P11187.002 Accession Number: P11187.002

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Group portrait of male internees at the Loveday Internment Camp. The Loveday Internment Camp opened in 1941 and was comprised of four separate compounds. During its peak, the camp held over 5000 internees who produced goods and cultivated crops for the Australian war effort. Loveday Internment Camp closed in December 1946.

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Accession Number
P11187.002
Photographer
Heinz Georg Hercksen
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Digital file
Date Made
c 1944-1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor G Meinke
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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