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Australia enters the Great War
- Prime minister declares Australia will enter the Great War alongside the British Empire. 'to the last man and the last shilling'.
- Australia provides a force of 20,000 men to fight for Britain in the war.
- Great Britain declares war on Germany.
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Australia declare war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Britain and France declare war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. -
The Australian Red Cross is established
The Australian Red Cross is established to raise funds to purchase supplies for Australian service personnel overseas -
New official war correspondent for Australia is appointed
Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean is appointed Australia's official war correspondent by the Australian Journalists' Association -
Australia Sends Force to Capture German Colonies
- Australia sends small expeditionary force to capture the German colonies in the southwest pacific and neutralize German naval wireless communications.
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Australia Captures German Colonies
Australia takes possession of German New Guinea at Toma -
Australia Takes Possession Again
Australia takes possession of German New Guinea's neighboring islands. -
Great Britain declares war again
Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey -
Royal Australian Navy destroys Germans ship
- HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider SMS Emden.