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Answer by jessa VCE history1&2
Submitted on 11/19/2004
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australia joined the vietnam war to help and support its ally america. although not everyone was agreeable to that decision 1960 "in universities, Vietnam became the protest issue students had been looking for: proof that the older generation could not run the world. they agreed with Abbie Hoffman that no one over 30 could be trusted.. (lol... watch "children of the corn") 1964 "no serious protests developed until after the introduction of constription(Nov 1964) and the decision to send Australian troops (Mar 1965)" 1965 "100 methodist clergy stged a vigil for peace outside Parliament House. The Catholic Church was opposed to the anti-war protests." the move to send in australian troops greatly annoyed the public of australia and then On the 11th of November 1964, the Liberal Party "...introduced the National Service Bill in the House of Representatives..." It was reported that this would consist of "A limited call-up of 20 year olds for two years? service at home or abroad..."if you did not register you had 18 months jail. 5 months later Menzies sent conscripted ppl to vietnam because america asked him, although this was before he was asked to by korea and he told the public that south korea asked for help.in the domino effect (which was that if communism came to south korea it would spread to america and then eventually australia) Lindonn B Johnson was the american president at that time. They (the protesters)had to improvise, so they broke the lines in Macquarie St and lay down on the street, in front of the Presidential car. According to Mitchell (I suspect he's queer as well as a stupid liar) What actually happened, is that he and LBJ in the car and a nervous Police Commission Allen (who was a silly idiot like Mitchell) came to the car and asked Bob Askin what to do. "Run the bastards over!" he said, which horrified Allen, and as soon as he'd gone he and LBJ killed themselves laughing. Everyone but the wankers agreed with Askin, who was reelected in a landslide. No one was run over 1967 non violent students supported the enemy SDS- students for a democratic society 1968 "radicals" "militant students" students becams more radical and violent student rebel violent confrontations 1969 student reble more if possible -war was an ally ppl started to believe the was couldn't be won and the majority of people wanted the troops back Nixon started the theory of vietnamisation.. in which the vietminh would take ova the world..(not very optimistic are they??) draft resisters (ppl who protested against the draft) protested and burnt their register cards Harry Van Morse student movement more broader May 8th 1970 big protest-melb - support NLB(national labour party) australian moratorium-peaceful 1971 domino theory dead all troops withdrawn *conscription died 1972 gough whitlam was elected and the labour party abolished conscription and the protest movement withered away the proteset movement included these groups YOUTH CAMPAIGN AGAINST CONSCRIPTION (YCAC) "we are only a political pressure group... the only thing that can be done is the repeal of the National Service Act by changing govt and getting labour in." SAVE OUR SONS (SOS) formed by joyce golgerth and pat askcroft in june 1965 'mothers joining together to voice their opposition to the conscription of their sons, for the slaughter of vietnam' (if more info is needed e-mail me) VIETNAM ACTION COMMITEE (VAC) bob gould-left wing labour activist 1966-supporters=1,500 mailing list of 5,000. this is wat happened if you need some more help just e-mail me on jessicamh35@hotmail.com and yes this information can be found "THE HOME FRONT CH10 Australia" http://fidonet.sensationcontent.com/echomail/aust_avtech/446507ffc0de0555.html http://www.sths.nsw.edu.au/readingroom/Vietnam.asp

Answer by CloudShadow
Submitted on 2/20/2006
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whatever: only about... lemme think... ALL of Australia's armed forces served in Vietnam! mebbe u were thinking of the wrong war? there were two, the other one was Vietnam and China. anyways, Australia was involved in Vietnam by following America's lead. Australia started doing this during WWII, when the British airfields in Singapore were attacked and overrun by the Japanese with ease. at this point Australia realised that Britain wasn't dependable on providing protection, as Australia itself only had 5 million people and was therefore a puny country. so it turned to the most powerful country it could find - America, and stuck with it ever since. that was mainly why Australia became involved. there was also a fear of communism in Australia at the time, which Robert Menzies escalated with a scare campaign, this ultimately landed him in office. it would have looked good for menzies to go to war with vietnam.

Answer by katybabe11
Submitted on 7/19/2007
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Brief Report Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Predictors of Health Care Consumption by Vietnam Veterans Richard P. Marshall, B.A., Dip.Psych., Anthony F. Jorm, D.Sc., Ph.D., David A. Grayson, Ph.D. and Brian I. O'Toole Ph.D. A total of 641 randomly selected Australian veterans of the Vietnam War were interviewed about their use of health care in the previous two weeks to determine what factors contributed to health care consumption. Seventy-three variables were examined by univariate linear regression and then grouped into seven categories relating to age, physical and mental health, predisposition to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), deployment and repatriation experiences, and membership in veterans groups. PTSD was associated with an additional cost of $79 in health care for the two-week period. Each physical diagnosis was associated with an additional $28. Alcohol consumption was not related to health care costs. Other important variables contributing to costs were depression, educational status, the quality of the repatriation experience, and social support.

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Question by George
Submitted on 5/10/2004
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why was Australia involved in the Vietnam war? how did various groups respond to Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war?

Answer by Jordan
Submitted on 6/13/2004
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Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stop the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repeatedly asked for assistance from America and its allies to help its security. Australia eventually accepted and sent 30 military advisers from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. By 1965 it was obvious that South Vietnam could not be beaten by the communists, so America sent over 200,000 more troops and requested its allies more support from its allies (Australia).

Answer by Summer Time/ Lee Lee
Submitted on 6/14/2004
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Jordan, We liked ur answer to the question about why australia was involved in the vietnam war. We are apart of a senior history class and we were wondering if we could find out where u got this information from as we are learning about bias opinions. Plz contact us on grottyandjet@hotmail.com thanks sum and lee

Answer by whatever
Submitted on 6/15/2004
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Australia was NOT in the Vietnam war at all! you dummies!

Answer by sam
Submitted on 7/20/2004
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I liked your answer but could you please send me a more in depth answer to this question "How did Australia governments respond to the threat of communism in Australia?Why was Australia involved in the Vietnam War? How did various group's respond to A Australia'involvement in the Vietnam War?

Answer by meh!
Submitted on 8/12/2004
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OI 'WHATEVER' PERSON... u should like go to skool or sumfink bcoz australia WAS involved in the vietnam war bcoz d prime minister signd a form thing to say that they wuld back up NZ and AMERICA (ANZUS treaty)... UR WRONG!

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Submitted on 9/9/2004
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Answer by retard
Submitted on 10/14/2004
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of course the Aussies were involved in Vietnam u stupid retard. anyway Australia wanted 2 b friends with America (kiss kiss) and they thought the 'domino theory' would happen so they sent troops 2 help America

Answer by lenin
Submitted on 10/19/2004
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to the dumbass who thought that australia was not involved in the viet war I say read a book fool

Answer by slappea
Submitted on 10/26/2004
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Answer by mark
Submitted on 11/23/2004
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Answer by Truthworhty
Submitted on 12/2/2004
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Australia was involved in Vietnam War, because of false information provided by US media and US government, which suppported the French's control of South Vietnam after the Postdam Agreement.

Answer by michael
Submitted on 2/17/2005
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i don't know

Answer by lisa
Submitted on 3/4/2005
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Australia was involed because they wanted to be with Vietnam not against them. we didn't want the spread of communism, the problem was big enough already they didn't want any more problems.

Answer by Sal
Submitted on 3/5/2005
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hey thanks that really helped me. i was just wondering why did Australia become involved in the vietnam war?, what was Australia'sactual involvement in the war? and what impact did the war have on Australia and why? thanks if you could email that to wild_is@hotmail.com thanks heaps

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Answer by me
Submitted on 3/27/2005
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australia was in the goddamn war.......how stupid can you get 'whatever'... the main reason for australia to be involved was because menzies (our govt then) feared communism. south vietnam than was a democracy when they were being attacked by north vietnam who was under communism. the vietnam war was just our reaction to the threat of communism...

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Submitted on 3/31/2005
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Answer by jess
Submitted on 5/1/2005
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Answer by grombone
Submitted on 5/18/2005
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Submitted on 5/24/2005
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Answer by brezy
Submitted on 5/25/2005
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Australia was involed in the Vietnam war because,it was trying to stop communism and again support the allies(Americans) because they supported us in the war and saved our butts!!! so we also had to support them , otherwise we would breach our alliance with them.which is not fair to them...

Answer by smelly
Submitted on 5/27/2005
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australia waas not in the vietnam war they were in the south vietnam war u silly duffa, plus they were in world war 2 so how could they be in 2 wars at once

Answer by tina
Submitted on 6/2/2005
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who was involved in the vietnam war???

Answer by dopey dinosaurs
Submitted on 6/19/2005
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the ledgend of the green fairy came and told the australians to help the vietnams, due to the fact that they could eat all the dim-sims that they desired. after this, absinthe was banned for 2 centuries, due to the green fairy.

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Submitted on 6/30/2005
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Answer by ihavealarge...
Submitted on 7/25/2005
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u r all very stupid me thinks

Answer by scooter
Submitted on 8/2/2005
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what help did australia send the govenment of south vietnam in 1962?

Answer by kgyjbnjl
Submitted on 8/9/2005
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Answer by ihateamericanandnerds
Submitted on 8/13/2005
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shut up, u stupid americans.

Answer by dave
Submitted on 8/24/2005
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what did australia think tho

Answer by ronald-dronald
Submitted on 8/28/2005
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Australia's involvement in Vietnam was small compared to that of the United States with its commitment of over 500 000 troops. australian troops in Vietnam peaked at 8300 in 1968. Vietnam was Australia's longest war, and spread over a decade from 1962. It was also the most divisive military involvement in Australia's history

Answer by Vorn
Submitted on 9/12/2005
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that answer was good enough for me, at least sum1 knows the answer.. thanks

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Submitted on 2/1/2006
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