Papers of enemy aliens interned in Australia, 1914-1919

Title: Papers of enemy aliens interned in Australia, 1914-1919
Subject: World War, 1914-1918; Prisoner-of-war camps; Noncitizens; Correspondence; German diaries; War diaries; World War, 1914-1918--Australia; World War, 1914-1918--Sources; Germany--History; Germany; Prisoners of war
Category: 3. World War I
Keywords: Enemy aliens; naturalised Australians
Current holder: State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference: 1914 – 1919
Link: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg8J2E1
Item number: nvg8J2E1
Access rights: Request at location
Country of origin: Australia
Place: Trial Bay; Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Language: German
Physical format: Manuscripts
Abstract: 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 included those at Torrens Island, South Australia (1914-1915), Holsworthy, Liverpool, New South Wales (1914-1920) and Trial Bay, northern New South Wales (1915-July 1918)
Date accessed: June 14, 2021