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Cartoon sketch depicting life at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Tatura, Victoria, drawn by one of the internees

SubjectArt
Australia–Emigration and immigration—History
Italian language
Internment camp inmates
World War, 1939-1945–Australia
Category4. World War II
PlaceTatura
KeywordsItalian immigrants
Tatura camp
CreatorGazzi, Marco
Current HolderCO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society (IHS), Melbourne
Item Number P-06534
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of Origin Australia
LanguageItalian
Description From Source Digital image and copy print A cartoon sketch depicting life at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Tatura, Victoria, drawn by one of the internees. This drawing was souvenired by Marco Gazzi, who was also an internee and one of the Dunera contingent of civil internees who came out from England in 1941 after he was arrested there while working in a business run by an Italians and hence deemed to be an ‘enemy alien’. The sketch bears the title: ‘Galleria Del Campo: Tipi, Macchiette, Caricature ecc’.
Physical Format Drawing

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