Should Dr Peter Stanley and the Australian War Memorial apologise to Australians?
This question can fairly be asked. Denial of the gravity of the Japanese threat to Australia in 1942 raises a very serious issue for Australians because such a denial promotes a false history of Australia’s most perilous year and diminishes the honour owed to those who repulsed the deadly Japanese attacks on Australia in 1942 and the sacrifices made by them. I believe that I have demonstrated here that Dr Peter Stanley and the Australian War Memorial have been promoting a false history of 1942 through error or inadequate scholarship, or both. Whatever may be the reason, I believe that Dr Stanley owes an apology to the people of Australia. In my opinion, consideration of the need for apologies cannot end with Dr Peter Stanley who has now resigned from the Australian War Memorial. It appears that Dr Stanley’s controversial revisionism continued to be supported by the director of the Australian War Memorial, Major General Steve Gower, despite reported criticism of that revisionism by Prim
