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Posted in: TestingChanging Roles for Women
For most women during the early part of the 20th Century, their role mainly consisted of looking after the family and children in the home. Very few women had other jobs. However with the men gone women were also left with shortages of resources, as well as their fears for the future, and the grief and trauma of losing loved ones.
During World War I, it was uncommon for many women to have jobs, apart from domestic serving roles. The number of women working outside the home did increase slightly during this war but mostly in food, clothing and printing industry jobs that were already established as female roles.
Many women were also actively involved as nurses and in other active service duties, and contributed more actively to war efforts...
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The Kokoda Trail or Track was a path that linked Ower's Corner, approximately 40 km north-east of Port Moresby, and the small village of Wairopi, on the northern side of the Owen Stanley mountain range. From Wairopi, a crossing point on the Kumusi River, the Track was connected to the settlements of Buna, Gona and Sanananda on the north coast.
The name Kokoda, was taken from the village of Kokoda that stood on the southern side of the main range and was the site of the only airfield between Port Moresby and the north coast.
The Japanese had originally planned to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne landing. However this was disrupted by the battle of the Coral Sea, so as a result the Japanese saw the Kokoda Track as a way to capture...
Changing Relationship with America
At the beginning of World War II Australia considered itself to be still apart of the British Empire, and as a result always supported Britain’s interests. In 1939 when Britain declared war on Germany, Australia followed Britain’s lead.In support of Britain, Australia sent troops from the 6th, 7th and 9th battalion to the Middle East, and 27000 Australians in the air force became involved in the Empire Air Training Scheme that provided air crews to fight in Britain. Australia also sent half of their navy to the Mediterranean to assist in the war effort.Australia considered Britain as their ‘Mother Country’ and that in times of crisis Britain would come to Australia’s aid. This belief was supported by the fact that in Singapore stood a British...
Bombing of Darwin and Sydney
During World War II Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, was a major port for the Australian Navy and a major base for the Australian Army. Darwin was used for repairs, re-supply and home for Australian commando units. Being so close to the Asia region, Darwin was considered a strategic location by both Australia and Japan.On 19 February 1942 war finally came to Australia for the first time since white settlement.A fleet of around 200 Japanese aircraft were despatched to attack Darwin from a point off the coast of Timor. Early that morning the aircraft passed over Bathurst Island and Catholic missionaries based there radioed Darwin to warn the Australian mainland. However, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) refused to act...
Australia Becomes Involved
In 1939 Germany’s ambition of controlling Europe soon became apparent to France and Britain. After taking over Austria on March 13, 1938 and being handed a large portion of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference in September 1938 by Britain and France, Germany took control of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Great Britain and France did not want to repeat the bloodshed of World War I and as a result were willing to appease Hitler and avoid another world war by allowing Germany these few concessions. However emboldened by these events, Hitler was confident that he could again move east, this time acquiring Poland without having any other country interfering. As events unfolded, Poland looked toward Britain and France to assist it in...
