The painting belonged to the Wied family who were in Camp 3 Tatura. Artist unknownThree budgerigars, one blue, one yellow, one green sit on a thin branch of a tree with a Major Mitchell Cockatoo to the right of the picture. Another bird is in the air attempting to land on the branch. The sky is blue and the landscape is yellow with a tinge of green. A blue mountain range is on the horizon. Painted on board with a brown wooden frame.major mitchell cockatoo, australian birds, budgerigars, australian landscape

The Wied family were settled in Palestine upon the beginning of WWII. Being of German nationality, they were considered a threat to security by Allied forces & were interned in temporary camps, before being shipped to Australia. In Australia they were interned in Camp 3, Tatura, a family camp for enemy nationals. Many of the internees came with few possessions. This item is just one of the handmade domestic items fashioned in the camp from largely scrap materials to give some home comforts in the initially barren surroundings of the camps, particularly to those interned with families and young children. Butterfly shaped brooch made from Paua shell. Fixed to a brass safety pin. world war ii, camp 3, palestine, tatura, jewellery, internment camps

The ring was made for the donor by her father in Camp 3, Tatura. The Wied family were settled in Palestine upon the beginning of WWII. Being of German nationality, they were considered a threat to security by Allied forces & were interned in temporary camps, before being shipped to Australia. In Australia they were interned in Camp 3, Tatura, a family camp for enemy nationals. Many of the internees came with few possessions. This item is just one of the handmade domestic items fashioned in the camp from largely scrap materials to give some home comforts in the initially barren surroundings of the camps, particularly to those interned with families and young children. Small brown metal ring, with a small heart soldered to the ring. camp 3, tatura, world war ii, internment camps

Vagarini was an Italian painter at Camp 3 Tatura. He was arrested in Palestine and sent to Australia on the Queen Elizabeth.ModernistFour rows of huts. Flower gardens are planted at the front of the first hut. Rows of red dirt in the foreground. Bright blue sky and a large tree growing at the back of the first hut and is in the centre of the picture. R. Wied wrtitten on back of painting.Cesare Vagarini