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Serie "Javanen in Australië"

Abstract

After the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, a group of Javanese men, women and children who had been living in Sumatra were returning to Java, but were forced to sail to  Australia, arriving in Port Melbourne via Fremantle in April 1942.  These images were published in an article in Pix magazine on 6 June 1942 (Vol. 9, no. 23). 

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Australia
Javanese (Indonesian people)
Dutch East Indies
Melbourne (Vic.)
Photographs
Category4. World War II
AuthorPictorial Press
PlaceMelbourne
KeywordsJava
CreatorFotocollectie Anefo / RVD Londen Positieven
Current HolderNationaal Archief
Period Of Reference1942/1943
Date1942
Series Number 2.24.01.02
Item Number 934-8921
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of Origin Australia
Netherlands
LanguageDutch
Description From Source Beschrijving Serie “Javanen in Australië” [zijn waarschijnlijk Sumatranen, red.] Zes mannen uit Nederlands-Indië die werken in munitiefabrieken in Melbourne wandelen tijdens hun vrije tijd in westers colbert en kleurrijke oosterse sarongs. Deze zes (afkomstig uit Medan, en tijdens de Japanse inval op weg naar Bandoeng) wisten met vrouwen en kinderen Australië te bereiken. Dominee J.T. Freeman van de Port Melbourne Methodist Church bracht hen onder in een Zondagsschool
Physical Format Photographs
Related Resources http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-476509706
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