Tracking Kokoda

BOOKS | Interest in making the pilgrimage might be tapering off, but that gives us an opportunity to understand Kokoda in more complex ways, writes Hank Nelson

04 Dec 09 | Comments (0)

A modest democracy

On the hundredth anniversary of the creation of Australia’s modern political party system, Paul Strangio visits two very different landmarks

11 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

Battle over a war

For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden

02 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

Less is more

Australia’s quest for a secular style of commemoration and mourning is a work in progress, writes Amanda Lohrey

05 Mar 09 | Comments (2)