Camp Hay Internment Camp Australia

Archive

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Spungen Family Foundation - Holocaust Postal Collection

1941, Front side - Scrip from Camp Hay Jewish internment camp in Hay, Australia.: Beige paper with printed text, outline, and illustration in English using blue and black ink. The value of the scrip is 6-pence. At the bottom center, a depicition of a kangaroo, emu, and sheep are present. At either side, a signature in black ink is present. No. 40332. Around the border, barbed wire with text "we are here becahse we are here..." appears.
1941, Front side - Scrip from Camp Hay Jewish internment camp in Hay, Australia.

Beige paper with printed text, outline, and illustration in English using blue and black ink. The value of the scrip is 6-pence. At the bottom center, a depicition of a kangaroo, emu, and sheep are present. At either side, a signature in black ink is present. No. 40332. Around the border, barbed wire with text "we are here becahse we are here..." appears.

Name/Title

Camp Hay Internment Camp Australia

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.1

Scope and Content

1941, scrip from Camp Hay Jewish internment camp in Hay, Australia.

Collection

Camp Hay Internment Camp

Category

Currency

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Scrip

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1941

Primary Language

English

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Oceania

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Measurement of the full length and width of the archive.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Continent

Australia, Oceania

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

C. Walrich - Updated (October 5 2026)