Read the following material and then answer the following questions:
Enemy Aliens
1. How many 'enemy aliens' were interned during World War One?
2. Read the pages : WW1 Home Front Experience and German Australian Community.
3. How many Germans were living Australia in 1914?
4. Who were put into internment camps?
5. What were the three main internment camps in NSW?
6. What other changes affected the Germans who were living in Australia during WW1?
Read the following page and then answer the listed questions:
internment camps
7. In 1915, what was meant by 'enemy aliens'?
8. What was the main internment camp in NSW?
9. Why did the Australian Government want to look after German internees?
Read the material on the Holsworthy Internment Camp.
Holsworthy Internment Camp
Write a paragraph that describes what life was like for internees.
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