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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.

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World War II
Japanese
A guide to travel in Australia - Japanese post (濠洲航路案内 / 日本郵船)
State Library of New South Wales
World War II
Japanese
A history of Australia
National Library of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
A history of Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
A history of Australian politics and foreign relations, including a brief history of New Zealand
Japanese Diet Library
National boundaries
Japanese
A record of my second trip to Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Aete Nippon jôge chôya ni shingen su
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Agricultural policies in Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Allied propaganda leaflet in Japanese
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Australia
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
Australia (Southern Continent) including New Zealand
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
Australia and India
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Australia on the go
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
Australian business, finance and trade
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
Australian business, finance and trade
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
Australian postcards published in Japan
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
AWM82 2/176 - [Captured Japanese Documents:] Outline of education at camps
Australian War Memorial
World War II
English, Japanese
Budgen - Papers
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese, English
Captain C S Morrison - Propaganda leaflet
National Archives of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Certificate of Surrender, Estimated 1945
Museums Victoria Collections
World War II
Japanese
Conditions in Australia
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Current conditions in Australia
Japanese Diet Library
Settlement
Japanese
Diary - Setsutaro Hasegawa
Museums Victoria Collections
World War II
Japanese
Evans - Maps, ca. 1940-1959
State Library of Victoria
World War II
Japanese, English
Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) Leaflets
Australian War Memorial
World War II
English, Japanese
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
Fushin kiwamaru meihô doitsu
Australian War Memorial
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 I
Japanese
Gōshū no tainichi kōkanzei to tsūshō yōgohō hatsudō made no keii gairyaku (濠洲の対日高関税と通商擁護法発動迄の経緯概略 - Outline of the emergence of high tariffs on Japanese imports to Australia and the Japanese trade protection law)
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Hyojun Daitoa Bunzu : 15 Australia hen
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese, English
Ikusa wa korekara
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Italian, Japanese
Italian diary, Soldier Unknown (Italian Army)
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Japan-Australia new friendship edition
National Library of Australia
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
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
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
Japanese, English
Major General Magata
Australian War Memorial
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
National boundaries
Japanese
Meruborun Bankoku Hakurankai hōkoku - メルボルン万国博覧会報告
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Montevideo Maru Prisoners of war and internees list (in Japanese)
National Archives of Australia
Settlement
Japanese, English
Mutsumi Tsuda, The Life Story of Yasukichi Murakami
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
World War II
Japanese, English
Nachisu Doitsu kudaru
Australian War Memorial
Settlement
Japanese
New nations: New Zealand and Australia
National Library of 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
Overview of harbours within the Greater East Asian Co- Prosperity Sphere
National Library of Australia
World War I
Japanese
Pacific issues research paper no. 3: White Australia Policy
National Library of Australia
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
World War II
Japanese, English
Pari no fukugen to Rûmania, Burugaria no kôwa
Australian War Memorial
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
National boundaries
Japanese
Present day Australia 最近の濠州
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Propaganda docuements, c.WWII
Bendigo Military Museum
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
Settlement
Japanese
Report of the expedition to Australia
National Library of Australia
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
Sensuikan no kyôi saru
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese, English
Senyû ni tsugu
Australian War Memorial
National boundaries
Japanese
Shidonī-fu Bankoku Hakurankai hōkoku - 悉徳尼府萬國博覧會報告
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Shigeru Honjo
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Silk and general goods traders discussion: Melbourne Japanese Club, 6 March 1939
National Library of Australia
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
National boundaries
Japanese
Survey of Australian foreign trade
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Survey of the native peoples of Australia and New Zealand
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Survey on the current conditions of white people in Australia and New Zealand
Japanese Diet Library
World War II
Japanese
Symposium on Australia and New Zealand: paper no 47
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese, English
Taigan no kasai shiuruka
Australian War Memorial
World War I
Japanese
Taiheiyō o nanboku ni tsuranuku (太平洋を南北に貫く, crossing the Pacific Ocean from north to south)
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
The Australian sugar industry
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
The Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere and agriculture
National Library of Australia
National boundaries
Japanese
The Report on War Ship Kongo's Voyage in the South Seas and to Australia in 1900 (明治三十三年軍艦金剛南洋諸島及濠洲航海報告)
State Library of New South Wales
World War II
Japanese, English
Tôa ni okeru Nihon
Australian War Memorial
World War II
Japanese
Tour of Australia, South Africa, and the Americas: special supplement to the Kyushu Mining Journal, v.8 no.1
National Library of Australia
Settlement
Japanese
Two Japanese government documents relating to the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition
State Library of Victoria
World War II
Japanese
Wool growers and traders lecture society
National Library of Australia
World War II
Japanese
Wool growers and traders lecture society: Melbourne- Japanese Chamber of Commerce, 3 March 1939
National Library of 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
World War II
Japanese
南方共栄圈常識絵図 - Nanpō kyōeiken jōshiki ezu
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
最近の豪州 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
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese
濠洲侵略史 Gōshū shinryaku shi
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
濠洲寫眞帳 : 附・新西蘭 Gōshū shashinchō : tsuketari, Nyū Jīrando
Northern Territory Library
National boundaries
Japanese
濠洲探撿報告書 Gōshū tanken hōkokusho
Northern Territory Library
World War II
Japanese, English
聯合軍 伝単 - Rengōgun dentan
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, English
Japan monthly
 
 
Japanese
Japanese Perth Times
 
 
Japanese, English
Jenta Sydney
 
 
Japanese
Nichi-Go puresu
 
 
English, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese
The Asian
 
 
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
From Java to Fremantle
State Library of Western Australia
World War II
Japanese
Pōto Dāwin bakugeki / Takai, Teiji ga ポートダーウィン爆撃 / 高井貞二画
National Library of Australia

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