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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a talk by members of Nikkei Australia as the
 y  explore the treatment of Nikkei civilians in Australia during the war. 
 \n \n <em>Wednesday\, September 22\, 2021 \n 4:00-5:30 pm Pacific Daylight
  time\n (Thurs. Sept. 23\, 2021 9 am Australia EST\, 8 am Japan)\n Registe
 r here:</em>  \n <a href="https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcuyhq
 TIuGdzFW3p_XciYDdUhEscg7fQD" target="_blank">https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/
 register/tZMrcuyhqTIuGdzFW3p_XciYDdUhEscg7fQD</a> \n \n Just  hours after 
 the declaration of war in December 1941\, Japanese in  Australia were swif
 tly arrested. The Nikkei community had shrunk to only  1100 people at the 
 outbreak of war\, and the majority (almost 98%) were  interned in remote c
 amps around Australia. \n\n \nThere\,  they joined more than 3000 other 
 Japanese civilians who’d been arrested  in Allied-controlled countries s
 uch as the Dutch East Indies and New  Caledonia\, and sent to Australia to
  be interned. Despite being grouped  together as “enemy aliens\,” the 
 Japanese internees in Australia were  extremely diverse and many did not s
 peak the same language.\n \nFrom February 1946\, the majority were repatr
 iated to Japan\, many against their will.\n \nJoin us for a fascinating l
 ook at this history and how it compares to the Japanese Canadian story. \n
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SUMMARY:Identity and Internment: The Japanese Australian Experience
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