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Agrees to take 15,000 Jewish refugees that were fleeing Europe
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A infantry division of the Australian Army, formed to be served in World War 2
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Was the women's branch of the Royal Australian Navy.
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The Janpanese bombed Austrailia, as part of World War 2, in the first and the largest single attack ever mounted.
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The hospital ship AHS Centaur was attacked by a Japanese submarine off the Island of North Stradbroke in Queensland, killing 268 persons.
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Set up to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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545 Japanese prisoners of war escaped from the camp
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Prince Henry becomes Australia's first royal Governor-General
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Germany surrenders to the Allies ending the war in Australia and Europe.
