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| HMAS Australia soon after her completion, with her original short smokestacks, 1928 | HMAS Australia underway during the 1930s | HMAS Australia off New York City, circa 1932-33 | HMAS Australia in the Panama Canal, Mar 1935 |
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| Ellet and Australia maneuvered between Tulagi and Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942 | HMAS Australia's bridge damaged by Kamikaze, Oct 1944 | Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire and Australia seen through a gunsight of American cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 21 Oct 1944 |
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