SYMPOSIUM PAPERS

	The Remembering the war in New Guinea project brings together Japanese, Australian and indigenous perspectives of the Second World War in New Guinea, to write a history of war in this theatre which truly reflects the experience of all the groups involved. With international participation, the project will focus on military activity at the strategic and tactical levels. It will particularly emphasise the human experience of soldiers on both sides, their perceptions of the experience of the other groups involved, and the effects of the war on the indigenous peoples. A symposium was held from 19 to 21 October 2000 at the Australian National University in Canberra. Abstracts of the papers are accessible through the link to the left, and the full text of papers presented will be available later this year.
	1. Higher strategy The Pacific war and New Guinea by Professor TANAKA Hiromi Strategy and Command in Australia’s New Guinea Campaigns by Professor David Horner Why the Japanese were in New Guinea by Professor Henry Frei 3. Adapting to war in New Guinea The jungle, the Japanese and the Australian Army: Learning the Lessons of New Guinea, 1942-1944 by Dr Tim Moreman 4. Enemies and friends "Yet they're human just as we are"; Australian attitudes towards the Japanese in the South-West Pacific, 1942-1945 by Dr Mark Johnston Japanese Perceptions of the Enemy by Dr Morris Low 5. Case study: Rabaul Japanese and New Guinean memories of wartime experiences at Rabaul, 1942 to 1946 by Hiromitsu Iwamoto Self-sufficiency in Rabaul by Professor TANAKA Hiromi 6. Indigenous experience Ammak Tapduk: Kaiapit-Saidor Track during the Second World War by Mr Sam T. Kaima Patrol Reports: sources for assessing war damage in Papua New Guinea by Dr IWAMOTO Hiromitsu The coming of the war to the Territories: forced labour and broken promises. by Dr Geoffrey Gray 7. Fighting to the end "Tarzans" and "living spirits of the war dead": Japanese stragglers in New Guinea by Ms Beatrice Trefalt 8. Remembering the war The war in New Guinea as portrayed in Japanese newspapers by Professor TOYODA Yukio & Ms FUKUSHIMA Atsuko Searching for dad: unsolved mysteries of fate of Australians missing from New Guinea by Ms Margaret Reeson Compilation of Japanese Official History concerning the War in New Guinea and the Solomon Island by Professor KONDO Shinji

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