On 18th of February 1942, the Japanese conducted two bombing raids on the Australian town, sinking many ships in the harbor, it was historically the largest single attack by a foreign power on Australia. The 64th, and last, air raid on Darwin occurred on 12 November 1943. In total there were 97 air attacks on northern Australia and enemy air reconnaissance over the region continued through much of 1944.

Australian War Memorial (2016). Bombing of Darwin. [online] Awm.gov.au. Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84294.

"The first requisite for a woman in choosing a husband is an education, not such as she gets at Vassar and Smith, but an education in morals. The next thing she should insist upon is a clean bill of health. A man or woman contemplating matrimony should be examined by a physician, as for life insurance. If there is any inherited or incurable disease, it will then become known."

Dr. H. Keatinge (1916) ‘Twelve rules for choosing a husband’, Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser, Tuesday 25 January.