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Holsworthy internment camp postcards and photograph, Liverpool, Sydney, 1916

SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918–Sources
War stories
Prisoners of war–Australia
Internment camps–Australia
Internment camp inmates’ writings
German language–Writing
Category3. World War I
PlaceHolsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Current HolderState Library of New South Wales
Date1916
Series Number MLMSS 9533
Item Number 16AJlRqn
Access RightsDigitised
RightsIn copyright. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder.
Country Of Origin Australia
LanguageGerman
English
Description From Source 1 folder 1. Envelope and card from Table Mountain, Cape Town with enclosed photograph of Boers in Transvaal inscribed “Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, B.R. Navy Harbour” and 3 pressed leaves inscribed “Compliments of the season, 1916-1917”. Envelope is postmarked Capetown, 20 Nov. 1916, addressed to R.J. Sands, Lieut.-Gen., Commandant Concentration Camp, Liverpool, Sydney. 2. Photograph of German internment camp, not identified, probably Holsworthy 3. Postcard of Simonstown and Bay, Cape Town 4. Postcard of Liverpool concentration camp, written on back in German, from William Henning 5. Envelopes (2) addressed to Major R.S. Sands, German Concentration Camp, Liverpool 6. Postcards from ‘Heinrich’, Liverpool, written in German, 16 Nov. 1916 and envelope inscribed ‘Germany, from Meyer’ 7. Cards (2) stating rules for letters to prisoners of war
Physical Format Manuscripts
Pictures
Photographs
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/CSTSPEKU/
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