 1970s, although increasing imports from large overseas manufactures and constant new innovations in fabric technology made it difficult for her to compete in a relatively small industry. This ski jacket and cap illustrate Rosalie Kiessling's emphasis on practical glamour. She was the first Australian ski wear manufacturer to bring high fashion to ski wear design; which though common in the boutiques of St Mortiz, Chamonix and St Anton was new to Australia. The use of an Australian wildflower motif and of these pieces in the Fashion Group's Walkabout Tour also speak to her involvement in and promotion of the Australian fashion industry during the 1960s.Ski jacket and matching cap appliqued with Australian wildflowers.Noneskiing, ski clothing, fashion design, australian fashion, australian flora

Johannes Oskar "Hans" Muhlhaus (centre front wearing dark shirt) with Raimond Kaufmann (front right wearing shorts) worked with Hans in England. Between them are Paul Wieting and/or Georg Erler. The man partly hidden between the rows is Walter Kiessling. Hans, an engineer, had been working in England since 1929, setting up and later managing a Manchester office of Siemens Schuckert GmbH which dealt with mining equipment. He later moved to Sheffield and in 1937 he met Nora, who he married in 1937. After the fall of France he and other people of German, Austrian and Italian origin were gathered up and interned in camps in Britain. On 2 July 1940 Hans was among 1200 German and Italian internees aboard the Arandora Star when it was torpedoed by German U Boat U-47; over 800 died in this incident which happened off the Irish coast. On 10 July he was sent to Australia aboard the Dunera, along with over 2500 internees. The voyage on the overcrowded ship was uncomfortable and difficult. Men who travelled on this ship became known as the Dunera Boys. During his period of internment in Tatura he taught English and engineering and kept up to date with mining engineering through books supplied by the Red Cross. Hans returned to Sheffield after the war but was not able to return to his previous job. He found employment at an engineering firm in Cornwall and stayed there until retirement. Hans Died in 1998.A group photograph of German internee taken at Tatura Camp 1. Black and white. The men are standing in front of a hut with another hut of to the left. Four men in the back row, seven in front and one in the middle between the two rows. Their are 3 copies of photograph in file one being donated by Walter Kiessling.johannes oskar muhlhaus, hans mahlhaus, raimond kaufmann, paul wieting, georg erler, camp 1 tatura, german internees, kiessling

At the end of January 1942 there was only about 250 men left in Wau, as the women and children had been evacuated by air a little earlier. With no planes to take the men they had to make their own way to Port Moresby and then travel by ship to Australia. Some men went down to Salamaua and made their way along the north coast, but small groups also made their way over the Owen Stanley Ranges; rafting down the Lakekamu RIver to Yule Island and by boat to Port Moresby. Donor Vanessa Kiessling's Father was part of the second group, and had drawn a detailed map of their route. This might be the same route taken by Rev. Willi Hertle Photocopy of New Guinea map showing escape routePlan of surveyed route from Edie Creek to Bulldog Dromepapua new guinea, escape, map, wau, willi hertle, kiessling

Used in the camps for attendance to soccer games played by the internees and pow'sSmall piece of cream paper folded in half to make a small booklet. Front has a man with a soccer ball above his head ready to hit it into the net. Back has "Tatura Lager Olympiade" 11 - 18 August 1940 PASS for Walter Kiessling zur Schlussfeier und Siegerehrung, Sonntag de 18 August 1940. 7.30 uhr abends Lagerhalle 3abovew kiessling, camp sports, camp soccer games, came sport pass

Photocopy of a sketch done by E Dulfer of camp 15 and 25.Pen and ink sketch of 1 complete hut and 3 partial huts. Gardens in front of huts. Brown wooden frame.Nos 15 and 25 E. Dulfer Tatura 1/1941sketches by e. dulfer, camp 1 artists, internee artists, kiessling

Mrs Steele is probably Mrs C H D (Sarah Margaret) Steele, President of the Surrey Hills Patriotic Society; she lived at 'Dalriada', 77 Union Road. Keissling is probably a mis-spelling of Kiessling - the family lived in Essex Road and son Ferdinand Gustav served in WW1.Cream-coloured bi-fold paper program with a small area of loss down one side. This does not diminish the information. Three lines have been crossed out. Includes a full cast list and synopsis of the three acts.surrey hall, operetta, princess ju ju, mont albert girl's club, french red cross, miss strachan's orchestra, entertainment, world war, 1914-1918, fundraising, musical events and activities, mrs steele, signorina coy, mrs arthur zeplin, miss e walch, miss m collins, hodges printer, viola zeplin, miss ray zeplin, elsie price, sylvia hosking, verna price, gertie collins, clarice maudson, mr browne, myrtle collins, harry webster, harold jenkins, horace breeden, lexton beggs, janet french, jean pearce, evelyn cadd, gladys davis, freda keissling, n emary, l bellman, m purton, i smith, d price, e pratt, c gourlay, s lobb, ada french, w maudson, l jackson, g jackson, c day, d lancaster, n lobb, v curson, o curson, n pearce, d brooks, c brooks, program, ephemera

Thesis by Lucilla Lentini, "Australian Nazis: An evaluation of National Socialist support amongst Tatura's first 42 internees before, during and after World War II". Thesis for Postgraduate Diploma in Arts, School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne.Thesis, 52 x A4 pages (56 inclusive). Bound in plastic. tatura, bahlsen, fritz alfred, boelter, reinhold, bruelle, wilhelm, dehnel, werner, fent, otto carl, froelich, gustav karl, grasle, kuno hans, hahn, fridolin, haslinger, franz joseph, hemerich, otto, hempel, walter erwin, herbst, otto albert wilhelm, kiessling, walter paul, klenk, karl friedrick, kuldschun, lewandowski, siegfried, luckemeyer, wilhelm ludwig, maltz, otto paul, mayer, gustav adolph, meister, gottlieb friedrick, muffler, karl, pecher, johans, rammstedt, otto joseph, renz, hans, reutter, paul, ritter, konrad, werner kurt, rohling, adolph, schauer, willi, schoeller, ralph, schultz, rudolf, schwarz, strothe, christian, suchting, hans johannes, thierfelder, kurt oswald, utermohle, herbert, ventur, erich august, weber, fritz, weiss, karl friedrich, wildermuth, emil otto, zachen, friederick, documents, reports

An illegal photograph taken of Dhurringile Mansion by the wife of one of the internees. September 1939.Copy of black and white illegal photograph of Dhurringile Mansion as an internment camp during WW2. Barbed wire fence and several guards standing in shade of trees to right.illegal photograph, dhurringile mansion, ww2 internment camp, w kiessling