ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the cooperation among the British, Australian and Hong Kong governments in making the arrangements for the reception and initial care of these evacuees while resident in the Dominion, encompassing a brief look at how each state prepared for and assisted their visitors. It also focuses on the impact of racial discrimination both in Hong Kong and in Australia, which negatively influenced the selection of evacuees and the Australian response towards Asian or Eurasian women who made it through to the country. The Sydney Sunday Telegraph observed: the arrivals don't like to be called evacuees. In Manila they were referred to as lady visitors. The Australian response to Asian or Eurasian women who made it through to Australia further demonstrated the racial discrimination that was prevalent in the country at this time and endemic within the British Empire itself.
