The story of the 'Dunera Boys' is an intrinsic part of the historyof Australia in the Second World War and in its aftermath. The injustice these2000 men suffered through British internment in camps at Hay, Tatura and Orangeis well known. Less familiar is the tale of what happened to them afterwards. Followingon from volume one Dunera Lives: A VisualHistory (2018), Dunera Lives:Profiles continues the saga in life stories.

This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain andSingapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera lives,those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of theSecond World War and survived to tell the tale. Here are some of their stories.

A contribution to the history of Australia, to the history ofmigrants and migration, and to the history of human rights, these two volumesput in the public domain a story whose full dimensions and complexity havenever been described.

'In the way it traces the lives of 'Dunera boys'before, during and after internment, Dunera Lives: Profiles is narrativehistory in one of its most engaging and moving forms.' - Raimond Gaita