BARMERA, SA 1945-03. AN AUSTRALIAN GUARD WATCHES JAPANESE INTERNEES CUTTING UP AND PREPARING ...

Place Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Barmera
Accession Number 122939
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cullen, Hedley Keith
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

BARMERA, SA 1945-03. AN AUSTRALIAN GUARD WATCHES JAPANESE INTERNEES CUTTING UP AND PREPARING TOMATOES FOR SEED EXTRACTION AT NO. 14 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. THE PROCESS WAS SLOW AND WASTED THE JUICE AND PULP SO THE TOMATOES WERE EVENTUALLY TRUCKED TO THE BERRI PACKING UNION WHO CANNED THE JUICE AND RETURNED THE SEEDS TO THE FARM FOR CLEANING. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)