Postcards from Torrens Island

Reference

SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referenceD 7340(L)

Details

CreatorTilley, HaroldTitle Postcards from Torrens IslandDateca.1915Description

Two postcards made by an interned German prisoner of war on Torrens Island in 1915. The design of each card is a raised floral pattern in watercolour.

The postcards were used by Harold Tilley, who was stationed on Torrens Island with the 74th Regiment guarding prisoners of war, to send to his two nieces Jessie and 'Olly' (Olive) Buller of Aldgate Valley, Aldgate.

Relates to

ExhibitionTreasures of the State Library of South AustraliaThemeInternment in South Australia in World War OneSubjectTilley, HaroldWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Concentration camps -- South Australia -- Torrens IslandWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian -- South Australia -- Torrens Island

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Administration

Exhibition informationWithdrawn for exhibition: Treasures Wall, July 2014 - November 2014.

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