The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Murchison, Australia. 5 March 1945. Not previously grown with much success in Australia, Pyrethrum is being grown in quantity in the garden project of No. 13 POW Group, where 22 acres are now under cultivation. Quantities have already been produced and sold. Pyrethrum is used in the manufacture of the new D.D.T. insect killer. Two German POWs walk behind a horse pulling a plough which is tilling the earth beside rows of Pyrethrum plants.
Murchison, Australia. 5 March 1945. A German prisoner of war (POW) working in the packing shed on the garden project carried on by No. 13 POW Group where he is interned. The garden is about four miles
Murchison, Australia. 5 March 1945. German prisoners of war (POWs) from B Compound, No. 13 POW Group picking tomatoes in the garden which is a project of the POW Group. The garden is about four miles
HAC No 2 Mk 1** six shot, double action revolver. Frame marked No2 MkI** 38 within the letters HAC over 1943. It has black plastic grips with right side having a brass three quarter inch disc set into
Crossing the line ceremony aboard the German armed merchant raider, SMS Wolf. Sailors are dressed as figures from Roman mythology including King Neptune and members of his Court, the sea goddess Amphi
Crossing the line ceremony aboard the German armed merchant raider, SMS Wolf. Unidentified sailors have coloured their skin black with coal dust and complete with curly wigs, nose rings and loin-cloth
Group portrait of unidentified sailors taking part in a crossing the line ceremony aboard the German armed merchant raider, SMS Wolf. Sailors are dressed as island natives and pirates. The ceremony ce
