Accession Number | P11187.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Hercksen, Heinz Georg |
Place made | Australia: South Australia, Loveday Group Camps |
Date made | c 1944-1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Group portrait of male internees at the Loveday Internment Camp. The Loveday Internment Camp ...
Description
Group portrait of male internees at the Loveday Internment Camp. The Loveday Internment Camp opened in 1941 and was comprised of four separate compounds. During its peak, the camp held over 5000 internees who produced goods and cultivated crops for the Australian war effort. Loveday Internment Camp closed in December 1946.