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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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1964

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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

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8 MARCH 1965

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Prime Minister Menzies announces the First Battalion (800 infantry troops) will be sent to Vietnam

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29 APRIL 1965

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Australian Government announces increase in Australian forces

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17 AUGUST 1965

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FORMATION OF THE SAVE OUR SONS (SOS)

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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

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6 MARCH 1966

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First National Servicemen
are sent to Vietnam as part of 1st Australian Task Force

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MAY 1966

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Prime Minister Holt announces an increase to 4350 man task force, including National Servicemen

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6 MARCH 1966

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US President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia

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OCTOBER 1967

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Prime Minister Holt announces an increase of 1700 to Australia’s commitment

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18 OCTOBER 1967

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Prime Minister Gorton indicates that Australia will not increase its commitment to Vietnam

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12 FEB 1968

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US President Richard Nixon announces the ‘Vietnamisation’ of the war and begins to bring troops home

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1969

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Prime Minister Gorton announces the beginning of troop withdrawal from Vietnam

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APRIL 1970

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Moratorium marches against the war in Vietnam

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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

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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.

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5 DECEMBER 1972

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Australia’s military commitment in Vietnam ends

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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)

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1975

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Military chiefs establish committee to explore opportunities for increased female participation

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1975

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WRAAF absorbed into mainstream RAAF

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1977

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Federal Government approves the full integration of women into the other services

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1978

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North West Force (Norforce) Indigenous Regional Force Surveillance units formed

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1981

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Pilbara Regiment Indigenous Regional Force Surveillance units formed

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1982

47
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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

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1983

48
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WOMEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO SERVE ON NAVAL SHIPS

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1983

49
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Final disbandment of WRAAC
Sex Discrimination Act grants an exemption to the ADF in respect of women in combat

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1984

50
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Final disbandment of WRANS Far North Queensland Regiment formed

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1985

51
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ADF Academy opens and gives women identical degree training alongside male colleagues

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1986

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First two female RAAF pilots enlisted (Robyn Williams and Deborah Hicks)

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1987

53
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PM Paul Keating announces women can serve in
all Army, Navy and Air Force units except in direct combat units

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1992

54
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Prime Minister Paul Keating’s Redfern Speech

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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

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1992

56
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The end of the ban on LGBTQIA+ people in the ADF

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1992

57
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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

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1992

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