Papers of D. C. S. Sissons 1956-2006 / [manuscript]. 1956-2006.

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Papers of D. C. S. Sissons 1956-2006 / [manuscript]. 1956-2006.

Series 1 (3 boxes) of this collection comprises copies of Sisson's writings from his completed research. The remainder of the collection (57 boxes), consists of research files on such subjects as Australians in Japan; Australian trade and immigration policies towards Japan; Australian involvement in the Allied occupation of Japan, 1945-50; Japanese prisoners of war in Australia; World War II war crimes trials; and Japanese espionage in Australia. The collection also includes material gathered for a biography of Professor James Murdoch, the first Australian Professor of Japanese. In June 2006, David Sissons incorporated his papers held at MS 8230 into this collection.

8.40 m. (60 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7072575

Libraries Australia

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Sissons, David

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Academic and historian who has spent over thirty five years studying Australian-Japanese relations. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1955-1991. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225828016 David Sissons was an historian in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University (ANU) where he was a Research Fellow from 1961 to 1965 and a Fellow from 1965 to 1990. His principal fields of research were the history of Australian-Japanese...

Murdoch, James, 1856-1921

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