Sail Boat

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

Description: Blue bow, mainly yellow ship. Sails, on red wheels, ladder and 9 rope rungs
Size: L 30.4 x W 16.0
Object Registration: C0145
Keywords: boat - sail, toys, wood, bulack v, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, general
Historical information: Made by internee in Camp 3
Last updated: 13 Apr 2018 at 1:50PM

Five Black Buttons with "Bulldog " brand printed on the outside. There are also two silver studs which are used with these buttons

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Five buttons, with "Bulldog " brand printed on the outside

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Australian RAAF buttons

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Eight circular buttons with a crown and eagle on each one, with a shank on the back for attaching to uniform

Historical information

RAAF memorabilia W.W.2

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Australian penny 1941

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

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Australian penny1943

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Australian half penny, 1943

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

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Australian penny, 1932

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Footstool

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Wooden stool made from local timber. The top surface of the stool is made with inlaid wooden pieces to form a decorative pattern.

Historical information

This stool was made by a POW in camp 13 and was gifted to Mr Ron Baker, who delivered milk to the camp.

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Documents - Camp 13 and Dhurringile Records

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Contained in an Olympic sheet protector box are record cords of white with blue striped lines with information of some German POW internees held in Camp 13 and Dhurringile Mansion.

Historical information

3 bundles; 1 - information on some of the German POW's held at Camp 13 and/or Dhurringile Mansion; 2 - information on some of the Garrison personnel at Camp 13 and/or Dhurringile Mansion; 3 - diary of happenings at Camp 13 and/or Dhurringile Mansion over the course of 1941 - 1950; 2 typed pages of who was in Navy, Army or Air Force; a black and white photo of Gustav Pohlig in 1940; a letter to Mrs Poniewierski re visitors book. Signed by Acting Governor Smithwik; a typed page of birthdays of POW's; a typed page of Camp and Group Commandants; typed page of important dates;

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Booklet "The Unusual Village" - Das Seltsame Dorf "The Unusual Village"

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Handmade book with buff coloured front and back covers and lined pages inside. Held together with multi - coloured wool threaded through punched holes. Each page is handwritten in German and illustrated on each page. (Translation included). Child's sketch of the camp on the cover.

Historical information

Book written by nine year old Marianne Kirsch about everyday life in the Internment camp

Inscriptions & Markings

Das Seltsame Dorf ("The Unusual village")

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Booklet - Private Selini Selino

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

6 X A4 pages of information with details of Private Sileno Silenis' 56949 war record.

Historical information

These pages have been copied from Volume 75 (part 3 ) from the National Archives of Australia - fact sheets nos 7 & 8

Significance

War records of Pte Sileno Sileni PWI 56949

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Carving - Eagle & Swastika

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Carving on local stone of an eagle & swastika. The word "Tatura" is carved on the bottom edge and '1940' above the eagle.

Historical information

Found at camp 13 Tatura

Inscriptions & Markings

1940 , Tatura

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book - Five Stories by W.W.Jacobs

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Small book with hard cover, covered with brown paper. The left side pages are in Dutch with English on the right side

Historical information

This book was provided to "Dunera" boy Werner Haarburger by International Student Services to help Internees learn English. He was most appreciative.

Significance

This book is a series of five stories in Dutch and English.

Inscriptions & Markings

Werner Haarburger, Tatura. November 1944

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Book - Growing Up With The Trees. A Shepparton Story

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Soft cover book, with colourful front cover, featuring a montage of family photographs. 169 pages with many B/W photos

Significance

Life on a farm in the Shepparton area

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Book - Disturbance Camp 3

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Black cover A 4 booklet containing photocopied pages.

Historical information

This book contains copies of the official Reports of the Disturbance camp 3.

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Poster - POW and internment camps across Australia

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

1 laminated sheet of paper depicting POW and internment camps across Australia. 1939-1947. Is contained in a large white cylinder.

Historical information

Poster depicts scenes of the various internment camps around Australia, including camp layouts and geographic information. Mad as part of the project Temporal Cities led by Professor Anoma Pieris.

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Document - Camp School Tatura 4, section C

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

1 cream coloured foolscap page of a timetable used in the camp school at Tatura, for the period beginning October 22. Type written.

Historical information

Timetable drawn up by the lecturers who were conducting a school at Tatura 4, section c. Lists the lecturers, what they were lecturing on and times of the day, Sunday to Friday, that the lecturers took place.

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Folder - biography - Andrew Crawford 1887-1974

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Black covered multi ring folder containing 32 plastic sleeves with typed information.

Historical information

The story of Andrew Crawford covering his time in the army life before the war, his role in the war, the 8th Light Horse regiment, covering many of the battles he was engaged in, his promotions through the ranks, and life after the war. Includes many graphic photographs and maps. In the back is a copy of a letter he send his mother in September 1918.

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Warship - Japanese warship

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Handmade wooden model on a stand. Japanese inscription in front of warship as well as "Tatura Australia" below Japanese inscription both standing on this stand beside the warship.

Historical information

Given to Corporal Taylor, a guard at camp 4 in appreciation of his treatment

Inscriptions & Markings

As in the physical description, with inscriptions on stand.

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Model - Broom Pearling Lugger - Tatura No 6

Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum, Tatura

Wooden hull painted white with bottle green trim. Brown coloured sails (2 large, 3 jib). Fine thread connecting sails and the wooden rungs of the ladder. The words "Tatura No. 6" painted on both sides of the bow and on the stern. Painted in black paint. A black triangular flag on top of mast. Sitting on a wooden stand.

Historical information

Given as a gift to Corporal Taylor, a former guard in Camp 4 in appreciation of his treatment.

Inscriptions & Markings

Tatura No. 6

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