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The Japanese-Speaking Community in Australia Arrival and Settlement The first Japanese to visit Australia arrived in 1867. A twelve-man acrobatic group called the "Great Dragon Troupe" performed in Melbourne. During 1874 another troupe performed in Melbourne. One of the acrobats, Sakuragawa Rikinosuke, married an Australian woman in 1875 and they moved to Queensland. Their descendants still live in that state. The peak years of Japanese migration to Australia were between 1893 and 1898. In 1901 there were 3,554 Japanese speaking people in Australia. The majority of these were engaged in the sugar and pearling industries in Queensland or pearling in Western Australia. For the next fifty years the only Japanese admitted to Australia were crews and divers indentured to Australian pearlers. A handful of merchants, tourists and students had temporary entry permits. In 1908, the Japanese became the largest national group employed in the pearling industry in Broome. In 1914, when pearling reached its peak, there were 1,166 Japanese in Broome and 574 on Thursday Island. By 1911 there were 357 Japanese men employed in the Queensland sugar industry. At the end of the Second World War only around 74 Japanese nationals and about 80 Australian born Japanese were permitted to remain in Australia. The others were deported to Japan. In 1952 the first of approximately 800 Japanese "War Brides" began to enter Australia. Despite a huge influx of Japanese tourists the number of permanent residents has remained small. These are mostly business people, academics and spouses of Australians. There are also a large number of students and young people on working holidays staying for a year or less. At the 1996 census there were about 10,000 permanent Japanese residents in Australia and almost the same number on temporary visas. Community Contacts Organisations that represent the Japanese speaking community: Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia PO Box 344 Curtin, ACT 2605 Phone(:02) 6282 5755 Fax: (02) 6282 5734 ACT Embassy of Japan 112 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla, ACT 2600 Phone: (02) 6273-3244 Fax: (02) 6273-1848 www.japan.org.au Home page in Japan www.mofa.go.jp/anzen Canberra Japan Club P.O.Box 840 Civic Square, ACT 2608 Victoria Consulate-General of Japan Melbourne Japan Information Service 45th floor, Melbourne Central Tower 360 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Phone: (03) 9667-7823 Fax: (03) 9639-3829 www.mailmz.emb-japan.go.jp/cmd/melbourne_au.html] Japanese Society of Melbourne Inc. Level 5, 350 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Phone: (03) 9650-3666/7 Fax: (03) 9650-1245 Japan Club of Victoria P.O.Box 86, Canterbury, Victoria 3126 Phone: 0418-540-865 Australia-Japan Society of Victoria P.O.Box 8114 Monash University LPO, Clayton, Victoria 3168 Phone: (03) 9905-8245 Fax: (03) 9905-8246 New South Wales Consulate-General of Japan Sydney Level 34, Colonial Centre, 52 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000 [minfcg@bigpond.com.au|Email www.japan.org.au/sydney Japanese Cultural Centre Level 11-14, 201 Miller Street, North Sydney, NSW 2080 Phone: (02) 9954-0111 Japanese Society of Sydney Inc. Level 29, 1 Market Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 9267-3380 Fax: (02) 9267-4670 Australia-Japan Society of NSW Level 5, 225 Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Phone: (02) 9299-2242 Queensland Consulate-General of Japan Brisbane 17th floor, Comalco Place, 12 Creek Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000 Phone: (07) 3221-5188 Fax: (07) 3229-0878 www.japan.org.au/brisbane Japanese Society of Brisbane Inc. 17/180 Moggill Road, Taringa, QLD 4068 Phone: (07) 3870-0360 Fax: (07) 3871-0316 Japanese Society of Cairns Inc. P.O. Box 4850, Cairns, QLD 4870 Phone: (07) 4099-5277 Fax: (07) 4099-5077 Japanese Society of Gold Coast Inc. 25 Mawarra Building, 3108 Gold Coast Highway, Surfers Paradise, QLD, 4217 Phone: (07) 5531-6661 Fax: (07) 5592-4794 Australia Japan Society of QLD G.P.O. Box 2036, Brisbane, QLD 4001 Phone: (07) 3831-1002 Western Australia Consulate-General of Japan Perth 21st floor, The Forrest Centre, 221 St. George�s Terrace, Perth, WA 6000 Phone: (08) 9480-1800 Fax: (08) 9321-2030 www.japan.org.au/perth Japanese Association of Western Australia Inc. G.P.O.Box W2010, Perth, WA 6001 Phone: (08) 9476-2340 Fax: (08) 9476-2363 South Australia Japanese Society of Adelaide Inc. C/- Mitsubishi Motors Aust. Ltd., 1284 South Road, Clovelly Park, SA 5042 Phone: (08) 8275-7111 Fax: (08) 8275-6841 Tasmania Australia-Japan Society of Tasmania PO Box 136 Sandy Bay, TAS 7006 Phone (03) 6225 4380 Northern Territory Australia-Japan Society of Darwin PO Box 43041 Casurina, NT 0811 Phone (08) 8927 8064 Special Events Calendar SBS Radio's Japanese Language Program presents coverage of these and other community events throughout the year. January 15 Coming-of-Age Day February 11 National Foundation Day March 3 Hinamatsuri (Girls festival) April 29 Midori-no-hi (Golden Week commences) May 3 Constitution Memorial Day May 5 Children's Day (Golden Week finishes) July 20 Umi-no-hi August 6 Hiroshima Memorial Day August 9 Nagasaki Memorial Day September 15 Respect for the Aged Day November 3 Cultural day December 23 Emperor's Birthday Recommended Websites www.iij.asahi.com This is the Asahi newspaper site available in Japanese and English (Font software necessary to view Japanese version) www.nikkei.co.jp This site contains news, sport, entertainment in English and Japanese (Font software necessary to view Japanese version) www.kyodo.co.jp The site for the Kyodo newsagency www.home.kyodo.co.jp This is the English version of the Kyodo newsagency site www.yomiuri.co.jp On-line version of the Yomiuri newspaper which provides news, current affairs and sport. www.mainichi.co.jp This newspaper site contains news, sport, current affairs. 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