Object numberM2015/009:015
DescriptionProgramme produced by The Musical Department of Classical Music, conducted by Peter Hadlen, Tuesday 18 February 1941, Hay internment camp, with watercolour painting by Dr Paul Georg Glass, a Roman Catholic lawyer from Vienna who had served in the First World War. The painting depicts a romantic Italian scene on a gondola. The program unfolds to show the music performed was by Bach, Schubert and Mozart, and the Stadlen Choir with conductor Peter Stadlen.
Music flourished in the camps. Many other program covers at Hay were also illustrated by Paul Georg Glass. This watercolour is part of the Rev. Alcorn's collection which represents a record of those Jewish and non-Jewish internees who were on board the ship H. M. T. Dunera.
When war broke out, England responded to public panic over the so-called 'enemy within' by interning thousands of foreign nationals. Australia agreed to assist the 'mother country' in this process and in July 1940, the HMT Dunera set sail from Liverpool to Sydney, carrying 2,542 male 'enemy aliens'. Arriving in Sydney on 6 September 1940, the 'Dunera Boys' (as they came to be known) were first interned in Hay and Orange in NSW. Eventually they were brought to Tatura, Victoria. Although behind barbed wire, these camps operated as communities and incorporated canteens, hospitals, dental and recreational facilities, schools, music, theatre and other artistic activities.
The Rev. Alcorn ministered to those internees who declared that they were Protestants of a non Anglican denomination. These 151 internees (according to the lists) formed some 15% of the camp inmates.
Music flourished in the camps. Many other program covers at Hay were also illustrated by Paul Georg Glass. This watercolour is part of the Rev. Alcorn's collection which represents a record of those Jewish and non-Jewish internees who were on board the ship H. M. T. Dunera.
When war broke out, England responded to public panic over the so-called 'enemy within' by interning thousands of foreign nationals. Australia agreed to assist the 'mother country' in this process and in July 1940, the HMT Dunera set sail from Liverpool to Sydney, carrying 2,542 male 'enemy aliens'. Arriving in Sydney on 6 September 1940, the 'Dunera Boys' (as they came to be known) were first interned in Hay and Orange in NSW. Eventually they were brought to Tatura, Victoria. Although behind barbed wire, these camps operated as communities and incorporated canteens, hospitals, dental and recreational facilities, schools, music, theatre and other artistic activities.
The Rev. Alcorn ministered to those internees who declared that they were Protestants of a non Anglican denomination. These 151 internees (according to the lists) formed some 15% of the camp inmates.
Production date 1941-02-18 - 1941-02-18
SubjectDunera, internment camps
Object nameprograms
Materialpaper, watercolour , ink
Techniquepainted, handwritten
Dimensions
- width: 160.00 mm
width: 316.00
height: 255.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Garry Hogden
DocumentationDunera lives. Volume 1 : a visual history300007330