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Australian Pearl Harbor

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February 21st 2010
On February 19, 1942, Australia experienced a first-hand reenactment of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Just before 10:00 am, the same Japanese force began dropping more than twice the payload onto Darwin about 10 weeks after Pearl Harbor. It was the first time that a military force attacked mainland Australia. The first raid lasted 20 minutes, followed by a second raid two hours later. Over ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more