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Mar 19, 2021

The Double Sunrise service was formed in 1943 to re-establish the Australia–England air link that had been cut due to the fall of Singapore in 1942. The service initially operated from its base in Nedlands, Western Australia near Perth, to the Royal Air Force base at Lake Koggala near Galle in Ceylon (now Sri...


Jan 1, 2021

On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria.

An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Beach, but his body was never recovered. Holt was presumed to have died, and his memorial service five days later was attended by...


Nov 18, 2020

Now, just because Australia was never successfully invaded during WWII, does not mean the plans were not thrown around in a few different war rooms.

In early 1942 elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed an invasion of Australia.

In the end, the Japanese military adopted a strategy of isolating Australia from the...