Michi's Memories: The Story of a Japanese War Bride
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This book tells the story of Michi, one of 650 Japanese war brides who arrived in Australia in the early 1950s. The women met Australian servicemen in post-war Japan and decided to migrate to Australia as wives and fiancées to start a new life. In 1953, when Michi reached Sydney Harbour by boat with her two Japanese-born children, she knew only one person in Australia: her husband. She did not know any English so she quickly learned her first English phrase, “I like Australia”, in the car on...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Pacific Institute ANU Press (1965-Present) |
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Date published: | 2011 |
Type: | Book |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20225 |
DOI: | 10.22459/MM.09.2011 |
Access Rights: | Open Access via publisher website |
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