Series 4: Hay camp currency
Series 4: Hay camp currency
About this item
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Date
between 6 September 1940 and 4 June 1941
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 10515/Folder 1
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Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Contents
Hay internment camp currency notes designed by George Adams-Teltscher comprising 3 banknotes and 2 plate proofs of drawings and accompanying denomination lettering.
1. Sixpence. The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, 1 March 1941. C 39769. (Front and verso)
2. One shilling. The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, 1 March 1941. D 2277...
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Full title
Series 4: Hay camp currency
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The Hay camp internees were not allowed to hold Australian currency, so they decided to devise their own money and banking system. George Adams (formerly Teltscher) designed intricate sixpence, one shilling and two-shilling notes with the approval of the camp commandant and the support of The Riverine Grazier newspaper and the Hay branch of the Com...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 10515/Folder 1
Record Identifier
93QOqNq1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QOqNq1
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Reference code
9658106
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