Symposium & Exhibition
Convenor of Symposium and Curator of Exhibition
Professor Pedram Khosronejad
School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
4-5 March 2023
Bonney Theatre, Barmera, South Australia
Morning Session -1 (Chair P Khosronejad)
Acknowledgment of Country
Opening Message
The Berri Barmera Council Mayor Ella Winnall
Welcome Message
Pedram Khosronejad
The History of the Loveday Internment Camp
Rosemary Gower
Keynote Speaker- The Internment of Germans in Australia: Historical Perspectives
Peter Monteath (Flinders University)
Morning Session -2 (Chair P Khosronejad)
Internment from Iran as A Child
Helga Griffin
My Unforgettable Journey to Australia
Ingrid Stephen
From Zwickau to Melbourne
Doris Frank
Afternoon Session -1 (Chair P Khosronejad)
My Early Childhood (recording)
Roswitha Wulff
The Life and Legacy of Doctor H. E. Wulff
John Wulff
Bremen to Launceston with a Few Detours
(recording)
Anneliese Kropf
Afternoon Session -2 (Chair P Khosronejad)
German Internees in Australia: a collection story (recording)
Libby Stewart (National Museum of Australia)
Our Project's Story
Pedram Khosronejad
Concluding Remarks
Rosemary Gower, Pedram Khosronejad, Peter Monteath, Loveday Internment Camp Committee)
This program received financial support from the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, and the Flinders University. With thanks to our sponsors the Berri Barmera Council, Loveday Internment Camp Committee, and Temple Society, Australia.
This exhibition investigated the role of tangible heritage (family photo albums, personal diaries, letters, and arts of the camp) in the life and resettlement of German civilian internees and prisoners of war from Persia (Iran)
Tour of Loveday Internment Prison Camp (South Australia) where the fathers of project members, the Germans of Persia were detained between 1941-45.
The overarching argument of this project is the multifaceted role and multifunctional usage of the tangible and the intangible heritage of migrants as coping strategies during harsh life experiences such as deportation, imprisonment, forced migration and resettlement.