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Remembering the Internment: Mary Nakashiba
Mary Nakashiba Born: Thursday Island, 1926 Interned: Tatura, Victoria, 1942–44
“I felt betrayed by my country”
Seventy years have passed since half-Japanese Mary was interned as a fifteen-year-old, but the shocking turn of events after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor is still clear to her. After being arrested in Darwin, Mary and her family were transported to Sydney by ship along with hundreds of other Japanese. “When we got off the ship, there was a crowd of people lining the harbor. They were screaming, ‘Kill them! Shoot the bastards!’ I couldn&r…
