WEST AUSTRALIANA
Using a mixture of personal stories, original documents and family photographs, this book traces the history of the Japanese men and women who lived and worked in Western Australia from the 1890s until their internment at the outbreak of war between Australia and Japan in December 1941.
The Japanese who migrated to Australia before 1901 were not only the prostitutes, pimps and pearlers of popular fiction. They were families, farmers and fishermen, entrepreneurs and itinerants. With determination and ambition, many of them successfully established themselves in their new home. But the few who were granted citizenship were later stripped of the status, and untold numbers made applications which were refused. With the outbreak of World War II, property and possessions were confiscated, many were interned and most were denied permission to remain in the country when the war ended. Focusing on the stories of individuals, this engaging account examines the Japanese presence in Australia from the late colonial period until World War II.
- 224 p. : ill., maps, ports : 21 cm. #050923
- Includes bibliographical references : p. 211-217.
- Out of print
- Japanese — Western Australia — History