[Group of men, Tatura camp]

During the Second World War many German and Austrian civilians and soldiers were sent to internment camps and Prisoner-Of-War camps in Australia. These camps had to be located far from Australian cities and the coast and the people in the camps were not to have contact with Australians. In the Tatura area in the north-east of Victoria camps were set up and the internees and prisoners of war received the same food and accommodation as the Australian Army soldiers guarding them.