The coins have historic value as evidence of the events that surround the internment of POWs in Australia in World War 2 and the experience of the refugees and POWs life at the Hay POW camp.

Discover the carved box made by a German merchant seaman interred at Berrima Internment Camp in 1915.

See the bugle that Japanese prisoner of war TOYOSHIMA HAJIME used to signal the start of the mass escape of Japanese POWs from Cowra POW Camp in 1944.

Read Pasquale Dogao’s Prisoner of War Identity Card from the Cowra camp, 1943.

See the collection of buttons that were discovered recently in the drain pipes at Trial Bay Gaol. The buttons are from the clothes of Australian military guards and German prisoners of war circa 1915.

Discover the photography frames used by World War 1 German POWs interned at the Trial Bay Gaol Internment Camp between 1915 and 1918 to take and develop photographs of the Camp, its environment and the activities that took place there.

Discover the Kodak film tank used by German POWs who where interred at Trial Bay Gaol between 1915-1918.

The Jewellery Box is a part of a collection of objects integral to the fabric of the Trial Bay Gaol heritage site and provides the distinctive character of the place.

The lathe used by Trial Bay internees has aesthetic significance in the design and manufacture of toys for children interred at other internment camps.

Discover the zither played by the German merchant seaman interred at Berrima Internment Camp in 1915.