Getting to Know The Enemy Internees Cafe Holsworthy

Getting to Know ‘The Enemy’ Internees Cafe, Holsworthy. Courtesy Dubotzki Collection Supporting Power. Point Presentation for

Migration Heritage Centre (http: //www. migrationheritage. nsw. gov. au/exhibition/enemy athome/the-enemy-at-home/)

> The Context World War I Tension between the British and German empires Propaganda Anti-German hysteria German Australian community suddenly faced suspicion and hostility Must it come to this? Enlist! Poster, c. 1916. Courtesy Australian War Memorial

‘Enemy aliens’ noun - All German subjects in Australia, including naturalised migrants and Australian-born persons with German/Austrian backgrounds Registration of Aliens Poster, c. 1917. Courtesy National Archives of Australia Edmund Resch (No. 5498) Liverpool camp, 1914– 18 (NAA: SP 421/4, Album)

> The Concentration Camps intern verb - to confine or hold as prisoners of war, combat troops, enemy aliens Holsworthy, Liverpool • The main internment camp in NSW • 5000 to 6000 men detained Holsworthy Internment Camp, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection

> The Internee Experience “If I rest, I rust” Kampenspiegel Wochenschrift Internee gymnasts, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection Internee dressing room, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection

l a n o i Emot tion ula p i n a m PROPAGA NDA Bias CENSORSHIP “Misquot N O I T A R E G G EXA ing” Photo manipulation Whitewashing http: //www. museumofhoaxes. com/h oax/photo_database Australians, Arise!, c. 1916. Courtesy National Library of Australia

>> Socratic Questioning CLARIFICATION e. g. “What is the main issue here? ”, “Could you give me an example? ” Challenge ASSUMPTIONS e. g. “Are you assuming? ”, “Is this always the case? ” REASONS and EVIDENCE e. g. “Is there reason to doubt that evidence? ” ALTERNATIVE views & perspectives e. g. “How would other groups respond? Why? ” IMPLICATIONS and CONSEQUENCES e. g. “What does this mean? ”, “What effect would that have? ” QUESTION the question e. g. “Why is this question important? ” “To answer this question, what other questions should we answer first? ”

>> Details of your Task • Question what the average person would simply accept as fact or take for granted. • Analyse the sources, what they reveal, and their reliability • ‘Close the case’ by evaluating the experiences of the German-Australian community, using sources as proof. Kurt Wiese cartoon, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection

>> The Historian as Detective “The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer” — Thomas J. Watson (1874 -1956, President of IBM)