Cowra. At the Information Centre is a fanastic hologram story of the Japanese Prisoners of War breakout from the camp in August 1944 resulsing around 250 deaths. four. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Cowra. At the Information Centre is a fanastic hologram story of the Japanese Prisoners of War breakout from the camp in August 1944 resulsing around 250 deaths. four. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Cowra Breakout and Cowra Japanese Garden. George Evans pushed through this area on his way to the Lachlan River in 1815. The first white settlers moved into the Lachlan River valley in the mid-1830s and Cowra can trace its origins back to 1840. The town grew and today is the thriving centre of a horticultural region which produces fruit, wine, cereals and wool. During World War Two a prisoner of war camp for captured Japanese was established outside the town. All went well until in 1944 when 1,000 Japanese prisoners broke out of the camp. It was the biggest POW breakout in British and Australian history. The Cowra camp started in 1941 for Italian POWs. By 1944 the 2,000 Italians were joined by over 1,000 Japanese and the camp was terribly overcrowded. Over 1,100 men attempted to escape on 5 August. 234 Japanese and 5 Australians were killed. 108 Japanese men were wounded and another 331 escaped for up to nine days. News of the outbreak was suppressed and the death toll was not released until 1949. The POW site is now on the register of the National Estate. In SA we had a similar camp at Loveday outside Barmera. At the Visitors Centre we will see a short hologram presentation on the breakout. It is unique and a delightful way to personalise this dramatic story. This massacre led to closer ties between Cowra and Japan after the War. In 1964 the Japanese government established the first and only Japanese War Cemetery in the world at Cowra on land ceded to Japan. (All other Japanese soldier remains have been returned home to Japan). 523 Japanese soldiers are buried here mainly airmen shot down over Darwin and the NT during the war and 231 Japanese POWs from the Cowra Breakout. There is a small Japanese shrine here. In 1979 a famous Japanese garden designer created the Cowra Japanese garden across ten acres. The designer wanted the garden to be a symbol of goodwill and peace, whilst representing the varying landscapes of Japan- rivers, lakes, hills and Mt Fuji itself. It includes a Tea House, a Bonsai House and a pottery room. The café here serves Australian and Japanese food and sells Japanese souvenirs. Later in 1991 Cowra planted its Cherry Tree Avenue which leads from the town to the POW camp site. At the camp site there is a memorial to the Italians who were imprisoned there during world War Two. In 1992 Cowra received the Peace Bell which is a replica of the one that hangs at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Peace Bell commemorates Cowra’s work in international peace. Among the heritage buildings of Cowra are: the Catholic Church in the Main Street. Built in 1938/39 in the inter war Romanesque style to a design by architects Scott & Green & Scott. Behind it is the 1861 Catholic church incorporated into the convent; on the next corner (Macquarie St) is the Presbyterian Church built in 1911 with the 1861 church behind it; Cowra Courthouse built in 1880 is heritage listed; the Reid Smith department store was built in 1924. |
| 撮影日 | 2021-05-05 11:06:37 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.025 sec (1/40) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.3 |