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Learning Works - Go for it!
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Naked Democracy Guided Audio Tour
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National Archives of Australia Audio Podcast
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National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2006
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On the Record | The State Records Office Podcast
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Podcast de l'Ambassade du Canada en France
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SA Government Reform Commission
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Social Justice Report 2005 launch
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The Queen's 80th birthday speech
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The Review
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The Review - July 2006
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Towneley Hall Podcast
Australian War Memorial talks
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The loss of HMAS Perth, 1 March 1942
Posted: February 28th, 2002, 6:00am PST
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On 1 March 1942 the Australian light cruiser, HMAS Perth, was lost in the battle of the Sunda Strait. The loss of the Perth was the heaviest sacrifice made by the Royal Australian Navy during the tragic months of 1941-42 as Japanese forces advanced into south-east Asia. -
The battles on Timor, 20-23 February, 1942
Posted: February 22nd, 2002, 6:00am PST
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Just before midnight on the night of 19/20 February elements of the Japanese 228th Regiment landed in Dili. The units from Sparrow Force had been expecting to be relieved by Portuguese colonial troops from Africa and assumed the troops landing were their replacements arriving unannounced. They received a very rude shock. -
The bombing of Darwin, 19 February 1942
Posted: February 18th, 2002, 6:00am PST
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On 19 February 1942 Australia was directly attacked for the first time by an external enemy. A few minutes before ten o'clock a force of Japanese aircraft swept over Darwin to begin the first of two raids on that day. -
The fall of Singapore, 15 February 1942
Posted: February 14th, 2002, 6:00am PST
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The surrender of Singapore was one of the largest and most dramatic reverses suffered by British forces in the war, or indeed in modern British history, with 130,000 personnel becoming prisoners of the Japanese, included in this total were 15,000 Australians. Understandably, Singapore has become a focus of major historical contention ever since.