Refugees and Rebels

Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia

Jan Lingard

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Australia Indonesia Association of Nsw
01 May 2022

History; Asian history; Australasian & Pacific history; Second World War

The influx of over 5,000 Indonesian men, women and children into Australia during World War 2 has been largely overlooked. These people were military personnel, merchant sailors, civilians and even political prisoners of the Dutch, all evacuees from the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies. They arrived as subjects of the Dutch colonial empire, and the majority left after the war as rebels, supporting the fledgling Indonesian republic which Soekarno had proclaimed when the Japanese surrendered. This book tells the fascinating story of the Indonesians' engagement with White Australia as they were dispersed to cities and country towns, and of the repercussions when their struggle for independence was supported at grassroots level by their Australian friends; by unionists, particularly the Waterside Workers Federation and Seamen's Union; and eventually by the Chifley Labor Government itself.

By: Jan Lingard
Imprint: Australia Indonesia Association of Nsw
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780646859415
ISBN 10: 0646859412
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 01 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan Lingard has had a long career teaching Indonesian at the Australian National University and at the University of Sydney.Her previous publications are in the field of Literary Translation.These includeThe Outlaw and other Stories . Oxford University Press 1987Diverse Lives Oxford University Press 1995Eyewitness Imprint 1997. Winner of Victorian Premiers Literary Award for Literary Translation 1997.

Reviews for Refugees and Rebels: Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia

Refugees and Rebels Reviews Review by Hamish McDonald April 2022 As the Pacific War is ending, a new struggle starts as Indonesians resist the return of their Dutch colonial rulers. In Australia, tension grows between Dutch officials and their Indonesian underlings who'd fled the invading Japanese, and a diverse group of Australians - trade union leaders, bishops, communists, theosophists, lawyers, housewives - argue it's time for Australia to back its emerging Indonesian neighbour. Their agitation leads to a waterfront black ban on Dutch shipping and Australian diplomatic mediation that eventually help Indonesia break free. Jan Lingard gives us the definitive account of this enthralling but little-known episode that pushed Australia into engagement with post-colonial Asia. -- Hamish McDonald