"The article claims that ""relations were poor"".  Maybe this is just myth, but it was my understanding (which is also the view of this guide to the region) that it was only the Japanese POWs.  The Italians apparently got on well with the guards (so would I; 1940's Cowra might be a little boring and the food uninspired but compared to being shot at in North Africa I know which I'd prefer...).  "