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BARMERA, SA 1944-10. NO. 10 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. PART OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CROP OF "BLUE MAW" OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) WHICH GREW TO THREE FEET IN HEIGHT. EACH SEASON THE RIPENED HEADS OF CROPS LIKE THIS WERE SENT TO MELBOURNE WHERE IN A SPECIALLY CREATED FACTORY THREE AND A HALF POUNDS OF MEDICINAL MORPHINE WAS EXTRACTED FROM EACH TON OF DRIED HEADS. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT H. K. CULLEN)
BARMERA, SA 1944-10. NO. 10 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. STAFF SERGEANT H. N. HUFFADINE STANDING AMONGST AN EXPERIMENTAL CROP OF "BLUE MAW" OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM). THIS CROP GRE
BARMERA, SA 1944-10. NO. 10 CAMP GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. FLOWERS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CROP OF "BLUE MAW" OPIUM POPPIES (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM) MOST OF WHICH WERE WHITE DOUBLES WITH THE PETALS ED
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 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 O
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
