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濠洲 — Gōshū — Australia

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Title
濠洲 — Gōshū — Australia
Subject
War
White Australia policy
Islands of the Pacific
Indigenous peoples--Australia
Military history
Category
4. World War II
Author
南方産業調査会 (Nanpō Sangyō Chōsakai - committee for surveying the South Pacific)
Publisher
南進社 (Nanshinsha)
Place of Publication
Tokyo
Keywords
geography
textile industry
Trade
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Date
1942
Link
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2921187
Series number
OJN 3953 4003
Item number
2921187
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Japan
Place
Tokyo
Language
Japanese
Description from source
4, 156 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.

Summary: Contains information on natural features and products of Australia, development and inhabitants, administration and military preparadness.

Title translated into English: Australia.

Synopsis of content: This work is a wartime study of Australia. It covers geography, history, economy, industry, as well as examining the military preparedness of Australia. The author notes that it was not the intention of Japan to embroil Australia within the war, but that it was an unavoidable result of the geographical, political, and economic relations of Australia with Asia, Europe and America. However, the author finishes with a grim warning-'those without power are replaced by those with power. This is how the progress of humanity has developed. I sincerely hope that Australians wake up to this basic truth. It they do not, they will not be able to avoid the same fate as the original inhabitants'.
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Books
Maps