The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Image taken at number 14 camp gardens, Loveday Internment Camp. A man's wrist (probably VX137425 Driver Percival James Torbet) gives a comparison of the size of a poppy flower in part of the fifty-acre crop of opium poppies (Papaver Somniferum) sown in March 1943. The white blooms average seven inches in diameter but can be up to 12 inches across. The crop flowered in October 1943 and was harvested in November the same year, but drought caused a low yield. By 1945, however, the annual harvest amounted to approximately thirty-five tons of poppy heads which made the Barmera area the principal source of poppy straw in Australia. This in turn enabled the Commonwealth to become independent of overseas sources of morphine and other opium derivatives.
BARMERA, SA 1943-11-23. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. THIS SPECIAL TYPE OF COMB WAS FITTED TO A SPECIALLY ADAPTED HARVESTER USED TO HARVEST THE FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAV
BARMERA, SA 1943-11-23. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. MR HARWOOD, OF HORWOOD BAGSHAW AND COMPANY, WHO ASSISTED WITH THE CONVERSION OF A HARVESTER USED TO HARVEST THE FIFTY ACRE CROP O
Image taken at number 14 camp gardens, Loveday Internment Camp. VX137425 Driver (DVR) Percival James Torbet stands in part of the fifty-acre crop of opium poppies (Papaver Somniferum) sown in March 19
BARMERA, SA 1943-10. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. PART OF A FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) SOWN IN 1943-03 THAT FLOWERED IN 1943-10 AND WERE HARVESTED IN 1943-
Image taken at number 14 camp gardens, Loveday internment group. VX137426 Driver (DVR) Percival James Torbet stands in part of the fifty-acre crop of opium poppies (Papaver Somniferum) sown in March 1
BARMERA, SA 1943-10. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. VX137426 DRIVER (DVR) T. J. TALBOT STANDS IN PART OF THE FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) SOWN IN 1943-03. (DVR
