They mirrored US responses. Australian women created an organization called "Save Our Sons", during the war.
Opposition wanted to end the war.
The draft. Without that, opposition to the Vietnam War would've been nil.
The draft.
Nearly ALL Vietnam War books show opposition to the Vietnam War, even by the men fighting it. See: List of United States Military Books.
Over 3,000 Australian Servicemen wounded in Vietnam.
1964 election
Australian maintained a troop level of approximately 8,000 men in Vietnam during the war.
Opposition to the Vietnam war caused President Lyndon Johnson to halt aerial bombing of the North Vietnamese and engage in peace talks instead of escalating the war.
The Australian government experienced anti-war demonstrations.
moral and religious beliefs
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.