Michi's memories the story of a Japanese war bride
Michi, one of 650 Japanese war brides, 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,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T.
ANU E Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Michi, one of 650 Japanese war brides, 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 the way from the harbour to meet her Australian family. In the last fifty years, she brought up seven children while the family moved from one part of Australia to another. Now, in her eighties, she leads a peaceful life in Adelaide, but remains active in many ways |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781921862519 1921862513 |