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German Concentration Camp Australia, album of internment camps on Rottnest Island, Western Australia and at Trial Bay and Holsworthy, New South Wales, 1914-1918

Date
1914 to 1918
Place
Trial Bay
Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Rottnest Island
Subject
Category
Author
Lehmann, Karl
Keywords
Holsworthy
Trial Bay
Rottnest Island
Liverpool
Current holder
Item number
4703393
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
OUT OF COPYRIGHT
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1914 to 1918
Description from source
1 album (445 photographs) : b&w, metal ; 24.5 x 36 x 4.2 cm. + 3 newspaper cuttings, 1 pamphlet.

Inscriptions: “GCC Australia”–Metal badge, Holsworthy guards’ hat badge, ca. 1916, attached to upper upper left of front cover.

The album includes photographs of the voyage on the SS Greifswald to Australia and of Fremantle and the German consul and his family. It includes images of the military camp at Fremantle (first place of detention), the State Hostel on Rottnest Island, the internees daily and social life, Aboriginal residents on Rottnest Island and camps at Trial Bay, Holsworthy and Liverpool.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Photographs
Pictures
Newspapers
Pamphlets
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Date accessed
2023-03-16
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