Papers of enemy aliens interned in Australia, 1914-1919
Papers of enemy aliens interned in Australia, 1914-1919
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Date
1914-1919
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
SERIES 01
Personal papers of prisoners interned during World War I, mainly diaries, notes and correspondence, 1915-1919
SERIES 02 PART 01
Papers relating to the camp life and management of internees, including letters of complaint and appeals, 1918-1919
SERIES 02 PART 02
Handbills and programmes for concerts, theatre perform...
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Papers of enemy aliens interned in Australia, 1914-1919
Notes
General note
Some material transferred to MLDOC 1104
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papers
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Administrative / Biographical history
The enemy aliens interned were mainly German but also Austro-Hungarians, Italians and Japanese. There were three main groups - civilian internees shipped from Eastern ports, selected naturalised Australians and Australian born men of German descent, and prisoners of war captured in naval engagements or transferred from allied ports.
Camps inclu...
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nvg8J2E1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg8J2E1
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423336
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