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Balcombe Army Camp - Mount Martha - Historical FactsWith the declaration of World War 2 in 1939, the Australian Army decided to use the Balcombe Estuary area at Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula as a training ground. In 1940 The Army 4th Division took over the area and including trainees, numbered about 3000 personnel. By JJ Jones |
The History of AustraliaThe first humans are believed to have arrived in Australia over 40,000 years ago. These people arrived via land-bridges and/or sea crossings from Southeast Asia, and became the indigenous people known as "aborigines". An additional and distinct group of early settlers, ethnically Melanesian, settled in the Torres Strait Islands (the Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea) and the far North of Queensland. By Sunil Tanna |
ANZAC Day 2010The Descendants of Veterans World War Two and Post World War Two Association Inc. is a registered charitable association to bring together Descendants of Veterans of World War II and Post World War II who shall represent relatives in ANZAC marches. |