Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Sculpture - Wood Carving, Kurt Lewinski, My Boys Can Do It, 1945
... Tocumwal Railway... transferring goods at Tocumwal Railway Gauge Change.
Made by former... different jobs transferring goods at Tocumwal Railway Gauge Change ...
Depicting five tiny carved figures doing different jobs transferring goods at Tocumwal Railway Gauge Change.
Made by former camp 2 Tatura internee after his release in 1942 to the 8th Employment Co. at Tocumwal. Kurt Lewinski was a former Dunera Boy, originally from Berlin, refugee in England in 1938 and transported to Australia in 1940.Wood carving of 5 tiny carved figures - 1 stacking cases, one carrying large filled bag on his shoulders (piece missing when items delivered), one wheeling pallet of large timber boxes, one pushing barrel and one carrying heavy box. Several folded canvases on foreground.8th E.C. Tocumwal My Boys can do it.
K. Lewinski 1945 (on back)
Base features inlay plaque with inscription.kurt lewinski, wood carvings, dunera boys, refugee in england, tocumwal railway