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Ben Chifley becomes Prime Minister & World War II ends
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Labor Government attempts to nationalise banks & Large-scale European migration to Australia begins
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Federal election victory for Menzies Liberal–Country Party Coalition
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Korean War begins & Communist Party Dissolution Bill
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ANZUS Pact signed & Communist Party Dissolution Referendum
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Korean War ends
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SEATO is formed & Petrov Affair & First Indochina War ends
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Australian troops sent to Malaya, ALP splits
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National Liberation Front is formed in Vietnam
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Australia sends ‘military advisers’ to South Vietnam
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Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia begins
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National Service is reintroduced in Australia
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Commitment of Australian troops to Vietnam War & Anti-war protests begin
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Menzies retires & Holt becomes Prime Minister & Battle of Long Tan
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Gorton becomes Prime Minister Tet Offensive in Vietnam
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Nixon announces ‘Vietnamisation’ of Vietnam War
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Vietnam Moratorium protest rallies begin & Australia begins troop withdrawals
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Whitlam Labor Government is elected & All remaining Australian troops are withdrawn
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End of the Vietnam War