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"For most of the world’s population, the end of the second world war was a
glorious day. This was not necessarily the case for Japanese-Australians, who
faced repatriation to Japan after being interned by their home country,
Australia.
Shortly after Japan entered the war in December 1941, 1,141 Japanese people
living in Australia were seized and transferred to “enemy” camps – accounting
for 98% of the total Japanese population in Australia. This was much higher
than the proportion of Italians and Germans sent to Australian internment
camps.
At the camps, such as those located in Loveday in South Australia, Tatura in
Victoria and Hay and Cowra in New South Wales, Japanese internees were treated
by Australian guards according to the Geneva Convention. But there was little
contemporary Australian press coverage of these camps, and many Australians did
not know about them – even if they lived locally.
In my newly published research, I have been exploring the forgotten experiences
of Japanese-Australians during the second world war."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
