126102 Accession Number: 126102

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BALMAIN, NSW. 1946-03-02. A GROUP OF CHILDREN WHO GATHERED TO WATCH PROCEEDINGS BOOED AND HISSED LUSTILY AS THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION SHIP, THE DAIKAI MARU OSAKA, THE FIRST JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP TO ENTER SYDNEY HARBOUR SINCE AUSTRALIA WENT TO WAR WITH JAPAN, EMBARKS NEARLY 3,000 JAPANESE POWS AND INTERNEES FOR REPATRIATION TO JAPAN. THE CHILDREN WERE MOVED LATER BY POLICE BECAUSE THEIR NOISE ANNOYED THE PEOPLE ON THE WHARF.

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Accession Number
126102
Photographer
Corporal Ernest Mervyn McQuillan OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 March 1946
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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