Our History | Tasmania again a prison

By Marion Sargent, Launceston Historical Society
April 21 2018 - 6:00pm

During World War II labour shortages led to Italian prisoners of war being employed on farms in rural Tasmania from November 1943. Many were engaged in general farm duties and growing large quantities of vegetables for the War Effort.

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