On the 3rd of September 1939, Robert Gordon Menzies announced, “My fellow Australians. It is my melancholy duty to inform you, officially, that, in consequences of the persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain has declared war upon her, and that, as a result, Australia is also at war.”

Throughout the next six years, Australian soldiers would fight heroically overseas and for this, should be forever commemorated for their service during the conflict of World War 2. During this time however, the soldiers overseas weren’t the only heroes who aided the Australian war effort, those on the home front also did. Within these six years, several wartime government controls would be introduced to Australia, including censorship and rationing. …show more content…
Censorship enabled the military services to control everything that was seen by the Australian public. While Australian soldiers were fighting overseas at war, censorship was imposed on Australia to prevent valuable information getting into enemy hands, also to prevent false impressions of Australia overseas and finally to maintain high morale and enthusiasm at the home front. Censorship was also used to suppress information about the extent of damage actually done overseas so that no one at home would be be scared from . At least 8 censorship instructions per day were sent out to all Australian newspapers and radio stations between 1940 and 1945. An example of when censorship was actually used during the wartime was… Although the government had good intentions of censorship and it was really used to keep Australia safe, the home front saw it as the government with holding the truth and manipulating them. It was resented and