Made from scrap wood and metal by internee at Camp 3 for the Wied childrenHandmade child's wooden scooter. Has 2 wheels with metal rims, metal bracket joins upright to base, horizontal wooden handle at top of upright.scooter, bissinger g, tatura camp toys

Made and used by internees at Camp 3Blue painted wooden child's game. Marble track, built in a zig zag style. 38 glass marbles, various colours stored in a jar were used for playing the game. toy/game, bissinger g, wied k and n, camp3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, general

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura. Picture was glued onto plywood, then cut out in an intricate non-repeating pattern forming the jigsaw piecesChild's jigsaw puzzle with corrugated card backing and plastic cover. Wooden pieces, coloured picture featuring a pig, cat, mouse and hen in human clothing.Ethel ?jigsaw, wood, hornung g, frank r, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, general

Used by internee at Camp 3Wooden hobby horse with mane made from twinehobby horse, wied k, bissinger g, camp3, tatura, ww2, camp 3, toys, general

Packets of playing cards were sent to German Families in Camp 3Geeen and cream cardboard box containing 33 playing cardskazenwadel k, damp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, games

Used by Internees at Camp 3Red and white crocheted tea warmer. Red and white pompomtea warmer, colls, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, doll, accessory, volker bulach

Used by Internee at Camp 3Knitted blue and white striped woollen tea warmer, gathered at top with blue crocheted edgetea warmer, dolls, v, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, doll, accessory, volker bulach

Used by Internee at Camp 3Blue and white crocheted woollen tea warmer. Blue leaf design on toptea warmer, dolls, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, toys, accessory, volker bulach

Else-Lore Oertel, with her mother, was a German internee in Camp 3A as a child, from 1940-1945. The ballerina & stand were made by persons unknown & given to Else-Lore while in the camp & was one of her childhood 'treasures'.Hand painted thin plywood decoration of ballerina inside a ring / circle, with wooden stand. Outer circle shape with insert for stand, cut out of ballerina posed inside. All carved from one piece of plywood. Circle is painted purple. Ballerina inside circle is plain plywood painted with mainly yellow, blue & white costume. Stand is flat disc with slot for ballerina cutout to insert into. Stand is painted gold. Handmade.internment, internee camps, ornaments, toys, else-lore oertel, internment camp hand crafts, childhood treasures, ballarina

Wooden Spinning Top.tatura, toys, general

Wooden Spinning Toptatura, toys, general

Else-Lore Oertel, with her mother, was a German internee in Camp 3 A as a child, from 1940-1945. Her godmother, another internee, Friedel Dehnel (Tante Fiffi) made the hanging for Else-Lore & wrote out the poem on the back for her.Handmade wooden plywood wall hanging, painted, of sleeping blonde haired baby dressed in light blue laying in a cradle painted dark blue (with red heart) with checked red & white curtains & bird (robin red-breast) atop the curtains. Cream bed furnishings, grey floor area. Back has leather attachment for hanging on wall. There is a poem in German written on the back.Poem in German, on paper attached to back: Wenn ich, o Kindlein, vor Dir stehe, wenn ich im Fraum Dich Tachelu sehe, wie Du ergluhst so wunderbar, da ahne ich mit susBem Grauen: durst ich in Deine Traume schauen, dann war neir alles, alles klar.tatura, ww2, camp 3, internee camps, toys, internment camp handcraft

Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out.toys, camp 3, camp 3 german internees, handmade, wall hanging, else lore hukins, else oertel, camp 3 toys

Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. camp 3, internees, camp 3 german internees, toys, children's toys, wall hanging, else lore hukins, else oertel, handmade

Mechanics Institute built 1881, used for library, meetings and other functions. Victory Hall opened 1926 used for balls, dances, square dances, as a picture theatre for many years, concerts, toy library, new catering facilities.Black and white photograph of Victory Hall, Mechanics Institute and Library, Hogan Street Tatura. Taken from Fraser Street. Part of Mrs A. Marsh's house on right.on back: Victory Hall, Mechanics Institute and Library, Tatura, 1987victory hall, mechanics institute tatura

This fire truck was made by Rev. Friedrich Schoettler, a Missionary with Lutheran Mission at Ammele and Wanjma in New Guinea. He fled to Australia, from the Japanese, during WW2, being a German national. He was interned at Tatura, Victoria, where the internees made toys to sell for spending money. This truck was given to me, Don Kuhne, by my parents for Christmas about 1944. I am surprised that it lasted as long. My brothers used it. We towed it around the farm behind push bikes, etc. In the early 1960's I worked with Lutheran Mission New Guinea and had the pleasure of knowing Rev. Schoettler, helping with aerial food drops to his small mission station.Maroon truck, yellow radiator, black running boards and mudguards, green tray, 2 wind up handles with a pulley and cord which operates an extension ladder mounted on the tray of the truck. SA 3012 SA 3012 on back of truck.rev. friedrich schoettler, lutheran missions new guinea, don kuhne, camp 3 internees

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

Photographed at Exhibition of POW memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged, Bayswater, Victoria in 1981. Colour photograph. Toys made by prisoners. Oven (door opens), saucepans (possibly made from jam tins), wardrobe, bath, bed and small cupboards. Negative no 5.furniture - toy, woodwork, craftwork, tin craft, pow, internment camps

Photographed at Exhibition of POW memorabilia displayed at Templer Home for Aged. Bayswater, Victoria, in 1981.Colour photograph. Chess set, draughts counters, tiny toys, aeroplanes and cannons. Highly prized scrap books made with cut outs from foot tin labels.Negative non 2.woodwork, draughts, chess set, pow, internment camps, toys, aeroplanes, cannons