by Geoff Dornan This is the story of my grandfather Hirokichi Nakamura, who in 1897, boarded a ship in his home city Kagoshima bound for Sydney. He was just 18-years-old. I’ve never known why he left Japan. Perhaps he was seeking fame and fortune in Australia, or...
By Tianna Killoran In 2017, when I was looking to do a PhD in History, I serendipitously discovered that the first official Japanese Consulate in Australia was located in Townsville. I thought, ‘Townsville? Really? Of all places?’ I was only a young researcher then,...
On 4 May 2024, we held an in-person meeting in Sydney to discuss our partnership in PastWrongs Future Choices (PWFC), a seven year (2022-29) project with collaborators such asuniversities, museums, and Nikkei community organisations in Canada, US, Brazil, Japan, and...
A biography of Ethel May Punshon, known as Monte Punshon – A Secretive Century: Monte Punshon’s Australia 1882-1989 – by Tessa Morris-Suzuki has been published by Melbourne University Press. Born in 1882 and living until she was 106, Monte was a known as a trailblazer...
Nikkei Australia’s founding member Mayu Kanamori will hold an exhibition Compendium for Navigating Borderlands on 15 and 16 June 2024 in Matsuyama. Matsuyama University Himata Campus2F North side, H2E classroom8:30 ~ 16:3015 & 16 June 2024 The exhibition is...
From successful businessman to ‘enemy alien’: my grandfather Hirokichi Nakamura29 August 2024
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