most successful pearling businessman. Naturalised in 1899 with equal legal status with other Australians, on 8 Dec 1942 he was ‘captured’ in his Darwin office. He died in 1943 at Tatura internment camp in Victoria. Tets and I plan a joint paper about all this at AHA 2024.
I had a great visit on Friday to the Japanese garden and cultural centre at Cowra where @TetsKimura and Richard Bullen had reconstructed a traditional Noh performance stage. We also went to the Japanese war cemetery where we found the plaque for Jiro Muramats, Australia’s …
Further to my comment piece in this week’s @SatPaper listen to today’s @7ampodcast where I discuss citizenship and Australian values ⬇️📡📻
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