Archive for the ‘WWII’ Category

The Kokoda Track website has been set up by the Commonwealth Government Dept of Veteran Affairs in conjunction with the staff of the NSW Board of Studies.

Included are details of topography, animated maps and video interviews.  This will be a great source for students studying this topic as part of Australia in World War 2.

The website is at http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

Coming soon in 2010 is a new website developed for students

The Kokoda Track 1942 – In 1942, along a narrow track over the rugged mountains of Papua New Guinea, 625 Australians were killed and over 1000 wounded…

The fighting there, against a Japanese invasion force, was perhaps the most significant battle fought by Australians in World War II.

This site will help students to understand about this extraordinary event: Why it occurred, who was involved and what it was like to face death in the jungled mountains along the Kokoda track.

Visit  http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/ to register your interest.

Louise McMorland, Youth Librarian, Manly Library

The Australia Post website “Letters of a Nation” has hundreds of original letters, by Australians.  They can be searched by CATEGORY eg migration, politics, war, milestone events, or by TIME PERIOD eg 1850-1899, 1940-1949.  The letters also have transcripts – so you don’t have to read the difficult older handwritings.