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Anna Offler aoffler@iprimus.com.au
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:14:53 +1030


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Yeah. The Brisbane line it was called . Basically fall back behind the =
Great Dividing Range. If Curtin had'nt brought a division back from =
Egypt we could all be eating sushi and sleeping on straw mats now so to =
speak.
A close thing my Dad said as he served in New Guinea and Darwin.
Woffles and Anna
Phil wrote
<There was a plan during WWII to abandon all most of the country and =
<withdraw
<the armed forces into a region that basically included melbourne, =
sydney and
<canberra if it looked like the Japanese were going to cross the border =
in the
<north.... For a lot of people (not just the oils) things don't change =
much...

Anna Offler wrote:

> Yep sometimes Phil I think Oz ends at Parramatta or Footscray. Nothing =
west
> of that in some peoples minds



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