Remembering the Battle for Australia

Remembering the Battle for Australia

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For the last two years, Australia has commemorated, on the first Wednesday in September, the ‘Battle for Australia Day’, to mark the role of Australian forces fighting the Japanese in the Pacific in WWII. The aim of this article is to identify the agents involved in the campaign for the gazetting of...

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Main Author: Elizabeth Rechniewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2010-05-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Subjects:
War commemoration
Cultural memory
Battle for Australia
Pacific war.
Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1153
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spelling doaj-fefc323274f34f33a254b905920d87342020-11-24T21:05:59ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902010-05-0171Remembering the Battle for AustraliaElizabeth RechniewskiFor the last two years, Australia has commemorated, on the first Wednesday in September, the ‘Battle for Australia Day’, to mark the role of Australian forces fighting the Japanese in the Pacific in WWII. The aim of this article is to identify the agents involved in the campaign for the gazetting of this day and the justifications advanced; to trace the conflicting narratives and political and historical controversies surrounding the notion of a ‘Battle for Australia’; and to outline the shifts in domestic and international politics and generational change that provide the context for the inauguration of this day.http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1153War commemorationCultural memoryBattle for AustraliaPacific war.
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War commemoration
Cultural memory
Battle for Australia
Pacific war.
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title Remembering the Battle for Australia
title_short Remembering the Battle for Australia
title_full Remembering the Battle for Australia
title_fullStr Remembering the Battle for Australia
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series PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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publishDate 2010-05-01
description For the last two years, Australia has commemorated, on the first Wednesday in September, the ‘Battle for Australia Day’, to mark the role of Australian forces fighting the Japanese in the Pacific in WWII. The aim of this article is to identify the agents involved in the campaign for the gazetting of this day and the justifications advanced; to trace the conflicting narratives and political and historical controversies surrounding the notion of a ‘Battle for Australia’; and to outline the shifts in domestic and international politics and generational change that provide the context for the inauguration of this day.
topic War commemoration
Cultural memory
Battle for Australia
Pacific war.
url http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1153
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