Koiji, Korea Government House

South West Pacific area of Operations

Landscape photograph captioned: "N2927. Government House building, Koiji, Korea, where the surrender ceremony was held, marking the end of 40 years Japanese domination in this little known capital which has the latest and the oldest in buildings almost cheek-by-jowl. Population of Koijo and suburbs is 1,200,000 - and population of Korea, 30,000,000. The Jap[anese] had allowed little knowledge about the country to reach the world."

Previously Accession 1957

CreatorCommonwealth Department of Information
ControlAA 483/3/1
Date Range1945  -  1945
Quantity   1   B&W photographs 220x164 mm
FormatsLoose Photographic Prints
Series AA 483/03