Number 2 Home: A Story of Japanese Pioneers in Australia by Noreen Jones

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Price sticker on half-title page has been covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Body text and binding are still very good.

This book examines the Japanese presence in Australia from the late colonial period until World War Two. The Japanese who migrated to Australia were prostitutes, pimps and pearl divers but they were also families, farmers, fishermen, entrepreneurs and itinerants. The few who were granted citizenship were later stripped of the status and untold numbers made applications that were refused. With the outbreak of WWII, many Japanese were interned and most were denied permission to remain in Australia when the war ended.