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Cairns Cenotaph – Honouring Our Heroes 📍
The word “cenotaph” literally means “empty tomb” and was commonly applied to war memorials. The Cairns Cenotaph WW1...
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The Battle of Britain
84 years ago, in September 1940, a series of aerial battles were fought in the skies over southern England, between the German Luftwaffe and...
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Australians and Peacekeeping
Australia has had peacekeepers in the field with the United Nations since 1947. In Indonesia in 1947, Australians were part of the very first...
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Evacuations from New Guinea to Cairns in WW2
When the Japanese invaded in early 1942, most servicemen and civilians in the New Guinea islands were captured. However, some made dramatic...
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First State of Origin match played during World War II between Australian troops in New Guinea – a postscript
As a follow up to our story of 5 June, the trophy bearing the names of both teams will be at Origin 2 in Melbourne on Wednesday night....
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