Dunera Lives: Profiles (Paperback)

Ken Inglis

ISBN 10: 1925835650 / ISBN 13: 9781925835656

Published by Monash University Publishing, Clayton, VIC, 2020

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Paperback. The story of the 'Dunera Boys' is an intrinsic part of the historyof Australia in the Second World War and in its aftermath. The injustice these2000 men suffered through British internment in camps at Hay, Tatura and Orangeis well known. Less familiar is the tale of what happened to them afterwards. Followingon from volume one Dunera Lives: A VisualHistory (2018), Dunera Lives:Profiles continues the saga in life stories.This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain andSingapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera lives,those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of theSecond World War and survived to tell the tale. Here are some of their stories.A contribution to the history of Australia, to the history ofmigrants and migration, and to the history of human rights, these two volumesput in the public domain a story whose full dimensions and complexity havenever been described. 'In the way it traces the lives of 'Dunera boys'before, during and after internment, Dunera Lives: Profiles is narrativehistory in one of its most engaging and moving forms.' - Raimond Gaita The story of the 'Dunera Boys' is an intrinsic part of the historyof Australia in the Second World War and in its aftermath. The injustice these2000 men suffered through British internment in camps at Hay, Tatura and Orangeis well known. Less familiar is the tale of what happened to them afterwards. Followingon from volume one (2018), Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dunera Lives: Profiles (Paperback)
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing, Clayton, VIC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925835650
• ISBN 13: 9781925835656
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Injustice. Survival. Memory. These are the stories of civilians arrested, deported, and incarcerated in camps at Hay, Orange and Tatura during the Second World War. Over 2500 men came from Britain to Australia on the Dunera, disembarking in Melbourne and Sydney in September 1940. Over 250 men, women and children came from Singapore on the Queen Mary three weeks later.

Volume 2 of Dunera Lives follows the paths of a selection of these people, from their early lives before and during the Nazi years, through their arrival in Britain or the Straits Settlements in search of a safe haven, to their arrest as enemy aliens and subsequent deportation and incarceration in camps in Australia. Then, as free men, they start new lives in many parts of the world. What they made of their freedom is striking.

This book is a chronicle of injury, endurance, courage, and transcendence.

About the Author

Carol Bunyan studied history at the Australian National University, and later was a public servant. She was born in Hay; this link led to her interest in researching the Dunera story. Her association with Ken Inglis began when they met at a Dunera anniversary function in 2011.

Bill Gammage was a student, colleague and friend of Ken Inglis. He studied at the Australian National University, and taught Australian and Pacific history at the Australian National University and the universities of Papua New Guinea and Adelaide.

Ken Inglis (1929–2017) was an Adjunct Professor at Monash University, and Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. He was one of Australia’s most admired and warmly regarded historians. Volume 2 of Dunera Lives concludes the path-breaking project begun by Ken. It is a testimony to the enduring legacy of his work.

Seumas Spark is an Adjunct Fellow in History at Monash University. He is a co-author of Dunera Lives: Profiles 

and Dunera Lives: A Visual History, and co-editor of ‘I Wonder’: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis and Shadowline: The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok.

Jay Winter is Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University, and Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. He is a historian of the First World War.