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Drawing, Foundry Drawing

Image

Title
Drawing, Foundry Drawing
Subject
German language
Prisoners of war--Australia
Internment camp inmates
Germans
Category
4. World War II
Author
Schmidt, Herman Bernhard
Place
Tatura
Keywords
Tatura camp
civilian internees
German Australian
Current holder
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Period of reference
November 1, 1943 – November 30, 1943
Link
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6444c1e66a6c84b1dfff9e01
Item number
C3653
Country of origin
Australia
Language
German
Description from source
Historical information
Herman Bernhard SCHMIDT was a foundry owner in Queensland. He was interned and sent to Gaythorne internment camp for 6 months and then sent to Tatura Camp 1 until 1946 when he was released.

Physical description
Coloured drawing on fawn paper of a foundry. Framed in a dark coloured wood and under glass. In German across the top is Technisches - Zeichnen (Technical Drawing) Orthographische Projektion (orthographic projection) Blatt 14 (sheet 14). Across the bottom is gezeichnet (drawn by) B Schmidt November 1943. Gepruft (checked).

Inscriptions & markings
label on back "Donated by the Gunther Schmidt Family Trust" (son of Herman Bernhard Schmidt - Tatura WW2) March 2023

Materials: glass, wood, paper

Measurements: Length: 48.8 centimetres, Depth: 1.2 centimetres, Height: 32.7 centimetres
Physical format
Drawing