Dunera Boys’ reunion Melbourne, 1963

In 1940, during the Second World War, 2542 German and Italian ‘enemy aliens’ were sent from Britain to Australia on board the HMT Dunera. In Australia they were imprisoned in internment camps. The ‘Dunera Boys’, as they became known, included musicians, artists, philosophers, scientists and writers. After they were released in 1941, many chose to remain in Australia, making a significant contribution to Australian life and culture.