COWRA VOICES APP
The Cowra Voices storytelling app was launched in August 2019 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout.
Free to download, the app allows users to experience places of historic significance through stories narrated by members of the Cowra community; featuring stories of Wiradjuri Elders, personal histories of people buried at the Cowra Japanese War Cemetery, and local stories of grassroots peace-building. This app perfectly complements information within the Cowra Visitor Guide and storyboards at each of the historical sites.
You can download the app on Google Play and the Apple App Store.
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In May 2019, The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database was launched. Funded by the Japanese government, this database documents basic data about all POWs and civilians buried at the Japanese War Cemetery. Cowra Voices, launched in August, 2019, built on this resource by giving it a ‘human face’, providing context and interpretation to the data in a compelling and widely accessible format.
Cowra Voices was a partnership between Arts OutWest, Nikkei Australia, Cowra Council, Cowra Tourism Corporation, and Tokai University with support from ABC Central West NSW and app developer Sazae.
Cowra Voices was partly funded by the Australian government through the Australia-Japan Foundation Grant 2017-2018 and 2018-2019, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Cowra Council, The Bruce and Margaret Weir Trust, the Nancy Shelley Bequest Fund, the Cowra Breakout Association and the Japan Foundation, Sydney.
