IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 862
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Hay Internment camp, Australia: camp magazine
Date(s): [1941]
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Hay Internment camp, Australia
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Hay internment camp was located outside of the town of Hay in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales. It was constructed in 1940. The first arrivals were 2036 Jewish internees from Nazi Germany and Austria - mostly professionals who had simply fled for their lives - along with 451 German and Italian POWs. They were transported from England on-board the HMT Dunera, and they became known as 'the Dunera Boys,' which was applied, in particular to the Jewish refugees.
The refugees (and POWs) were transported to Hay via train and then placed in the camps behind barbed wire. They remained active, holding physical education courses and concerts, teaching the children and printing their own money.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to Hay Internment camp, New South Wales, Austrlia, [1941] comprising a copy of Boomerang magazine, including articles from inmates on topics such as the Pioneer Corps, a commentary on the internment of aliens, health in the camp, teaching languages and the camp debating society, 1941 and woodcut image of Camp Hay, New South Wales, 1940s.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
N/A
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Two separate accessions.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See Wiener Library Document Collections: 741, 1076, 1233 for further material on the Hay Camp for refugees.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008