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After Darkness by Christine Piper
Call Number: TR PIP
ISBN: 9781760113117
Publication Date: 2015
Summary: It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a group of men divided by culture and allegiance. As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.

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Year 12's Interview with Christine Piper

Year 12 Student's Interview with Christine Piper
After After Darkness was added to the VCE booklist, Christine allowed herself to be interviewed by a Yr 12 student. This is the transcript.

Inside Unit 731, World War II Japan’s Sickening Human Experiments Program
Six of the most disturbing "experiments" conducted by Unit 731, the gruesome biological and chemical warfare research unit of the Imperial Japanese Army.
UNIT 731 Japan's Biological Warfare Project
An entire site dedicated to the Japanese Unit 731 for unethical scientific experiments performed during WWII

See your teacher or library staff for a Cyberhound code to access this from school.

Internment Camp Flyer
Historical tourism flyer of information produced to inform visitors about the Loveday Internment Camp.
History of the Japanese Hospital in Broome
Information and images of slums that saw the introduction of the Victorian Housing Commission and the Slum Abolition Board.
Breaking the silence
Newpaper story on the true history which inspired After Darkness
The Loveday Project
This is a great site for exploring the trauma and complexities of like in internment camps.
Essay - Revisiting the Haunted Past: Christine Piper’s After Darkness
An essay which looks at writings which examine and aim to make peace with aspects of Australia's uncomfortable history.
Japanese Australian's in Pre-War Broome
Exploring the history of Japanese Australians in WWII
Australian Book Review article by Christine Piper
Gives further examples of many of the same narrative features used in the text, After Darkness.