Day 1 – Thursday 6 September 2012
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8.15 am
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Registration
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9.00 am
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Welcome |
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9.30 am
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Keynote address: Antony Beevor, Australian War Memorial Boeing Visiting Fellow
The world at war, 1942 [provisional title]
Listen to the audio of Phillip Adams interviewing Antony Beevor on Radio National's Late Night Live , 3 September 2012.
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10.30 am
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Morning tea
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11.00 am
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Prof. David Horner, Australian National University
Kokoda and its place in Australian history
Dr Edward J. Drea, Joint History Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA
Making soldiers: training, doctrine, and culture in the Imperial Japanese Army
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12.30 pm
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Lunch
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1.30 pm
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John B. Lundstrom, Milwaukee Public Museum, USA
Confrontation in the Coral Sea: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz’s strategic plan for decisive battle in the Southwest Pacific
James Zobel, MacArthur Memorial, USA
Victory at all costs: Douglas MacArthur’s Papuan campaign of 1942–1943
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3.00 pm
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Afternoon tea
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3.30 pm
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Rowan Tracey, historian
Aspects of the Australian withdrawal on the Kokoda Trail in 1942
Dr Karl James, Australian War Memorial (AWM)
A terrible experience: the battle of Eora Creek
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6.30 pm - 9.00 pm
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Conference dinner
After-dinner speaker: Richard B. Frank, historian, USA
South Pacific turning points: Guadalcanal, Kokoda and Milne Bay
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Day 2 – Friday 7 September 2012
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8.30 am
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Dr Mark Johnston, Scotch College Melbourne
The air war over Papua
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9.15 am
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International panel discussion
Chaired by Richard B. Frank, with panellists Antony Beevor, John B. Lundstrom, and Prof. David Horner
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10.15 am
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Morning tea
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10.45 am
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Dr Peter Williams, historian
The strength of the forces engaged on the Kokoda Trail
Haruki Yoshida, Australian War Memorial
Japanese commanders in Kokoda
Phillip Bradley, historian
The battle of Milne Bay
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12.45 pm
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Lunch
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1.30 pm
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Robyn Kienzle, author
On the trail of an extraordinary man – the making of the architect of Kokoda
Deveni Temu, Australian National University
A lone Papuan voice and the myth of the so-called Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel
The Hon. Charlie Lynn MLC, Kokoda trek leader
Trekking Kokoda
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3.00 pm
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Afternoon tea
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3.30 pm
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Dr Peter J. Dean, Australian National University
Grinding out a victory: Australian and American commanders during the beachhead battles
Dr Garth Pratten, Australian National University
"Our textbooks may need adaption, but never alteration": Papua and organisational change in the AMF
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The conference was proudly supported by Boeing Australia. The support of the Australian Government through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is gratefully acknowledged.
