Номер объектаM2015/009:033
ОписаниеEngraved cigarette case, black metal coating engraved on one side to reveal the grey metal layer underneath. The engraving features a Bible on a desk, a bowl of flowers, and an open window with a view of brick chimneys and buildings. Engraved text - EX LIBRIS F*E*A points to the box belonging to the Rev. F.E. Alcorn.
Artist's initials AW and inscription Hay 1941 possibly represent Alfred Wurmser, an internee at the Hay Camp. He has been recorded there as an electrical engineer and artist/draughtsman.
The Cigarette box is part of the Rev. Alcorn's collection which represents a record of those Jewish and non-Jewish refugees on board the ship H. M. T. Dunera, and interned in Australia.
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.
Artist's initials AW and inscription Hay 1941 possibly represent Alfred Wurmser, an internee at the Hay Camp. He has been recorded there as an electrical engineer and artist/draughtsman.
The Cigarette box is part of the Rev. Alcorn's collection which represents a record of those Jewish and non-Jewish refugees on board the ship H. M. T. Dunera, and interned in Australia.
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.
Дата 1941
ТемаDunera, internment camps
Наименованиеcigarette tins
Материалmetal
Размерность
- width: 154.00 mm
height: 110.00 mm
depth: 16.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Garry Hogden