Behind barbed wire: internment in Australia during World War II.

Describes life in the intemment camps and the eventual retum of most internees, via war work, to the community. Also discusses the selection methods used to assess internees: Nazi Party members and criminals were top of the list, followed by newly arrived immigrants and active communists. All Japanese residents and men of Italian origin from the north-east Queensland coast, where invasion threatened, were also considered dangerous enough to be locked up traces the progress of the war and its significance for internment. Dramatic defeats such as the fall of Singapore and France led to increased intemments, while victories, combined with the need for manpower and food production, led to releases. .