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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

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

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

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 and used by internees at Camp 3Wooden hinged,human like figure, attached by pins made from fine wire, to pieces of dowel. When moved, creates different poisitions.acrobat toy, hornung g, frank g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used by children there as a spinning top toy.Hand turned wooden ridged and tapering to metal tip, spinning toptop, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used there by children as a spinning top toy.Handturned wooden, grooved, polished spinning top with wooden stem and tapering to a metal tiptop - spinning, bissinger g, wied g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Dolls' metal dust pan coloured red with a black handledust pan - dolls, wied, l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Tin doll's bath. Painted brown outside with black around the base. Cream inside. Slightly shaped at one endbath - dolls, wied, l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, doll, furniture

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Hand turned wooden, tapered to tip, spinning top. 1 ridge around centre. 3 ridges around the topspinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Hand turned wooden tapered to a tip, spinning top. A single ridge around the centrespinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Hand turned wooden, tapered to a tip, spinning top. 2 ridges around centrespinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Hand turned wooden, tapered to a tip spinning top. 3 ridges around the centre and 3 around the topspinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Wooden hand turned spinning top. Convex shape on the top. 6 ridges around the centre. Painted red and yellowspinning top, wood, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Wooden hand turned spinning top. Convex shape on the top. 6 ridges around the centre. Painted red and yellowspinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Wooden hand turned spinning top. Convex shape oon the top. 7 ridges around the centrespinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee and used by children at Camp 3Wooden hand turned spinning top. Convex shape on the top. 7 ridges around the centrespinning top, wied l, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made in Tatura Internment Camp for the Internee's son and daughter.Jewel box, hand craft wooden, lined internally, and containing two tortoise shell carved pendants, tortoise shell and leather wrist ornament held with metal clasp, and an aluminium toy fighter plane lapel badge.Raised circular section on lid with letter "B"handcrafts, woodwork

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

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura. Picture was glued onto plywood, then cut out in an intricate non repeating pattern forming jigsaw piecesChild's jigsaw puzzle with corrugated card backing and plastic cover. Wooden pieces coloured picture featuring hen and chicks eating slices of bread. Loaf on centre of table topEthel ?jigsaw, hornung g, frank g, frank r, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general

Made by internee at camp 3 Tatura, used there by children to form a farmyard model scene.Set of 4 wooden toy models forming a fence, painted green, all supported on a square base either end; each has 2 railings. Handmade.toys, farmyard scene, toy fence

Made by internee at Camp 3, Tatura and used there by childrenHandmade wooden child's stilts (pair)stilts, wied k, bissinger g, camp 3, tatura, ww2, toys, general