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Originally Posted by RN7
Australia was essentially an agricultural and mining economy in the Second World War with some small scale engineering and metal processing in its cities in the southeast strip. It still is today to a large extent. Australia did produce war material (Sentinel tanks, scout cars, rifles, training aircraft, 16 escorts) but most if it never left Australia. Practically all of its combat aircraft, warships and tanks and artillery were supplied by Britain and America.
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SMGs, Machineguns, Mortars, 25 pdr artillery. Ammunition and Artillery rounds.
Oh, and
sixty Bathurst class Corvettes
alone were built in Australia. Six Tribal Class Destroyers were built in Australia.
And we built RR Aero engines for a variety of, yes, imported aircraft.
However, we built around 700 Beauforts locally, too, around 400 Beaufighters, 700 odd Wirraway Trainers, 250 Boomerang Fighters etc.
Yes, not much in the greater scheme of things, but much more than most people, even most Australians, realise!
And rather more than you claimed.
Phil