• Title
  Series 4: Hay camp currency
• Call number
  SAFE/MLMSS 10515/Folder 1
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  between 6 September 1940 and 4 June 1941
• Type of material
  Paper money
• Reference code
  9658106
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
  
• 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 Commonwealth Bank. Australian officials determined that the banknotes were illegal and an order was placed for them to be destroyed.
• Scope and Content
  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 22778. (Front and verso)
  3. Two shillings. The Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, 1 March 1941. E 40456. (Front and verso)
  4. Plate proofs (front and verso)
  5. One shilling lettering.
  6. Sixpence lettering.
  
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Subject
  Paper money--New South Wales.
  Dunera: Stories of Internment.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Enemy Alien: The Dunera boys at Orange, 1941 - Orange Regional Museum (November 2022 - April 2023). Applies to: Item 1, 2, 3; 4a
  Dunera: Stories of Internment - State Library of New South Wales (August 2024 - May 2025). Applies to: SAFE/MLMSS 10515/Folder 1/Items 1-4a
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