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1. Evacuation

2. Women

2.1. formation of a Womans Land Army.

2.1.1. Increased enlistment of women into the auxillary forces.

3. Everyday Life

3.1. Rationing of everyday requirements.

3.1.1. Kids didn't see there fathers for a long time.

3.2. Footwear, clothing, meat.

3.2.1. Participate in drills

3.3. Collected scrap metals and recycled paper.

3.3.1. Aboriginals were moved from North of Australia to South.

3.4. A number of Italians in Australia were harrased, interned and suffered assault.

4. Americans

4.1. They were here as they were fighting in the Pacific

4.2. Douglas MacArthur was the American Commander.

4.3. Americans brought new traditions and attitudes.

4.4. Australiasn started feeling like they were Australian instead of a British subjects.

4.5. Black Americans had more value then the Aborigines.

5. Bombing

5.1. Air raids. Precautions were taken and everyone knew where to go and how to do it.

5.2. Bombings on Darwin and Sydney.

5.3. Two air-raids on Darwin.

5.3.1. Japan almost took out the air field.

6. Preparing for War

7. Government Controls

7.1. Laws on everyday requirements.

7.1.1. Rationing of clothing, footwear, food

7.2. National Secuirity Act of 1939.

7.2.1. Weren't following the Constitution = Commonwealth.

7.2.2. Overrode the power of parliament, laws, only needed some signatures of Ministers.

8. Censorship

8.1. The policy of protecting the country by limting whats said in the media.

8.2. The truth was usually held back from the public to keep a good public morale.

8.3. News media, radio, movie reels, newspaper, telephones and letters were censored.