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Interned Germans [B 8999] • Photograph

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Summary

Interned Germans wearing camp uniform and playing a game of chess on Torrens Island (sitting on the left is Otto Burth). Conditions were harsh in the camp with Captain G.E. Hawkes abusing and ill treating the internees. Following two courts of inquiry the camp was closed in 1915. To add to the harsh conditions the internees, housed in tents, had to provide their own food. Despite these hardships they managed to organise cultural events.

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Physical description

Photograph; 13.9 cm x 8.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1915

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Burth, Otto
Torrens Island Internment Camp (S.A.)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Concentration camps -- South Australia -- Torrens Island
Internment camp inmates -- South Australia -- Torrens Island

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Digitisation information

Date

15/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,001 x 3,156 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

18.97 MB

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