The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An informal portrait of Sorn Samnang, law graduate and Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of History at Phnom Penh University, studying a book from Cambodia's National Library. A student at university when the Khmer Rouge took power, he survived the genocide and chaos to concentrate on attempting to research his country's recent history, a task he finds difficult given Cambodia's massive resource, cultural and intellectual losses. Despite this, he returned to France in late 1993 to complete his thesis, 'The evolution of the Kampuchean society between the two world wars', and has since become involved in his country's politics, holding a position as undersecretary to the Minister for Rural Development.
An informal portrait of Buddhist monk Voun Von, a 56 year old survivor of the Khmer Rouge period of autogenocide, holding his newly issued electoral registration card in the grounds of Wat Ounalom, a
Lim Ki, manager of Cambodia's National Archives, checks papers in front of a tottering pile of bundled books. Founded in 1921, the Archives, which shares the same grounds as the National Library in th
Endless, leaning piles of bundled and battered books give some indication of the magnitude of the job facing staff at Cambodia's National Archives and Library, also known as the Archives et Bibliotheq
Tree roots and thick vines form a backdrop to a tangled collection of clothing remnants, skulls and other skeletal remains of men, women and children who were murdered by the Khmer Rouge during the Po
Senator Gareth Evans (second left) speaks to Australian and New Zealand members of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) in front of the orderly room at their base at Battambang during his vi
On the road from the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) base at Battambang to the unofficial Khmer Rouge capital of Pailin, an amputee in a makeshift wooden framed wheelchair tr
