Australia Station
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The Australia Station was the British and later Australian naval command responsible for the waters around the Australian continent and British and Australian colonial-possessions in the South Pacific. The station was first created in 1859 and originally covered about 1/6th of the Earths surface. The area covered by the Australia Station differed throughout its history, though it consisted of the waters around Australia and eastern New Guinea and stretched south to Antarctica at the time of World War II.
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- Tom Frame (2004). No Pleasure Cruise. The Story of the Royal Australian Navy. Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
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