In Their Own Words: A New Interactive Website Project dedicated to Australian Korean War veterans
The Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub, Korean Research Centre of Curtin University and KVAA is proud to announce the publication of a new interactive research website project dedicated to remembering the stories of Australians who fought for the freedom of South Korea during the 1950-1953 Korean War.
The resulting websites are the fruit of more than three years’ work and a collaboration between
- Andrew David Jackson and Daniel Pieper (Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub)
- Hea-jin Park (Korean Research Centre, Curtin University)
These sites were originally created as interactive learning materials for use in Korean Studies classes, but they also serve to teach younger generations about the sacrifices made many decades ago.
There are four sites:
- In Their Own Words: The true stories of Australian Korean War veterans services in Korea
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8237e0ad52bc4ed18138edce28596a5f
- In Their Own Lives: the story of the veterans' associations and relatives who work hard to keep the memory of the Australian Korean War Vets alive.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ccf41221f9f1406baa4d5c897f3c3faa
- How we Came to Create this StoryMap: the Backstory to the creation of this project.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a990582885174be1bd84abf2eb60dd7e
- Your Story, Our Memory: A personal introduction to the Victorian Korean War veterans who participated in this project.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e679c6ff33ec482ab6a234be0029f323
Please visit our websites and share them with your friends, colleagues, and students.
Lest we forget
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Andrew David Jackson
This work was supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2023-OLU-2250001).