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BARMERA, SA 1944-01. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. GERMAN INTERNEES LOADING BALES OF POPPY HEADS ONTO A TRUCK FOR TRANSPORT TO BARMERA RAILWAY STATION. AN INITIAL FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) WAS SOWN IN 1943-03, IT FLOWERED IN 1943-10 AND WAS HARVESTED IN 1943-11. BY 1945 THE ANNUAL HARVEST AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE TONS OF POPPY HEADS WHICH MADE THE BARMERA AREA THE PRINCIPLE SOURCE OF POPPY STRAW IN AUSTRALIA. THIS IN TURN ENABLED THE COMMONWEALTH TO BECOME INDEPENDENT OF OVERSEAS SOURCES OF MORPHINE AND OTHER OPIUM DERIVATIVES. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)
BARMERA, SA 1944-01. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. A THREE TON TRUCK AND TRAILER LOADED WITH BALES OF POPPY HEADS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR BARMERA RAILWAY STATION. AN INITIAL FIFTY ACRE CRO
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-
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
BARMERA, SA 1943-11-23. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. MR HARWOOD OF HORWOOD BAGSHAW AND COMPANY STANDING AMONGST THE RIPE PODS OF THE FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFE
BARMERA, SA 1943-11-23. NO. 14 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. A SPECIALLY ADAPTED HARVESTER BEING TOWED INTO THE FIFTY ACRE CROP OF OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) SOWN IN 1943-03. STANDIN
