The War at Home: Internment and Persecution of Enemy Aliens in Australia during WWI

Fischer, G

The War at Home: Internment and Persecution of Enemy Aliens in Australia during WWI

Fischer, G

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Publisher:: UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre
Publication Type:: Recording, Oral
Issue Date:: 2009-09-10

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Fischer, G
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-20T00:47:03Z
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-15T03:12:26Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-20T00:47:03Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-15T03:12:26Z
dc.date.issued	2009-09-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19840
dc.description	Audio recording. Running time 1 hour 54 minutes 58 seconds. Original held at Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre, UTS City Campus, Level 3, Mary Ann House, 645 Harris Street, Sydney	en
dc.description.abstract	During WWI, the Australian Government conducted a vigorous campaign against so-called enemy aliens, mainly members of the German Australian community. Since it was impractical to intern all of the estimated 100,000 residents of German descent, a number of restrictions were placed on all Australian residents of enemy origin, and a policy of selective internment was adopted aimed at detaining prominent leaders and businessmen with the aim of destroying the cultural infrastructure of the community and the commercial interests of German Australian residents. After the war, the prisoners still held in internment camps (some 6,000) were deported to Germany. While the WWI story of the Anzacs has been elevated to the status of a national foundation myth, the concurrent story of a war waged at home against a section of the Australian population has received very little attention.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Public Lecture 2009
dc.relation.replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/2100/942
dc.subject	race	en
dc.subject	Germany	en
dc.subject	Australia	en
dc.subject	German Studies	en
dc.subject	war	en
dc.subject	history week	en
dc.title	The War at Home: Internment and Persecution of Enemy Aliens in Australia during WWI	en
dc.type	Recording, oral	en
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

During WWI, the Australian Government conducted a vigorous campaign against so-called enemy aliens, mainly members of the German Australian community. Since it was impractical to intern all of the estimated 100,000 residents of German descent, a number of restrictions were placed on all Australian residents of enemy origin, and a policy of selective internment was adopted aimed at detaining prominent leaders and businessmen with the aim of destroying the cultural infrastructure of the community and the commercial interests of German Australian residents. After the war, the prisoners still held in internment camps (some 6,000) were deported to Germany. While the WWI story of the Anzacs has been elevated to the status of a national foundation myth, the concurrent story of a war waged at home against a section of the Australian population has received very little attention.

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