4 November 2006
Wartime internment
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A little known part of Australia's wartime history was the internment of thousands of people who were suspected, based on their ethnicity or cultural origins, of being a potential threat to the war effort.
According to author and researcher Ilma O'Brien, for many, the case against them was flimsy at best.
Simply having German, Italian or Japanese ancestry was enough to put you behind bars.
In her essay Wartime internment of enemy aliens, she outlines the experiences of some of those who were interned and examines the policies that put them there.
Guests
Ilma O'Brien
Publications
Title: Great Mistakes of Australian History
Author: Editors: Martin Crotty and David Roberts
Publisher: UNSW Press
Presenter
Geraldine Doogue
Producer
Scott Wales
Story Researcher and Producer
Ian Coombe
