Kokoda and Nationalism

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail
Accession Number MSS2059
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Jenkins, Sascha
Date made 1996
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Manuscript provides a summary of the Kokoda campaign with a view towards its presentation in the press and histories. Examines the stereotypes of Australian soldiers presented in regards to the Kokoda campaign, and how they differ from the reality. The perspectives of Australian soldiers on the environments in which they were fighting are also expressed, as are the nature of interactions with the Papuan indigenous population.