75th Anniversary (3: 1941)

 

Day 3: 1941 - The war on the political front saw Jeparit's Robert Menzies resign as Prime Minister. 

 The siege for the Rats of Tobruk began and lasted for most of the year. 

Bomb damage to Ward 10, Tobruk Hospital

Japan entered the war as an Axis power following its surprise attack on Pearl Harbour. 

On the home front, the paper saw many entries concerning locals in the different theatres of battle.

  

   

The original Longerenong College building, which burned down in January 1940. The Agricultural College was established in 1889. >>