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UN FORMED

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OCTOBER 1945

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Refugees from Soviet-occupied countries begin arriving

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1947

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WW2’S AUXILIARY SERVICES DISBANDED

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1948

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FRENCH BOMB HAIPHONG WHICH MARKS THE START OF INDOCHINA WAR:

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NOVEMBER 1946

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MALAYAN EMERGENCY :

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JUNE 1948-1960

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LIBERAL-COUNTRY PARTY GOVERNMENT UNDER ROBERT MENZIES ELECTED

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NOVEMBER 1949

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ALLIANCE BETWEEN COMMUNIST CHINA AND SOVIET UNION FORMED

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FEB 1950

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KOREAN WAR

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1950-1953, Australia was part of a US-led UN force made up of 23 countries defending South Korea against the communist-backed North

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WOMEN’S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WRAAF) FORMED + WOMEN’S ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL SERVICE (WRANS) FORMED

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1950

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LIBERAL-COUNTRY COALITION GOVERNMENT RE-ELECTED

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APRIL 1951

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AUSTRALIAN SIGNS ANZUS TREATY

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SEPTEMBER 1951

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REFERENDUM TO BAN COMMUNISM PARTY FAILS

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SEPTEMBER 1951

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Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) formed

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1951

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FIRST NUCLEAR TESTS IN AUS

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1952

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ARMISTICE SIGNED IN KOREAN WAR

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JULY 1953

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PETROV AFFAIR

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APRIL 1954

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30 Australian military advisers are sent to Vietnam to train the South Vietnamese ArmY

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1962

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AUS INCREASES ITS MILITARY ADVISERS TO VIETNAM TO 83 WITH EXPANDED ROLES:

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8 JUNE 1964

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PM MENZIES ANNOUNCES THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME THROUGH THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT

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10 NOVEMBER 1964

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WHAT’S THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT?

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Regular recruiting for the Army seemed insufficient again, so the Australian Government introduced the National Service Act 1964. In this scheme, men aged 20 were selected by a birthday ballot for the Army

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AUS SENDS ADDITIONAL 200 ADVISORS TO VIETNAM AND OFFERS TO SEND GROUND TROOPS

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18 DECEMBER 1964

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ORDER OF AUSTRALIAN PM’S:

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PM ROBERT MENZIES (1949-1966), PM HAROLD HOLT (1966-67), PM JOHN GORTON (1968-71), PM GOUGH WHITLMAM ALP (1972-1975) AND PM PAUL KEATING (1991-1996)

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WHEN WAS THE NATIONAL SERVICE ACT AMENDED:

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WHEN WAS THE 1ST NATIONAL SERVICE INTAKE START TRAINING:

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30 JUNE 1965

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WHEN DID THE US SEND ITS FIRST COMBAT TROOPS TO VIETNAM
8 MARCH 1965
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Prime Minister Menzies announces the First Battalion (800 infantry troops) will be sent to Vietnam
29 APRIL 1965
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Australian Government announces increase in Australian forces
17 AUGUST 1965
28
FORMATION OF THE SAVE OUR SONS (SOS)
1965
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Prime Minister Holt announces that National Servicemen would be sent to Vietnam to fight in units of the Australian Regular Army
6 MARCH 1966
30
First National Servicemen are sent to Vietnam as part of 1st Australian Task Force
MAY 1966
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Prime Minister Holt announces an increase to 4350 man task force, including National Servicemen
6 MARCH 1966
32
US President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia
OCTOBER 1967
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Prime Minister Holt announces an increase of 1700 to Australia’s commitment
18 OCTOBER 1967
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Prime Minister Gorton indicates that Australia will not increase its commitment to Vietnam
12 FEB 1968
35
US President Richard Nixon announces the ‘Vietnamisation’ of the war and begins to bring troops home
1969
36
Prime Minister Gorton announces the beginning of troop withdrawal from Vietnam
APRIL 1970
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Moratorium marches against the war in Vietnam
1970-1971
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Prime Minister McMahon announces that the bulk of Australian forces are to be withdrawn, leaving only a modified advisery team + Period of National Service reduced to 18 months
18 AUGUST 1971
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The newly elected Whitlam Labor Government ends conscription. Draft resisters are released from prison and pending prosecutions are dropped.
5 DECEMBER 1972
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Australia’s military commitment in Vietnam ends
8 DEC 1972
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Racial Discrimination Act makes it unlawful to act in any way that involves a distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, including employment and service in the Australian Defence Force (ADF)
1975
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Military chiefs establish committee to explore opportunities for increased female participation
1975
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WRAAF absorbed into mainstream RAAF
1977
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Federal Government approves the full integration of women into the other services
1978
45
North West Force (Norforce) Indigenous Regional Force Surveillance units formed
1981
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Pilbara Regiment Indigenous Regional Force Surveillance units formed
1982
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Australia ratifies Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) but supports exclusion of women from combat
1983
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WOMEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO SERVE ON NAVAL SHIPS
1983
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Final disbandment of WRAAC Sex Discrimination Act grants an exemption to the ADF in respect of women in combat
1984
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Final disbandment of WRANS Far North Queensland Regiment formed
1985
51
ADF Academy opens and gives women identical degree training alongside male colleagues
1986
52
First two female RAAF pilots enlisted (Robyn Williams and Deborah Hicks)
1987
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PM Paul Keating announces women can serve in all Army, Navy and Air Force units except in direct combat units
1992
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Prime Minister Paul Keating’s Redfern Speech
1992
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Removal from the Defence Act of the last piece discriminatory policy that had exempted only Indigenous men from compulsory National Service in the event of war
1992
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The end of the ban on LGBTQIA+ people in the ADF
1992
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Recognition of a group of Indigenous ex-servicemen who had been members of the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit that patrolled Australia’s northern coastline during World War II
1992

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