Book - Register of Lands. Master Register

From the Collection of Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum 49 Hogan S Tatura VIC

Description: Beige cover, red spine, black writing. Rodney Irrigation and Water Supply District. 1957-1958
Size: H 20.4 x W 33.5 x D 2.0
Object Registration: 5033
Keywords: farming, irrigation, books, rural, industry
Historical information: Register of Lands in Tatura district with apportioned Water Rights
When Made: 1958
Last updated: 30 Oct 2014 at 10:57PM

Book - Water In Victoria

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Blue, white and grey paper magazine type journal White and black printing. Photo of spray irrigation. Pages 42

Historical information

Irrigation and Farming in Victoria

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Folio - Eildon Dam

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Folio - Brief history of the construction of Eildon Dam with accompanying photos

Historical information

Eildon Dam documentary story and photgraphy compiled into folio for Tatura Museum by Frank Burns, BCE, and presented to the Museum Irrigation Room collection by him March 1995

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Photograph - Goulburn Waranga Main Channel Construction

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Large black and white photograph - dry mounted to cream board. Channel excavation scene with excavator in right foreground, bucket scooping earth in middle foreground, two small figures of men working mid-distance.

Historical information

Photo taken by the photographer for Victoria State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of the Goulburn Waranga main channel in 1957.

Inscriptions & Markings

Below photo: "Goulburn Waranga Main Channel Construction / Bucyrus 200 W. Excavator with 6 c. yd. Bucket / Looking towards off-take at Goulburn Weir / Completed Excavation in Background.

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Book - Australia Locked Up

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Grey, blue, white and black hard cover. Red spine. Red and white printing in an arch like frame on front cover. White printing on spine. Rope noose printed on the back cover and brief outline of contents on the back.

Historical information

The story of Australia's prisons from the first fleet to today

Inscriptions & Markings

Australia Locked Up

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Book - Rabbits & Spaghetti

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Black/grey light card cover with cream rectangle encasing title and a picture of a truck loaded with produce.

Historical information

Dedicated to the remarkable spiriit of kindness and humanity, which, in the middle of one of history's worst wars, enabled so many men and women to see strangers not as the enemy but as fellow human beings.

Inscriptions & Markings

Rabbits and Spaghetti

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Document - WW2 Currency

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Black ring folder with plastic sleeves containing various countries currency.

Historical information

WW2 currency from various countries. Japanese form and wallet

Inscriptions & Markings

World War 2 Japanese currency in Occupied Territories

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Book - A German Church in the Garden of God

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Charcoal grey to beige at the top, of a hard cardboard cover book. Cover depicts Melbourne 1887 and title in black text. Back cover depicts "The Sower" window donated in 2004. 2 copies

Historical information

Published for 150 years of Melbourne Trinity Lutheran Church, 1853-2003, not only as a source of reference and awareness about its own background but also as an incentive and motivation for continued active engagement of a large membership

Inscriptions & Markings

Presented to Tatura & District historical Society In. with the compliments of Trinity Lutheran Church of Melbourne.

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

27 pages of documents relating to Fritz Muller, re German pre war life, rescue from the sinking Andora Star, time in Camp 13 and his description of the sinking of the Andora Star for journalists after the war. Typed and hand written original letters

Historical information

Information relating to Andora Star, POW's and Fritz Muller. Donated by his daughter.

Inscriptions & Markings

War. POW Camp 13 "Andora Star" Fritz Muller "Dunera"

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Document - Internment Camp

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Program and cast of play. A light hearted and romantic comedy. Opening night 17 February 1945. Enclosed in a clear plastic display folder with a black back.

Historical information

Used in the camps for entertainment

Inscriptions & Markings

Camp 3 Theatre Program Notes

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Clear plastic front cover with a black border left hand side 3 cm wide with the inscription as indicated below. The back cover is black. The front right hand page has Minna Von Barnhelm or in English A Soldiers Luck first performed in 1767 Hamburg.

Historical information

Used for the internees entertainment. Translated by G. Gohl and donated by him to the Tatura History Society. To be retained by Tatura History Society

Inscriptions & Markings

Camp 3 Tatura Translation from the German test to English by Gerhard Gohl 1990

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Folio

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

folio in regard to Gern Bernstein, German refugee in England in 1938. Interned 1940. transported to Australia, Camp 2, 3 and 4 (Tatura Group). Released to 8th Employment Company (AMF). Settled here.

Historical information

Gerd Bernstein (diarist) later known as Bern Brent. He was a German refugee in England, interned after the "Dunkirk" evacuation/transported on "Dunera" troopship to Australia Camps 2, 3 and 4. Released to join AMF 8th Employment Company. Gained Matriculation Melbourne University and settled here.

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Blue back clear plastic fold containing list of United Kingdom Internees held in camp 2 Tatura from 15 December 1942.

Historical information

Made available by the Australian Archives courtesy E. Carey.

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Folio

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Black 4 ring folder. Personalities - former Dunera Internees. Lippmann, Frolich, Treidel, Strauss, Weider, Freud, Zinram, Wolkenstein, Lindau, Ladewig, Altmann, Froct Dr Alan, Dumling & Musicians, Blach. Bank notes.

Historical information

Collection of items collected and donated.

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

plastic folder, clear cover, red flat and continues to the back cover. Top of the front page 6 coins on rock and "Money of the Internment Camp" Notes designed at Hay Camp and internment camp cantee coins - articles by David Allen.

Historical information

Unknown, but a most of interesting and well illustrated publication.

Inscriptions & Markings

as above.

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

A dark blue hard cover. Top right hand corner "Archival records German Internment Camps in Australia.

Historical information

An interesting account of the German internees from Iran. The names, hut allocations, hut leaders, when transferred to Tatura, 1944, when repatriated, their entertainment including plays, violin concert. The book found in the Sydney Hotel and then secret and confidential report. Tatura 8 September 1940 internees ex HMT Dunera ex Port Melbourne - 518 internees who disembarked 3 September 1940.

Inscriptions & Markings

As above

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Document - Certificate of Naturalization

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Hans Conrad Victor Beck, a director of G. Hardt & Co. Pty Ltd, wool buyers and personal letters

Historical information

Naturalization certificate for former internee

Inscriptions & Markings

German internee Beck, Hans Victor Conrad, Camp 1, Tatura

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Document - Record of Life in Camp 1A and 1 B

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

a 35 page record in a plastic folder, clear plastic front and 3 cm black margin left hand side extending to the back cover. Some of the content headlines or places are Orange, Tatura, Long Bay, Melbourne, South Australia. A map and 19 towns of WA, Northern Territory, New Guinea. Reg No is the translation as is the "Tatura Song" written by H. Sturzenhofecker to the melody good cheer comrades, on the horse and Mr Otto Herbst being awarded a certificate commanding of yachts.

Historical information

Life in an internment camp

Inscriptions & Markings

Written in German "Verzeuhnis Alter Internieiten De Sannellagers Tatura (1A and B) Von 5 Juni - 15 December 1940

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Document - My Experience in an Australian Internment Camp

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Clear plastic folder, red margin and red back with the inscription "Tatura Internment Camp - M.S. 11610 - Guide to Records held in the Australian Manuscripts Collection - La Trobe Library - State Library of Victoria. On the margin - "My experience in an Australian Internment Camp" by B. Goener. La Trobe Library. Acquired 1991

Historical information

The 1st 2 pages list manuscripts correspondence of the activities at Tatura Internment Camps. A 39 page account on the experiences of alien internee B. Goener. A simply told, fascinating record. His philosophical outlook makes this story a treasured addition to our archives.

Inscriptions & Markings

as above

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Document - Department of the Army - Military Board

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Clear plastic folder, the 14 page translation of extracts from the record of the German Internment camps in Australia - confiscated from F. Hoenemann 22 February 1941.Found in a Sydney Hotel.

Historical information

More or less duplication obtained from ASIO, obtained by Arthur and Lurline Knee, from the Military Board Chief of the General Staff Army Headquarters, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne 24 April 1941. Marked SECRET. no action considered necessary.

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Document

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Australian archives - folios - attached to this. Sheet have been copied from ASIO Security Service, etc. Clear plastic folder - Australian Archives - ACT Regional Office - inc. booklet found in Sydney Hotel - the chronicle of the German Internment Camps in Australia - branded SECRET 19 May 1941. From 5 June to 15 December 1940

Historical information

A graphic account of the complaints, organisations and privileges during the hectic round up of alien internees obtained by Arthur and Lurline Knee from Canberra.

Inscriptions & Markings

as above

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Book - Register of Lands. Master Register

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