One of the clever functions in the Vic CEDT Search tool is the ability to search for applicants by Nationality. A search for Japanese nationals will return these eight results.
Untitled Showa by Mayu Kanamori is an arts project that explores the relationship between found photographs and the process of reconnecting to the people in the photographs. The project includes fascinating articles published online by descendants of George Taro Furuya. He is listed in the CEDT search results and was a laundryman based in Geelong in 1937.
“Ada May was the eldest stepdaughter of George Taro Furuya who was the son of an American seaman and Japanese woman. He was adopted and brought up by the Furuyas in Japan and later still quite young was employed by the Mitsui Company as a shipping clerk. He left Japan at the age of 17 and eventually made his way to the USA where he worked for some years. He arrived in Australia in 1901 and married Ada May’s mother and settled down in Geelong. He ran a laundry shop as well as a ship supply business.”
After The Article in The Sunday Herald Sun by Iwane Shibuya – Untitled Showa
Dianne in Geelong ジーロングでダイアンと – by Andrew Hasegawa- Untitled Showa
The Vic CEDT Index can potentially help researchers discover more information about descendants by identifying other applicants. In this case Henry Tuckathima Nitobe was another laundryman living in Geelong around a similar time as George.