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

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A cartoon sketch depicting life at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Tatura, Victoria, drawn by one of the internees
Subject
Art
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Italian language
Internment camp inmates
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Category
4. World War II
Place
Tatura
Keywords
Italian immigrants
Tatura camp
Creator
Gazzi, Marco
Current holder
CO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society (IHS), Melbourne
Item number
P-06534
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Language
Italian
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'.
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A cartoon sketch depicting life at the Australian Prisoner of War and Internment Camp, Tatura, Victoria, drawn by one of the internees