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Australian connections with Japan intensified in the first decades of the twentieth century, when teaching of the Japanese language was first introduced to the University of Sydney and Fort Street High School. The National Library of Australia (NLA), the National Archives of Australia (NAA) and the Australian War Memorial have extensive holdings of Japanese sources relating to specific individuals seeking exemption under the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901; materials on Japanese in Northern Australia; diplomatic connections between Australia and Japan; sources created by early Japanese temporary settlers in Australia related to trade in products such as wool, silk and sugar; and documents related to WWII.

From the archive Filter this collection

World War II
Japanese
「抑留日記：四年間の赤服生活」Four Years in a Red Coat
Personal collection
Cold War
English, Japanese
Authority to marry, issued by the Australian Military Forces, 1952
Australian National Maritime Museum
World War II
English, Japanese
Budgen – Papers
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Captured Japanese Documents: Outline of education at camps
Australian War Memorial
National boundaries
Japanese
Certificate – Issued To Setsutaro Hasegawa, Red Cross, Japan, Dec 1926
Museums Victoria Collections
World War II
Japanese, English
Certificate of Surrender, Estimated 1945
Museums Victoria Collections
World War II
Japanese
Current conditions in Australia
Japanese Diet Library
Settlement
Japanese
Diary – Setsutaro Hasegawa
Museums Victoria Collections
World War I
Japanese, English
Dr A C V [Alexander Clifford Vernon?] Melbourne [University of Queensland – correspondence with the Japanese Consul General in Australia – 1cm; box 4]
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
World War II
Japanese
Evans – Maps, ca. 1940-1959
State Library of Victoria
National boundaries
English, Japanese
External Affairs – Hikoji Takasaki – has he left Commonwealth [contains Japanese passport]
National Archives of Australia, Melbourne
World War I
Japanese, English
Far East. Australian Eastern Mission 1934 – Press Cuttings from Japanese newspapers
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese, English
Far Eastern Liaison Office Propaganda Leaflets
State Library of Queensland
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese, Malay, Portuguese, Dutch, English
Far Eastern Liaison Office Propaganda Leaflets, 1945
State Library of Victoria
Settlement
Japanese
Five Japanese documents, 1879-1880, relating to the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition
State Library of Victoria
World War II
Japanese, English
General Headquarters, Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section, General Staff
National Archives of Australia
World War II
German, Japanese, English
German Internees – Six hand drawn, coloured, maps of South Eastern Australia
Australian War Memorial
Settlement
Japanese
Goshu Kuinzurando-shu Shinjugai Oyobi Kaisan Gyogyo Kandei Hoki
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese
Hyojun Daitoa Bunzu : 15 Australia hen
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Italian, Japanese
Italian diary, Soldier Unknown (Italian Army)
Australian War Memorial
World War II
English, Indonesian, Dutch, Malay, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi
Japanese and Allied propaganda relating to the Japanese invasion of New Guinea in World War II, 1943-1945
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Japanese Chamber of Commerce – letters from Australian Government Ministers (enemy property records)
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
World War II
Japanese, English
Japanese Chamber of Commerce – miscellaneous correspondence and records, minutes of meetings, correspondence with Federal Ministers
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
World War II
Japanese, English
Japanese Chamber of Commerce – share transfer certificates (enemy property records) [box 4]
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
World War II
English, Japanese
Japanese internees for repatriation [includes diary kept by an internee – in Japanese – and English translation]
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Japanese Language Maps
Queensland's Archives
World War II
Japanese, English
Japanese pamphlets, Cairns
National Archives of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
Japanese Passport issued to Setsutarō Hasegawa
Immigration Museum Victoria
World War II
Japanese, English
Japanese surrender – Document
Bendigo Military Museum
World War II
Japanese, English
Kôgun shôhei ni tsugu
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese, English
Leaflet dropped behind Japanese lines
State Library of South Australia
World War II
English, Japanese
Leaflet, surrender, 1945
Bendigo Military Museum
National boundaries
Japanese
Letter – Japanese Consul General To Setsutaro Hasegawa
Museums Victoria Collections
National boundaries
Japanese
Letter – Siblings To Setsutaro Hasegawa, Victoria
Museums Victoria Collections
Settlement
Japanese
Letter to Setsutarō Hasegawa from his siblings in Japan
Immigration Museum Victoria
World War II
German, Japanese
List of handwritten German and Japanese words
Hill End Historic Site Collection
World War II
Japanese, English
Major General Magata
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese, Dutch, English
Major Sie Hashida
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Mamesensuikan
Australian War Memorial
World War I
Japanese, English
Manuscript of speech by representative of the Japanese Community of Broome
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Montevideo Maru Prisoners of war and internees list (in Japanese)
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Mr Ichikawa [Correspondence with the Japanese Consul General in Australia] [0.25cm; box 7]
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
Settlement
Japanese, English
Mutsumi Tsuda, The Life Story of Yasukichi Murakami
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
National boundaries
Japanese
Noreen Jones photographs : Mise collection
State Library of Western Australia
World War II
Japanese
Notebook – Japanese, World War II, New Guinea Campaign, 1939-1945
Museums Victoria Collections
World War I
Japanese, English
Notebook and correspondence, 1936-1940
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Original Japanese WW2 magazine – Shashin Shuho (写真周报)
Christmas Island Virtual Museum
World War II
Japanese
Pamphlet in Japanese – Surrender
Bendigo Military Museum
World War II
English, Japanese
Papers and realia of Laurence Nicholas Bruce: Dutch Bravery Medal
State Library of Western Australia
Cold War
Japanese, English
Papers of Shigeru Yura relating to the Cowra Japanese War Cemetery [UMA-AC-000000022]
The University of Melbourne
Cold War
Japanese, English
Personal Papers of Prime Minister Fraser, Japan/ China visit, 1976
National Archives of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese, English
Photograph album of views in Sydney, New South Wales, portraits of family and friends, and photographs taken in Japan, [1910s] / compiled by Ichiro Kagiyama
State Library of New South Wales
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Dutch, Arabic
Propaganda [Far East Liaison Office] Leaflets[IV]
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Propaganda documents, c.WWII
Bendigo Military Museum
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Papuan languages
Propaganda FELO [Far Eastern Liaison Office] Leaflets[I] – Samples
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Propaganda FELO [Far Eastern Liaison Office] Leaflets[II] – Translations etc by ATIS [Allied Translator and Interpreter Service]
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, Tok Pisin
Propaganda pamphlets WW2
Bendigo Military Museum
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, English
Propaganda pamphlets, c. 1942-1945
Bendigo Military Museum
World War II
Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Creoles and pidgins
Propaganda Report on Activities of Far Eastern Liaison Officer for Period June 1942 to September 1945 [Exact copy of T3/B]
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
PWJA 18124 G Hoshikawa [Camp leader, Japanese POW] [Box 7]
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
National boundaries
Japanese, English
S. Nakagawa papers regarding copper mining and trade between Japan and Australia
State Archives of New South Wales
National boundaries
Japanese, English
Schedule for Australian Line / Nippon Yusen Kaisha
State Library of Queensland
World War II
Japanese, English
Shigeru Honjo
Australian War Memorial
Settlement
Japanese
Six Japanese documents from 1875 relating to the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition
State Library of Victoria
World War II
Japanese
Surrender Document, WWII
Western Australia Museum
World War II
Japanese
Survey on the current conditions of white people in Australia and New Zealand
Japanese Diet Library
Settlement
Japanese
Two Japanese government documents relating to the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition
State Library of Victoria
World War II
Japanese, English
War crimes – New Britain – Tol massacre
National Archives of Australia, Melbourne
National boundaries
Japanese
Yasukichi Murakami Collection of Photographs
State Library of Western Australia
World War II
English, Japanese
Yoneda, Kenichiro (Japanese)
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
Cold War
Japanese
オーストラリヤ・オンチ — Ōsutorariya onchi
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
メルボルン万国博覧会報告 — Meruborun Bankoku Hakurankai hōkoku — Report on the international exposition held in Melbourne
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
メルボルン日本商社絹綿雑貨関係者座談會 — Meruborun Nihon shōsha kinuwata zakka kankeisha zadankai
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
動く濠洲 — Ugoku Gōshū — Australia On The Go
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
南方共栄圈常識絵図 — Nanpō kyōeiken jōshiki ezu — Map of Southeast Asia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
大東亜共榮圏港灣要覧 — Dai Tōa Kyōeiken kōwan yōran — Overview of harbours within the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
大東亞共榮圈と農業 — Dai Tōa kyōeiken to nōgyō — The Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere and Agriculture
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
太平洋を南北に貫く — Taiheiyō o nanboku ni tsuranuku — The Pacific Ocean runs from North to South
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
悉徳尼府萬國博覧會報告 — Shidonī-fu Bankoku Hakurankai hōkoku — Report on the international exposition held in Sydney
National Library of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
新しき國新西蘭と濠州 — Atarashiki kuni Nyū Jīrando to Gōshū — New nations: New Zealand and Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
日濠新親善號 — Nichi-Gō-Shin shinzen gō — Japan-Australia new friendship edition
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
日産タワオ従業員敵国抑留日誌 — Nissan Tawao jūgyōin tekikoku yokuryū nisshi
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
明治三十三年軍艦金剛南洋諸島及濠洲航海報告 — The Report on War Ship Kongo's Voyage in the South Seas and to Australia in 1900
State Library of New South Wales
National boundaries
Japanese
最近の濠州 — Saikin no Gōshū — Present Day Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
最近蘭領東印度南洋地方要図 — Saikin Ranryō Higashi Indo, Nan'yō chihō yōzu — Map
Northern Territory Library
National boundaries
Japanese
濠州及印度 — Gōshū oyobi Indo
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲 — Gōshū — Australia
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
濠洲, 南方大陸及新西蘭 Gōshū, Nanpō tairiku oyobi Nyūjīrando, Chōhakuun
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
濠洲ノ外国貿易ニ關スル調查 — Gōshū no gaikoku boeki ni kansuru chōsa — Survey of Australian Foreign Trade
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
濠洲の対日高関税と通商擁護法発動迄の経緯概略 Gōshū no tainichi kōkanzei to tsūshō yōgohō hatsudō made no keii gairyaku
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲の現勢 — Gōshū no gensei — Conditions In Australia
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
濠洲の産業金融及貿易 — Gōshū no sangyō kinʾyū oyobi bōeki — Australian Business, Finance and Trade
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲の糖業 — Gōshū no tōgyō — The Australian Sugar Industry
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲の農業政策 Gōshū no nōgyō seisaku
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲侵略史 – Gōshū shinryaku shi – The invasion of Australia
National Library of Australia, Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese
濠洲侵略史 Gōshū shinryaku shi – The invasion of Australia
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese
濠洲及新西蘭ニ於ケル原住民ニ關スル調查 — Gōshū oyobi Nyū Jirando ni okeru genjūmin ni kansuru chōsa — Survey of the native peoples of Australia and New Zealand
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
濠洲史 — Gōshū shi — A History of Australia
National Library of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
濠洲史 — Gōshū shi — A History of Australia
National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
World War II
Japanese
濠洲寫眞帳 : 附・新西蘭 Gōshū shashinchō : tsuketari, Nyū Jīrando
Northern Territory Library
Settlement
Japanese
濠洲探撿報告書 — Gōshū tanken hōkokusho — Report of the expedition to Australia
National Library of Australia, Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese
濠洲聯邦政治外交史 — A history of Australian politics and foreign relations, including a brief history of New Zealand
Japanese Diet Library
World War II
Japanese
濠洲航路案内 / 日本郵船 — Gōshū kōro annai
State Library of New South Wales
World War I
Japanese
白豪主義/ 欧米局 — Haku-Gō shugi —
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
羊毛関係者座談会 — Yōmō kankeisha zadankai — Wool growers and traders lecture society
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
聯合軍 伝単 — Rengōgun dentan
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
豪州南阿南北米を巡りて— Gōshū Nan-A Nanboku-Bei o megurite — Tour of Australia, South Africa, and the Americas
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
豪州新西蘭座談会 — Gōshū Nyū Jīrando zadankai — Symposium on Australia and New Zealand
National Library of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
豪州記行第二回 — Gōshū kikō dai nikai — A record of my second trip to Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
豪州軍総司令官トマス・ブレイニー大将布告 – Gōshūgun sōshireikan Tomasu Bureimī Taishō fukoku
National Library of Australia

Newspapers

 
Japanese
Cheers: Japanese entertainment paper
 
 
Japanese
Ikyu press
 
 
Japanese, English
Japan monthly
 
 
Japanese
Japanese Perth Times
 
 
Japanese, English
Jenta Sydney
 
 
Japanese
Nichi-Go puresu
 
 
English, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese
The Asian
 
 
Japanese, English
The Perth express
 
 
Japanese
インフオーム – Info-M : Japanese communication magazine
 
 
Japanese
オーストラリアと日本を結ぶ日本字新聞 – Ōsutoraria to Nihon o musubu nihonji shinbun
 
 
Japanese
サザンスカイ— Sazan sukai
 
 
Japanese
週刊ジェンタ— Shūkan jenta
 

Images

World War II
Japanese, English
24. Japanese cemetery, Broome, n.d. / unidentified (2009 4190)
State Library of New South Wales
World War I
Japanese
Australian postcards published in Japan
National Library of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Australians with business or other reasons for visiting Japan are taking a basic course in the spoken language
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic
CHINATOWN 1971
Private Collections
Cold War
Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, English
Chinese architectural style telephone box and street sign in five languages, Carnarvon Street, Broome
State Library of Western Australia
World War II
Japanese
Divers corner, Gardens Road Cemetery, Darwin, ca. 1945
National Library of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – State schools – Japanese language classes in many high schools throughout Australia
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – State schools – Japanese language classes in many high schools throughout Australia
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – State schools – Japanese language classes in many high schools throughout Australia
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – Technical colleges – Japanese fairy tales being translated at Swinbourne Institute of Technology
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – Technical colleges – Japanese language studies at Sydney Technical College
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Education – Universities – Japanese woman establishes language course at University of Adelaide
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese
From Java to Fremantle
State Library of Western Australia
World War I
Japanese
Hatsuzo Murata headstone
Northern Territory Library
Cold War
Japanese
Japan – A school in Australia for Japanese children
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Japan – Japanese students study language training at Dickson College
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Japan – Young Japanese woman welcomed on Australian goodwill tour
National Archives of Australia
Cold War
Japanese
Japanese as a second language study in Australia
National Archives of Australia
World War I
Japanese
JAPANESE CEMETERY
Private Collections, National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
Japanese Cemetery – Nishioka's Grave
Private Collections
World War I
Japanese, English
JAPANESE GIRL
Private Collections
World War II
Japanese
Japanese language lessons are very popular with the occupation troops. [picture]
State Library of Victoria
Cold War
Japanese
Japanese language teacher enjoys work in Australian high schools
National Archives of Australia
World War I
Japanese
JAPANESE SCHOOL
Private Collections
Cold War
Japanese
Japanese week in Australian city
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Map of New South Wales and Tasmania, in Japanese
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
World War II
Japanese
Members of the Australian Air Force learn Japanese in North Borneo [1]
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Members of the Australian Air Force learn Japanese in North Borneo [2]
Australian War Memorial
National boundaries
Japanese
Monument commemorating the Japanese victims of the 1908 cyclone, Japanese Cemetery, Broome, Western Australia
State Library of Western Australia
World War I
Japanese
Nihon-jin oyobi Shina-jin to no jutakuchi zenkei [transparency] Whole picture of residential area of Japanese and Chinese etcetera
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese, English
Postcard – From Japan To Setsutaro Hasegawa
Museums Victoria Collections
National boundaries
Japanese, English
Postcard – From Western Australia To Setsutaro Hasegawa
Museums Victoria Collections
World War II
Japanese
Postcards WW2, 1943, 1944
Bendigo Military Museum
Cold War
Japanese
Pte M. Conti of [illeg.] (N.S.W.) and Cpl Hatton of Melbourne, were in difficulties with their Japanese phrase book almost as soon as they stepped ashore in Kure … [picture]
State Library of Victoria
Cold War
Japanese
Sergeant C.B. Lander … demonstrates that he can write as well as speak Japanese to Lance-Corporal J. Walker … [picture]
State Library of Victoria
Settlement
Japanese
Shachū no dokubari : tantei shōsetsu
State Library of South Australia
World War II
Japanese
Sq Ldr M.A. WIADROWSKI chief instructor of Language School at Point Cook checks over the work of Cpl. C.L. FUNCH & Sgt. J.J. COTTER (NZ) on the Jap Text Books [picture]
State Library of Victoria
World War I
Japanese, English
TENNIS CLUB
Private Collections
World War II
Japanese
ポートダーウィン爆撃 — Pōto Dāwin bakugeki — Bombing of Darwin
National Library of Australia

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