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Italian prisoner of war in paddock at Oakbank farm [PRG 1696/7/9] • Photograph

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Summary

Digital copy of a black and white photograph of the Italian prisoner of war assigned to work at the Chamberlain/Frost farm at Oakbank. Seen here standing in a crop, believed to be potatoes, in one of the paddocks with the water bore and pump in the background.

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Physical description

1 photograph (digital copy) : black and white, negative

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1943

Collection

Part of Oakbank Collection

Subject

Prisoners of war -- South Australia -- Oakbank -- Pictorial works
Italians -- South Australia -- Oakbank
World War, 1939-1945 -- South Australia -- Oakbank
Farms -- South Australia -- Oakbank
Crops and water -- South Australia -- Oakbank

Catalogue record

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General notes

Part of a collection comprising digital copies of artefacts, diary and photographs relating to Ernest Arthur Frost's WWI service with the Third Australian Light Horse, and Frost family photographs.

Original not held.

Size of original negative 6 x 8.8 cm.

Historical information

During WWII, an estimated 14,000-18,000 Italian prisoners of war were put to work on Australia's farms under a unique scheme. They had been shipped from British prisoner-of-war camps in India starting in mid 1943, and brought out to replace the men pulled from the farms to fight the war overseas, with only those Italian POWs deemed trustworthy being sent out to the farms.

Some years after the death of E.A. Frost, Violet Annie Frost remarried to Charles (Charlie) Chamberlain, and together they owned a farm at Oakbank located a short distance behind the Oakbank Racecourse.

Digitisation information

Date

28/10/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

7,264 x 10,228 pixels (74.3 MP)

Size

148.62 MB

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