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Internment Symposium March 2014
The symposium in the afternoon of March 6th Thursday at the Cowra Japanese Gardens or on the morning between 8:30-9:00 on March 7th Friday in the Foyer of the Cowra Civic Centre.
Civilian Internment Arts Program 2014
WW2 Civilian Internment in Australia Photographs

Finding a balance between the two: Interview with artist Mariko Konno

by Timothy Kazuo Steains   I recently interviewed the twenty-seven-year-old Nikkei artist Mariko Konno. We went to the same primary school, all those years ago: SJS or the Sydney Japanese School. It’s a Japanese international school in
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December 12, 2017
by Tim Steains
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Story of Hasegawa Family by Andrew Hasegawa

By the time I was born in the early 1960s the long shadow of world war two was starting to fade. The 1950s and 60s saw wave after wave of immigrants arrive in Australia but almost no Asians or Japanese. The white Australia policy still prevailed and if the colour of my skin was anythi
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October 06, 2014
by info@nikkeiaustralia.com
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Internment Symposium March 2014

Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2 - history, memories and community heritage: this international symposium was held during Cowra's annual Festival of International Understanding March 6-16, 2014 in Cowra NSW.

Keynote Speech by Dr Yuriko Nagata – Internment Symposium
Keynote Speech by Dr Yuriko Nagata - Internment Symposium

Dr Yuriko Nagata’s keynote speech “The Legacy of Internment: shattered lives and lost communities” at Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.

Introduction by Dr Keiko Tamura – Internment Symposium
Introduction by Dr Keiko Tamura - Internment Symposium

Dr Keiko Tamura’s introduction at Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.

Cowra Unveiling & Commemorative Ceremonies
Cowra Civilian Internment Interpretive Board Unveiling & Commemorative Ceremonies

On 9 March 2014, an interpretive board detailing the internment of Japanese and nikkei civilians during WWII in Australia was unveiled at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, followed by commemorative ceremonies at the Australian War Cemetery,

Former civilian internees
of Tatura Internment Camps
Former civilian internees of Tatura Internment Camps

Former civilian internees of Tatura Internment Camps gather at a symposium: Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.


Photo Album: Nikkei Australia Internment Symposium & Unveiling of Civilian Internment Interpretive Board, Cowra, Australia

Symposium – Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2: history, memories and community heritage

 

Unveiling, Civilian Internment Interpretive Board & Commemorations, Cowra Part 1

Civilian Internment Arts Program

Unveiling, Civilian Internment Interpretive Board & Commemorations, Cowra Part 2

 

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