Derek Lee

Derek Lee is is a third-generation Nikkei born in Broome, Australia. He is a descendant of the Yawuru, Ngarluma, and Yamatji peoples. His grandfather Hatoyama, originally came from Nagasaki Prefecture. Hatoyama was interned during the war, deported, and later returned to Australia in the 1950s to work in the pearling industry. He reunited with his family and resumed his position as head diver for Streeter & Male Company. Derek reflects with pride that his grandfather may have been small in stature, but he was a strong man and well respected in the community and in the pearling industry.

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