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  1. Our Great Debates series is designed to help teachers investigate how wars and conflicts have affected Australians. This classroom resource presents the motion that the Australian media influenced the general public's perceptions of the Vietnam War. Students can use the background information and source material to explore the topic and debate ...

  2. First, Australians at all levels—in government, business, the media and the general public—knew much less about the mainland of Southeast Asia, especially the former French colonies in today’s Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, than they did about maritime Southeast Asia, especially the former British and Dutch territories that today are ...

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  4. Sep 27, 2019 · First published in The Age on October 1, 1968. War censors get tough. New blanket censorship restrictions have been imposed on all correspondents reporting the activities of Australian armed ...

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  5. Aug 15, 2007 · Former Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies: The Vietnam war is a very sad example of a war that begins by being popular and having great popular support as it did in America too, but not ...

  6. anzacportal.dva.gov.au › wars-and-missions › vietnamPublic opinion - Anzac Portal

    Mar 10, 2020 · Australian public opinion about the war in Vietnam moved through several stages over the decade-long involvement. In the beginning a largely disinterested public paid little attention to a war that involved very few Australian soldiers, especially as they were members of the regular Army engaged in a training role.

  7. Nov 5, 2012 · Abstract. This paper contrasts Australian and US military responses to the media coverage of the war in Vietnam. It examines the “oppositional media thesis”, considers how this shaped subsequent US military-media relations, and examines the experiences leading to the review and reform of the military's official position in relation to the media.

  8. Throughout the war almost 60,000 Australians served in Vietnam, but not all of them volunteered. Many were conscripted, which means they were forced to go through a giant nationwide lottery. Any 20-year-old men in the country could be picked, if their birthday was drawn in the draft. Some Australians were against that.

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