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This banner belonged to Wilhelm Eckels, a wool buyer in Sydney , NSW, when war broke out. He was interned in Camp 1, aged 22 years.
Red cloth banner with hand stitched green tassels on one end. Hand painted Comedy and Tragedy symbol and writing
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Large black frame, with glass, containing a collection of photographs of the Tatura Soccer Club Premiers 2011.
Private Robert Mactier VC from Tatura Victoria
Large dark wooden frame with a gold wood inner frame, with glass. A piece of brown plywood to fit frame has 4 holes cut, 2 small at top, 1 large in middle and 1 square at bottom. The top left square has a picture of the VC medal, the other square on right is a red and brown triangle square. The large middle cut out has a picture of Robert Mactier. The bottom square has a short description about Robert Mactier. Across the top is Pte Robert Mactier in fancy writing.
private robert mactier, vc medal
Colour photograph of a group of people at the unveiling of a monument to Private Robert Mactier VC at Tatura Gardens Victoria.
Colour photograph of four people standing in front of a statue and a crowd of people seated behind them. The photograph has a double tan mount around and fitted into a gold glass fronted frame. The statue is of a man in army uniform mounted on a white stone base and plaque. A white piece of card is in the frame telling what the photograph is about.
Private Robert Mactier VC
robert mactier vc
Newspaper clippings and other information regarding the Pargeter family and their residence at Kiota.
Green spine and back folder with clear front containing pages of print in regard to Kiota Dhurringle and the Pargeter family.
pargeter family, kiota dhurringile,
Army Records for camp guard at Tatura Interment camps
8, A4 pages white with photocopied text in black
colin mitchell mcdonald, vx139955, discharge, demobilization, service and casualty form, tatura internment camp, second world war, army guards internment camps
Story of fleeing Berlin during Kristallnacht November 1938. Written by a Dunera boy who chose to return in 1942. The ship he was traveling in was torpedoed by a German submarine before he could reach England.
Book A5 in size, soft cover, black, red and grey cover. Title is slightly diagonally across front cover in white capital letters. Illustration of a man looking back at a train in the background in grey red and black. Red spine with title in white and name of author grey both in capital letters. Back of the book is a dark purple/red colour with small train illustration at bottom in red and grey. There is a white barcode partially covering the illustration of the train. There is a red banner quarter way down the cover, taking up a quarter of the cover with white writing outlining the story line. There are 4 review from News papers two either side of the red banner the review is in red the name of the reviewer and newspaper in white
kristallnacht, camp 2, tatura internment camp, "dunera", berlin, ulrich alexander boschwitz, mv abosso
Newspaper clipping about the gold rush in Whroo.
Tan soft covered book with dark brown print of title and author and a coloured photograph of a hut, horse and wagon and man on the wagon and two men standing out the front of the house.
gold rush, whroo, alan mclean
A pictorial history of Shepparton's buildings and businesses.
dark tan coloured soft covered book with black printing of title, author, border and picture. Back is plain.
shepparton buildings, sheppparton businesses, ingrid turner, wyndham street, high street, maude street, fryers street
Framed copy of original Publican's License*. Printed Licence with hand written details. black fram and buff coloured matt. *as spelt on Licence
Information about the Lancaster aeroplane during WW2, their crews and their stories.
Soft covered book, off white colour with black title and sketch of barbed wire fence, watch tower and huts; aeroplane, parachute and search lights. At bottom is a barbed wire circle with an eagle over it. Spine has title in black print. Back has a black and white photograph of a Lancaster crew.
lancaster aeroplane, ww2
A coffee table book with information and photographs of the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran.
Black hard cover landscape book. Spine has name in blue on it. Dustcover is black with title and author in white and a section of the wreck of HMAS Sydney. Spine has title in white and back has a paragraph about the book in white ink.
hmas sydney, hsk kormoran
Original copy of magazine which was done in the internment camps during WW2. In the possession of Captain MacInnes.
Multiple loose pages of typed, drawn and hand written articles, drawings etc with a brown front cover with title and dates in black. Tied together with two holes punched in left side and a piece of cord, threaded through and tied.
Behind the fence, Sept 1940 - September 1941
behind the fence, captain macinnes, internment camp magazine
Anzac Day 1941 video of guards at Camp 4, Tatura.
USB containing a video of Anzac Day 1941 at Camp 4 Tatura.
camp 4 guards, anzac day ceremony, anzac day 1941, alan macinnes
Original menu for farewell dinner for Captain MacInnes.
tan piece of paper. landscape, folded in half. Front cover has a colour drawing of a ship, flying the medical red cross emblem. Under this is hand writing in black ink and the medical insignia of a snake and wand and wreath. Inside on right page, in black ink, handwritten is the menu. Back page, in black in is the signature of people whom attended the function.
Farewell Dinner to Captain A MacInnes, D Company 17th Garrison Battalion
captain macinnes, alan macinnes, d company 17th garrison battalion, internment camps ww2, medical officer camp 4 tatura
Made at the internment camps, during WW2 by the internees. This one was made to celebrate the first anniversary of their internment. Only 20 copies were made and this one is number 17. Contains program for the celebration, a water colour of the huts done, list of the board of lecturers, a black and white postcard of the carving of the Arandora Star memorial, a poem "Rubbish" by Volkmann, a description of what is and what represents the Collegium and a sketch entitled "turning his back" by Kurt Winkler.
Soft cover of brown paper with title of booklet in black ink on front.
Collegium Taturense Anniversary 1941 - 1941 (picture of an own and cockatoo sitting on a twig under which is written "eppyr si mvove"
ww2 internees, collegium taturense, arandora star memorial, poem rubbish, volkmann, kurt winkler, turning his back, 1st anniversary internment, captain macinnes
Army issue uniform worn by Captain Alan Finley MACINNES, a MO at D Company 17th Garrison Battalion stationed at Camp 4 Tatura during WW2.
Army issue jacket, trousers and hat, made in army issue material, olive drab colour. Hat has leather band and army badge. Material for the uniform is Berathea wool cloth with an open collar two epaulets and two metal subdued Australian Rising Sun badges affixed to the lapels. Both epaulets display three metal pips indicating the rank of Captain and metal "AUSTRALIA" shoulder titles.
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ww2 army uniform, ww2 army captains uniform, captains uniform, captain macinnes, alan macinnes, medical officer internment camps, d company 17th garrison battalion, camp 4 tatura
Hardcover publication with a dust cover featuring a black and white photograph "threshing at Oakley in 1907. John Donaldson's machine, Andrew James Donaldson operating. Title lettering in Green and white.
non-fiction
william donaldson, rose donaldson, cheryl elliot, temora, tatura, donaldson, harston
non-fiction
A history of "Nimitybelle" the property at Tatura East settled by pioneering selector Robert Craven and is descendants, who through the generations have taken turn as custodians. The book was compiled by Lynne McCartney.
nimitybelle, tatura, tatura east, craven, mccartney
Australia Post Wall mounted postage stamp vending machine used to dispense stamps.
Metal postage stamp vending machine. Wall Mounted. Embossed letters POSTAGE STAMPS on front. Horizontal slots for coins have been covered with plates stating NOT IN USE and OUT OF SERVICE. White metal plate with the wording STAMPS 5 CENTS. Two Key holes. Recepticle for the dispensing of stamps with a lift up lid with Embossed words LIFT.
Postage Stamps; lift;
post, stamps, vending machine, australia post offices, postage stamps, tatura
Contains information on internees and pow's who were interned in Australia.
ring binder containing 231 pages of information. Front cover has black writing on a background of a plaque. Back page black.
giovanni abbodino, gaetano agnello, emilio ascolese, giulio barbieri, rudolfo bartoli, raffaele bellezza, angelo brigada, ovidio bulfalini, amerigo campagna, carmelo caraccioli, domenico caruso, luigi casadio, guido cavagna, gino cherubini, nicola ciannella, giovanni ciccocioppo, salvatore cirilo, alessandro ciuccariello, antonio colletti, corrado crescenzio, martino d'aniello, cosomo de cataldo, vincenzo de furia, vito de santis, settimio di biagio, michele di conza, gaetano di damaso, gaetano di nino, antonio di pierro, nicola evangelista, angelo faa, bruno fabbri, bruno falai, giuseppe fazzino, luigi fiocchi, vincenzo foresti, luigi fornaroli, saverio foti, antonio fracasso, nicola francavilla, giuseppe frattari, rinaldo fronzoni, enzo galloni, rodrigo gammelli, gennaro gatta, ezio giorgini, antonio grego, domenico lanzano, francesco leone, natale lunghetti, francesco magri, pasquale mancuso, felice marasco, donato margarella, giuseppe mastroieni, eliso mattioli, mario menichelli, michelangelo merola, benedetto miele, stefano mola, pietro monfredi, salvatore morosillo, ugo morra, tommaso mosetti, domenico muscolino, agostino naibo, sante olivieri, alfredo oriolo, giuseppe pierro, arcangelo pignatelli, francesco primiano, antonio primoceri, antonio propati, domenico ramundo, antonino restuccia, alessandro rizi, carmine romano, giuseppe russo, michele salciccia, lodovico salvati, pietro salvati, michele sblendorio, antonio scabari, agatino scuderi, eugenio shivitz, cesare sottocorno, antonio spagnuolo, giuseppe spina, luigi sportelli, orlando vadolato, angelo venditti, cafiero veneri, cresimino viti, carmine vizzari, attilio zanier, giuseppe bassanelli, pasquale bottigliero, giovanni battista battaglia, giovanni cabrini, salvator caruso, erminia centonze, michele cordera, giovanni costa, giuseppe dani, giovanni de maria, michele fagiano, guglielmo fama, francesco fantin, giulio felloni, francesco ferrari, ernesto gandolfo, gino gavioli, girolamo giovainazza, marguerita interlandi, mario roberto librio, pietro lucchesi, graziano maio, giuseppe maresciallo, girolamo marina, fiore martinelli, pietro moscardini, raffaele musitano, pasquale pacitti, marco panozzo, giuseppe rossetto, ilario rossi, luigi sgiarovello, giambattista stasi, alfio torrisi, francesco marco turra, antonio villella, crescenzo divito, guido gonnella, louis jaconelli, riccardo massarelli, colombo riani, orlando ugolini
A4 copy of North West Mooroopna Primary School students (year unknown)
northwest mooroopna, school, mulcahy, groves, starritt, mcdowell, stewart
Cotton off white pillowcase with green and sepia label attached.
Guaranteed British Manufacture.
A weekly magazine of humour and satire first published in 1843 and finished in 2002.
Large hard covered book. Brown with black corners and spine. Gold print on spine
Folder containing photographs and information regarding the Clarke Rees family.
Grey archives folder containing family tree information.
young, rees, clarke, pullbrook
German Kormoran survivors going ashore
Tells the life story of Ethel May Punshon, from Ballarat to St Kilda Victoria, spanning over a century and the crucial historical events she witnessed.
Soft cover paperback. Front cover has white writing for title and author. Pink and orange speckled background. Lady in a brown jacket and tie, with cream shirt and holding a double barrel shotgun. Spine is speckled orange with book title in white. Authors name in a white section. Back cover is orange and pink speckled with a white section giving a blurb about the book and author.
ethel may punshon, monte, miss montague, mickey and erica morley, camp 3 internment camp
Dr Frederich Kaempfe, a Chemist, was interned in Camp 3. He was captured in Iran on 15/09/1941 and transferred on the Rangitiki to Loveday South Australia. Transferred to Tatura in Feb 1945 and released to Sydney on 20 July 1946.
Pastel drawing of a large gum tree surrounded by smaller gum tress in an undulating paddock.Blue hills in the background.
F. Kaempte 1945
camp 3, tatura, painting, gum tree, pastel, art work, kaempfe, chemist
Written by Hans Wolter von Gruenewaldt, a German internee, who was interned at Camp 13. A theatre group was established within the Camp to present plays and concert performances and thus Die Nibelungen, a trnditional German Legend by Hempel was to be staged. There are 3 editions of this book. This is a copy of Hans Wolter's original version.
White cardboard front and back with a black strip as edge binder. Title in black with D and N in red. 24 pages in soft cardboard.
hans wolter von gruenewald, german internees, camp 13 murchison, camp 13 internees, camp plays, camp 13 theatre group
Author Margot Warnett grew up on a Dairy farm just outside Tatura
A4 size paperback book with predominantly blue sky and an illustration of two girls standing on a wire farm gate. One girls has a purple check dress on, black gum boots and holding a white rabbit. The other girls has a blue dress, gum boots and holding a black duck. A white and brown horse, a calf, a sheep and farm dog and a lizard are also in the picture. The two girls are also pictured on the back cover.
Written by Margot Warnett Illustrated by Julie Haysom
warnett, book, children, meg and peg, dairy farm
Mauve and Pink cover with a painting of a large brown lace up boot. The book title is depicted on a wrought iron sign.
non-fiction
Berlin, 2010: A deathbed promise launches Kathy Giuliano on a quest for the truth about her family during World War II. Alone, she travels to Berlin in search of an enigmatic octogenarian who holds the keys to the past. The only clues to his identity and whereabouts and are a black-and-white photograph and an outdated address in Reinickendorf. England, 1938: After fleeing Nazi Germany for the safety of England, a teenage boy is captured when Churchill gives the order to 'collar the lot'. One of 2,000 prisoners on the hell-ship Dunera, he is sent to Australia. At the 'family camp', he makes footwear and forms life-long friendships. Eight years later, what does he find when he returns to Berlin? Victoria, 1943: With the Japanese at Australia's doorstep, a mother and daughter are arrested at their cane farm in far north Queensland and sent 'down south'. Their crime? Teaching the Italian language to school-children. The internment camp at Tatura changes everything. The secrets they share must be kept for the rest of their lives.
ww2 italians, internment, tatura, queensland, debbie terranova, berlin
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