Witnesses to War: Australian War Correspondents from the Boer to the Gulf War

这个全国性的项目将是第一个研究澳大利亚记者和摄影记者集体历史的项目，这些记者和摄影记者报道过从布尔战争到反恐战争的重大战争和国际冲突。这将是对历史的及时和开创性的贡献，提供了对关键问题的新理解，包括记者的经历；定义澳大利亚国家认同的话语；真相和神话；战地记者对公共纪念活动的影响，以及他们如何塑造对战争、盟友、敌人和种族的态度；报道如何变化；以及政治和军事审查的作用。

This national project will be the first study to examine the collective history of Australian journalists and photojournalists who have covered major wars and international conflicts from the Boer War to the 'war on terror'. It will be a timely and path breaking contribution to history, offering a new understanding of key issues including the journalists' experiences; the discourses that defined Australian national identity; truth and mythmaking; war correspondents' influence on public commemoration and how they shaped attitudes to war, allies, enemies and race; how reporting changed; and the role of political and military censorship.