Michi's memories : the story of a Japanese war bride /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tamura, Keiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2011.
Temas:
War brides > Australia.
Japanese > Australia.
Interracial marriage > Australia.
Women immigrants > Australia.
Épouses de guerre > Australie.
Japonais > Australie.
Mariage interracial > Australie.
Immigrantes > Australie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Interracial marriage
Japanese
War brides
Women immigrants
Australia
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781921862526
1921862521
1921862513
9781921862519

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