Kokoda
And two national histories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9074869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hank Nelson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-88 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pacific History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3344 • E-ISSN: 1469-9605 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00223340701286859 |
| OpenAlex | W2158571150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Papua New Guinea has had great difficulty distilling the complex experiences of World War II into national history, but at the same time Australians have elevated and celebrated the significance of Kokoda. The 1942 battles on the Kokoda Track have been the subject of major Australian books and a feature film, and the numbers of trekkers on the Track have increased sharply. But in Papua New Guinea, Kokoda has been narrowing to an association with the Koiari and the Kokoda Orokaiva landowners. In Papua New Guinea, where the nation needs a sense of values and experiences in common, Kokoda is neither well known nor 'national'
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Library science · National history · New guinea · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents) · World War II · Computer Science · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |