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Tatura Museum

Locality: Tatura, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5824 2111

Address: 49 Hogan St 3616 Tatura, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.taturamuseum.com

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23.01.2022 Thought this would interest all...(https://www.jwire.com.au/dunera-80th-anniversary-event-goes-virtual/)

21.01.2022 Congratulations to Arthur and Lurline on receiving the CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. Well deservedCongratulations to Arthur and Lurline on receiving the CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. Well deserved

21.01.2022 Last year Tatura Irrigation and Wartime Camps Museum received a substantial conservation grant which enabled the Museum to have some conservation work done on 19 artefacts. The artefacts include 14 puppets, 2 model ships and 3 artworks on paper. The work has been interrupted due to Covid 19 but a recent update shows a conservator at Grimwade Conservation Services, at Melbourne University, working on "Tatura No 6". The model is believed to have been made in Camp 13 Murchison by an interned Japanese pearler from Broome, WA.

15.01.2022 Murchison POW camp WW2. This camp was in Victoria. All photos AWM. 'Murchison Prisoner of War Camp opened in 1941 as one of nineteen camps established throughou...t Australia during the Second World War. It held some 2,000 Italian, 1,300 German and 185 Japanese prisoners during the international conflict. Over 1,000 personnel were involved in guarding and administration duties, including local men from the Citizen Military Force reservists. The last Prisoners of War left the Murchison Camp in 1947.' Above quote from Heritage Council Victoria. Notes: our POW's in Australia during WW2 numbered over 15,000, partly consisting of 8,000 people sent from overseas war zones. As signatories to the UN Convention of Human Rights, it was our responsibility to treat POW's well, not kill or torture them. A further 7,000 POW's held in Australia were people already living in Australia - including over 1,500 English people. Many of those interred were merely held because of their nationality, even their 'foreign' name - many were women and children. Having a German, Dutch or Japanese sounding name, or simply being of Asian appearance, usually meant you were locked up. Same in WW1 and the reason many Australians changed their Germanic name at that time, even although a law was made to prevent this. We had awful policies regarding all this and after WW1 sent thousands back to 'country of origin' even although many were naturalised Australians, and most were 2nd, 3rd or 4th generation with no connection at all to a place their name may have originated from. Some married into the name, that was their only "crime." The only upside is that our POW camps were well run, no torture allowed. The inmates were set to work, many at farming. Posting show we still had some horses in the military in WW2.

13.01.2022 The Dunera Association is proud to present, in conjunction with Emanuel Synagogue, Sydney, a webinar focused on the life and art of Dunera Boy Leonhard Adam. Th...is is a 'pay what you can' event. Participation is by tax deductible donation, which is to be shared equally between the Dunera Association and Emanuel Synagogue. Please register at the event link below. Please note that the event starts at 3pm Tatura time (so please check the correlating time in your timezone). [80th Anniversary event - Dunera, Tatura and Leonhard Adam](80th Anniversary event - Dunera, Tatura and Leonhard Adam

11.01.2022 Do You Know This House? The Museum is trying to find out more information on a painting they have. Do you know where at Waranga Basin this painting was done, who owned the house and any other details regarding owner or property. We know the artist and that it was painted in November of 1941.

03.01.2022 We are pleased to advise that the Museum will be re-opening on Mondays and Thursdays from 1pm to 3pm. Other days can be arranged by appointment. We hope to be back open five days a week and on weekends as soon as we have the volunteers available. To celebrate the re-opening, our Leonhard Adam Collection of paintings will be on display until March. These paintings depict his early years in Europe, internment on the Isle of Man, his time spent in internment at Tatura as well as his life after internment. We have worked hard to make our Museum Covid-Safe and look forward to welcoming visitors to the Museum.

02.01.2022 https://youtu.be/LCBY4ghP6co A very insightful presentation remembering the 80th Anniversary of the arrival of the Queen Mary in Australia and the important role Tatura played in the lives of those on board.