David Stephens

Dr David Stephens is a member of Defending Country Memorial Project (DCMP) Inc. and editor of the Honest History website. The other members of DCMP are Noel Turnbull, Professor Peter Stanley, Dr Carolyn Holbrook, and Pamela Burton. Its founding Patrons are Professors Megan Davis, Clare Wright, and Henry Reynolds.

David's recent articles

The Frontier is the way ahead for the War Memorial

The Frontier is the way ahead for the War Memorial

Red poppies and bare ground: Why do we discriminate among our war dead?

Red poppies and bare ground: Why do we discriminate among our war dead?

New Years resolution for Minister Keogh: refresh the War Memorial Council

New Years resolution for Minister Keogh: refresh the War Memorial Council

Our War Memorial needs to show courage on Frontier Wars

Our War Memorial needs to show courage on Frontier Wars

After the Voice: Beazleys opportunity for truth-telling at War Memorial

After the Voice: Beazleys opportunity for truth-telling at War Memorial

Making the best of the Ben Roberts-Smith fiasco

Making the best of the Ben Roberts-Smith fiasco

Dam Busters and Anzackery at the War Memorial

Dam Busters and Anzackery at the War Memorial

Australian Frontier Wars: credibility gap at the War Memorial

Australian Frontier Wars: credibility gap at the War Memorial

"From the Big Build via the Frontier Wars to Boeing": Brendan Nelsons autobiography Part II

"A narcissist always searching for a new niche?" Brendan Nelsons autobiography: Part 1

"A narcissist always searching for a new niche?" Brendan Nelsons autobiography: Part 1

The War Memorial plays along with Lockheed Martin

The War Memorial plays along with Lockheed Martin

The War Memorial is again running away from the Frontier Wars

The War Memorial is again running away from the Frontier Wars

Startling events at the Australian War Memorial

Startling events at the Australian War Memorial

Uluru Statement shows the way on Australian Frontier Wars

Uluru Statement shows the way on Australian Frontier Wars

Australian War Memorial needs to own Australian frontier wars

Australian War Memorial needs to own Australian frontier wars

Australian War Memorial expansion is a disgrace beyond words

Australian War Memorial expansion is a disgrace beyond words

Everyman as soldier: how men in suits in drawing rooms conned the people and their families into fighting on in WW1.

It's not what they know, it's what they choose to tell us: reading the Australian War Memorial

Performing Anzac: Brendan Nelson and the emotion of remembrance

DAVID STEPHENS. Anzac Day and History as What we Choose to Remember

DAVID STEPHENS. What will be the Nelsonian Legacy at the Australian War Memorial?

DAVID STEPHENS. Beneath the tumult and the shouting: Anzac Day as a private experience.

DAVID STEPHENS -People against the War Memorials grandiose extensions project.

DAVID STEPHENS. This is why the $498m extensions to the Australian War Memorial should not go ahead

DAVID STEPHENS. If the Australian War Memorial holds "the soul of the nation" why is the Memorial Council so full of brass?

DAVID STEPHENS. A grandiose commemorative project for Canberra raises lots of questions

DAVID STEPHENS. Did the War Memorial deliberately mislead the Parliament about the money it gets from arms companies or is it just careless about accountability? (Honest History 26.10.2018)

DAVID STEPHENS. The Australian War Memorial admits receiving $1,271,473 over three years in donations from military and defence firms.

DAVID STEPHENS. Lest We Forget again: Anzac Day is an opportunity to confront our violent frontier past and its shadow today.

DAVID STEPHENS. Brendan Nelsons bunker and with cap in hand: contrasts in funding our national cultural institutions

DAVID STEPHENS. Who's Schlesinger now? Something that may have happened in the Nixon era could be relevant today.

Hidden in plain sight: Aboriginal massacre map should be no surprise

DAVID STEPHENS. Afghanistan infinitum or walking away? The possible cost of shared values

DAVID STEPHENS. How we commemorate our wars in other people's countries.

DAVID STEPHENS. Is this the most sycophantic speech by an Australian prime minister? Julia Gillards address to the United States Congress, March 2011

DAVID STEPHENS. A review of Douglas Newton's five articles that take us behind the scenes in the Great War.

DAVID STEPHENS. Honest Historys Alternative Guide to the Australian War Memorial

David Stephens. How did Canberra get its memorial to Kemal Atatrk?

David Stephens. Bill Shortens Royal Commission proposal.

David Stephens. Invading our smugness: thoughts on a diversity toolkit

David Stephens. Malcolm Turnbull's post-Anzac pitch to the Australian Defence Force

David Stephens. 'There will be blood': ministerial remarks on the responsibility of children.

David Stephens. Why is Australia spending so much more on the Great War centenary than any other country?

David Stephens. Atatrks famous words of 1934 questioned

David Stephens. The magic Anzackery pudding

David Stephens. Anzackery in the time of Anzac

David Stephens. Is this justifiable delicacy or insidious censorship?

David Stephens. The children suffer.

David Stephens. Parochial commemoration of war.

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