* 1966 – Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy province.

The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.

Both World War I and World War II had a devastating effect on the sport of Australian football and on Australian sport in general.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the game spread with the Australian Diaspora to areas such as New Zealand and South Africa ; however this growth went into rapid decline following World War I.

* 1915 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins — The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

The Australian War Crimes Section of the Tokyo tribunal, led by prosecutor William Webb ( the future Judge-in-Chief ), collected numerous written reports and testimonies that documented Japanese soldiers ' acts of cannibalism among their own troops, on enemy dead, and on Allied prisoners of war in many parts of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

The British and French armies dismounted many of their cavalry regiments and used them in infantry and other roles: the Life Guards for example spent the last months of the War as a machine gun corps ; and the Australian Light Horse served as light infantry during the Gallipoli campaign.

* 40, 000 Horsemen, about the Australian Light Horse during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I

* 1915 – World War I: Last Australian troops evacuated from Gallipoli.

* 1942 – World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.

Many mementos of the Gallipoli campaign can be seen in the museum at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, and at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.

Reported in The Australian on 1 July 1966, Holt's speech concluded with a remark which has come to be seen as encapsulating his unquestioning support for Johnson, for America's Vietnam policy and for continued Australian military involvement in the Vietnam War:

He served for 77 days on the front line in the Afghan War, although he was pulled out following publication of the story in an Australian magazine.

Memories of World War II linger among the older members of the Australian public, as does a contemporary fear of Japanese economic domination over countries, particularly Australia, although such fears have fallen off in response to Japan's economic stagnation in the 1990s.

* 1971 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.

* 1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

* 1943 – World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua.

* 1916 – World War I: Battle of Fromelles – British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12 / 13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.

* 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea – United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.

File: Australian Aboriginal shield. JPG | Australian Aboriginal shield, Royal Albert Memorial Museum

It is also the location of many social and cultural institutions of national significance, such as the Australian War Memorial, Australian National University, Australian Institute of Sport, National Gallery, National Museum and the National Library.

Many are now held by the Australian War Memorial, State Library of Victoria and the Imperial War Museum in London.

* " Kangaroo feathers " and the Australian Light Horse from the Australian War Memorial

The control column ( joystick ) of Richthofen's aircraft can be seen at the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra.

* Harefield Park Hospital, Australian War Memorial, 11 June 1974

One is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford and the other is in storage at the Australian War Memorial after being displayed for many years at the Royal Australian Air Force Museum.

The lions that marked the original gate were given to Australia by the people of Belgium and can be found at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

and Schedvin, C. B ( 1997 ) War Economy 1942 – 1945, Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1973.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1988.

The United Kingdom's Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is in Westminster Abbey, France's is buried underneath the Arc de Triomphe, Italy's is buried in the Monumento al Milite Ignoto in Rome, Canada's is buried at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Australia's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, New Zealand's Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is in Wellington and the United States ' Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located at Arlington National Cemetery.

* Australian War Memorial, Operations against German Pacific territories, 6 August 1914 – 6 November 1914.

His portrait by Ivor Hele is held by the Australian War Memorial, as are his wartime papers.

A notable collection is that of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Tank Museum, at Puckapunyal, Australia, which has five Matilda IIs on display.

Wake's medals are on display in the Second World War gallery at the Australian War Memorial Museum in Canberra.

* Biographical Entry – The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

On joining the RAN, midshipmen complete six months ' initial officer training ( New Entry Officer's Course ) at the Royal Australian Naval College.

* Australian Women Biographical Entry Franklin, Stella Maria ( Marian ) Sarah Miles ( 1879-1954 ) Accessed: 2007-09-01

* When Kuerten won the 1997 French Open ranked 66th in the world ( Entry system, prior to the creation of the Champions ' Race ), he became the second lowest ranked player to win a Grand Slam event ( second to Mark Edmondson, who won the 1976 Australian Open ranked 212th in the world ).

In the Royal Australian Navy, there are Instructors at HMAS Cerberus, where the Recruit School course is held, and HMAS Creswell, where the NEOC ( New Entry Officer Course ) is held, as well as at ADFA.

* Australian Women Biographical Entry

# Entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography

* Entry for the film on the Australian Film Commission website

* Entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography at the Australian National University.

* Australian Women Biographical Entry

SIEV X stands for Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel X. SIEV is the acronym used by the surveillance authority for any boat that has entered Australian waters without prior authorisation and the X is a designation where a tracking number has not or is yet to be assigned, in accordance with Australian Government orders.

Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel ( SIEV ) is the operational term used by the Australian Defence Force and Australian Coastwatch for maritime vessels which appear to be attempting to reach Australia clandestinely without authorisation.

* National Foundation for Australian Women's Biographical Entry

In conjunction with the Australian Defence Force, Customs and Border Protection facilitates Australia ’ s response to the detection and rescue of Suspected Irregular Entry Vessels that smuggle people from South-East Asia into Australian waters.

* Entry for M. M. Blackburn in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition

* Entry for D. Blackburn in the Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition

Direct Entry is used to transfer funds between Australian bank accounts.

* Entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography

* Australian Dictionary of Biography Entry for GH Wilkins

Officially A Company or POE Company ( Point of Entry Company ) was staffed exclusively by Parachute Trained volunteer's ( manned at approximately 120 soldiers, Company strength trained at Parachute Training School Unit based in Wheneuapai, Auckland staffed by RNZAF ) exchanges took place between other parachute allied countries ( Exercise Long look ) including the Parachute Regiment and Commandos of the United Kingdom and 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ( 3 RAR ) until in 1997 this role was also stripped from A Company which then reverted to a normal infantry company.