The Australian government experienced anti-war demonstrations.
With protests and riots.
Opposition wanted to end the war.
The US asked them to.
Taught them to look before they leaped.
Same as within the US, they knew little about it.
Over 3,000 Australian Servicemen wounded in Vietnam.
Australian maintained a troop level of approximately 8,000 men in Vietnam during the war.
Approximately 60,000 Australian Men were drafted during the Vietnam War, and about 19,000 Australian draftee's served in Vietnam. On a smaller scale, due to Australia's smaller population, Australia experienced the same anti-war/anti-draft protests as did the United States.
The war was against North Vietnam. So maybe they weren't too happy about that. South Vietnam was probably happy about it.
Over 50,000 Australian Servicemen fought in the Vietnam War.
Australia sent 4 Navy Destroyers and a regiment of Australian Centurion tanks into the Vietnam War.
all of them