Discover the diaries of Federico Bonisoli documenting his internment during World War II. The diaries Include Internment diaries (in Italian dated 1940-1944, letters in English received from his niece Maria Bonisoli and nephew Attilio Bonisoli between 1940-1943, a photograph of Federico Bonisoli, c.1939. and a letter in Italian to Felice Bonisoli from Rev. Professor M.F. Toal, an ex-internee of Loveday Camp dated 13 September 1956.

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.

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.

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

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

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

The Holsworthy Internees Collection is integral to the history of the Liverpool Region. Its primary significance lies in its relationship to the themes of wartime internment experience, racial antagonism, Australia’s fear of subversion and strict adherence to Britain’s wartime foreign policies.

The Gaol Cell Door 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 Miniature Dolls Furniture is a part of a wider collection of objects used by the internees that are integral to the fabric of the Trial Bay Gaol heritage site and provides the distinctive character of the place.

Discover the book ‘The Gentle Art of Photography’. The book was used by the internees at Trial Bay Gaol to take and develop photographs of the Trial Bay Camp.

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

Discover the cell door from Berrima Gaol where German POWs were interred between 1915-1918.

The Trial Bay Internees Collection interprets the story and provides evidence of the experience of the German internee’s life at Trial Bay, the attitudes of the German internees to the war and internment and their relationships to other German communities in NSW both interred and free.

Discover the dugout canoe Störtebeker that was made by German World War One prisoners of war at Berrima internee camp in 1915.

Discover the service record of Willhelm Köster a German merchant seaman interred at Berrima Internment Camp in 1915.

Discover the banner made by German crews of ships belonging to the German-Australian Line, Deutsch Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (known by the initials D.A.D.G) who where interred at Berrima Gaol between 1915 -1918.

The Eindecker model has aesthetic significance and reinforces the fact that the internee community, which was educated and cultured, included wealthy industrialists, doctors, academics, publishers, professionals and entrepreneurs.

The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station.