As Anzac Day approaches, some of the last survivors of internment camps have shared their stories of one of the lesser-known, dark legacies of the Second World War.
When war broke out with Japan 75 years ago, its impact on the Japanese civilians living in Australia was profound.
Thousands of men, women and children were rounded up and detained in internment camps around the country.
Japanese civilians living in Australia at the time were rounded up and taken to a civilian internment camp in Tatura, Victoria.
Other camps had been set up around the country and held Italian and German civilians.
Altogether, around 4,700 Italian civilians living in Australia, 4,000 Japanese and 2,000 Germans were detained.
Japanese-Australian historian Yuriko Nagata says the story of the civilian internment during World War Two is a very important one.
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