forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
forgotten territory
(2016-2019)
Forgotten Territory was a weekly column of historic photos in the Northern Territory News which I curated from 2016 until 2019 supported by the collections of the Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Archives Service, State Library of South Australia as well as other major collections and Facebook groups from around Australia. Click on the images to read the story behind the image.
Note: May contain images of people who have died.
Mr Fujita's Photo Album
2 January until 12 March 2017
Northern Territory Library at Parliament House, Darwin
exhibition
When the Japanese bombed Darwin Harbour in 1942, no one thought they’d come back to clean up. But marine salvage specialist Ryugo Fujita did just that, sailing from Japan in the 1960s to spend two dangerous years clearing the harbour of wrecks sunk by Japanese planes.
At first, Darwin wasn’t sure how to deal with the 120 Japanese workers suddenly living on the harbour but gradually most came to accept them and the gesture of reconciliation they were making.
Curated from a personal album of rare, unseen images donated to Northern Territory Library in 2010 and super 8 footage, I worked with maritime experts and historians to bring these images and unknown story to life for the 75th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin.
Related
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Media Release: Mr Fujita's Photo Album on show in new Northern Territory Library Exhibition, Department of Tourism and Culture, Northern Territory Government
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Media: Mr Fujita's photo album: The story of one man's drive to reconcile Australia and Japan after the bombings, ABC News
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Media: Mr Fujita's Photo Album, The Project, Channel Nine
