War time on Wadjemup : a social history of the Rottnest Island internment camp / Alexandra Ludewig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ludewig, Alexandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internment camps--Australia--Western Australia--Rottnest Island--History.

Internment camps.

Prisoners of war--Australia--Western Australia--Rottnest Island--History.

Prisoners of war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Place of Publication:

Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

The internment camp on Rottnest Island, established for enemy aliens from Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I, can be considered a historical oddity, not least because Indigenous prisoners were also held captive there by Australian soldiers and warders. The coexistence of men from the most diverse backgrounds and social circumstances, some of whom did not even share a common language, yet still cohabited peacefully, serves on reflection as an inspiration. Thanks to a multitude of photographs, we can still gain a very good insight into this period in Australia, when rare scenes of fraternisation transcended contentious national and ethnic boundaries during the Great War.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781760801601

1760801607

9781760801618

1760801615