Historical information

A remarkable, thoroughly researched and detailed record of "Dunera" internee artists with examples of their varied styles of water and colour paintings, sketches and cartoons. Vivid reminders of the whole experience of internment in Australia during World War 2 for these men. Launched at the Jewish Museum in St Kilda, Sunday July 8th and Monday July 9th at Readings Books in Melbourne.

Significance

Visual history of camp life of the Dunera boys

Physical description

Blue soft cover, with front cover painting by Emil Wittenberg. Painted at Tatura on 23rd May 1941, depicts a group of Dunera internees behind barbed wire. B/W and colour photos, sketches, paintings and watercolour.

Inscriptions & markings

To the memory of Amirah Inglis. A photograph of Kenneth Stanley Inglis, 7 October 1929 - 1 December 2017