Education Centre

Australian War Memorial (AWM)

The AWM’s purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war or on operational service, and those who have served our nation in times of conflict. Its mission is leading remembrance and understanding of Australia’s wartime experience.

AWM SITE
PAPUA CAMPAIGN

Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA)

DVA provides government programs, support, services and information for war veterans, serving and former serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Australian Federal Police and their families.

DVA also has a comprehensive educational resource library available for all to access, including the following specifically or including Kokoda Track information:

KOKODA RESOURCES
ANZAC PORTAL RESOURCES
NEWS ROOM

DVA PNG Remembrance Trail (launched November 2022)

National Archives of Australia (NAA)

The NAA collects records of Australian government decisions and actions as evidence. They connect Australians with the nation’s memory, their identity and history.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

National Museum of Australia (NMA)

The National Museum of Australia brings to life the rich and diverse stories of Australia through compelling objects, ideas and events. They focus on Indigenous histories and cultures, European settlement and our interaction with the environment.

KOKODA DEFINING MOMENTS

Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG)

The OAWG has three roles:

1. to act as an agent of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) to maintain war cemeteries and memorials and individual war graves (in Australia and the region) for members of the Commonwealth forces, who died during the First and Second World Wars;
2. to commemorate eligible veterans who died post-war, and whose deaths were caused by their war service; and
3. to build and maintain official Australian memorials overseas.

ABOUT AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES

Register of War Memorials in New South Wales

The NSW War Memorials Register is a database of war memorials in New South Wales. It currently holds more than 3,600 war memorial records, and more than 200,000 veteran records.

WAR MEMORIALS REGISTER

Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia

The RSL helps veterans and their families by offering care, financial assistance and advocacy. They lead the nation in commemorative services that help all Australians to remember the fallen.

RSL Australia site

State Library of NSW

The State Library of NSW collects and preserves materials and evidence relating to our place in the world, and makes them accessible to everyone in New South Wales and beyond.

STATE LIBRARY OF NSW

World War Two Nominal Roll

The World War Two Nominal Roll was created by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) to honour and commemorate some one million people who served in Australia’s defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this conflict.

The Roll provides access to an index of information from over one million records of servicemen and women who were in Australia’s defence forces and the Merchant Navy during World War Two.

WORLD WAR TWO NOMINAL ROLL

Australian Army, Navy and Airforce sites: learn more about the three services.

Other Military History Groups/Associations

2/1st Infantry Battalion Descendants Group

2/14 Battalion Association

2/25th Battalion Association

2/3 Infantry Battalion Descendants Group

2/31 Battalion

2/33 Australian Infantry Battalion

Anzac Memorail, Hyde Park Sydney

Battle for Australia Association

Military History Society of NSW

YouTube features a number of documentaries/features on the Kokoda Track campaign.

Kokoda Front Line! 1942 Australian documentary that won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

KOKODA FRONT LINE DOCUMENTARY

Interviews with Kokoda veterans (Courtesy of Department of Veterans’ Affairs)

DVA Kokoda resources

The following is a limited selection of publications related to the Papua New Guinea and Kokoda Track campaigns.

(2023) Gona’s Gone David W. Cameron

(2022) The Battle for Isurava David W. Cameron

(2021) Their Spirit Lives On. The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway John Gatfield

(2019) Shadows on the Track. Australia’s Medical War in Papua 1942-43 Jan McLeod

(2014) To Kokoda (Australian Army Campaigns Series – 14) Nick Anderson

(2011) The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle – the man who made the Kokoda Track Robyn Kienzle

(2011) The Heroes of the Kokoda Track Nicolas Brasch

(2009) The Bone Man of Kokoda Charles Happell

(2009) The Path of Infinite Sorrow. The Japanese on the Kokoda Track Craig Collie & Hajime Marutani

(2007) Kokoda Track 101 Days (children’s book for 7+) Peter Macinis

(2007) Ralph Honner: Kokoda Hero Peter Brune

(2005) Kokoda Paul Ham

(2004) A Bastard of a Place Peter Brune

(2004) Kokoda Peter FitzSimons

(2002) The Spirit of Kokoda Lindsay Book

(1991) Those Ragged Bloody Heroes Peter Brune

(1973) The Six Years’ War Gavin Long

Adventure Kokoda Treks

Charlie Lynn and Kokoda Treks are long-time supporters of the Walkway, offering you the chance to experience the Track.

TREKS

WARTIME HISTORY