Australia
Turn 15
Government:
Parlimentary Democracy
Leader:
Joseph Lyons
Political party:
Labor Party
Shipyards:
Adelaide Steamship Company (Birkenhead, South Australia) (1957–1973)
Austal (Henderson, Western Australia)
ASC Pty Ltd (Adelaide, South Australia)
BAE Systems Australia (Henderson, Western Australia and Williamstown, Victoria)
BHP Limited (Whyalla, South Australia) (1939–1978)
Cockatoo Island Dockyard (Sydney, New South Wales) (1870–1992)
Evans Deakin and Company (Brisbane, Queensland) (1940–1971)
Forgacs Group (Newcastle, New South Wales)
Incat (Hobart, Tasmania)
Morrison & Sinclair (Sydney, New South Wales) (1890s – 1970)
Mort's Dock (Sydney, New South Wales) (1855–1959)
NQEA Australia (Cairns, Queensland)
Poole & Steel Limited (Sydney, New South Wales) (1912–1954)
Richardson Devine Marine (Hobart, Tasmania)
State Dockyard (Newcastle, New South Wales) (1942–1987)
Strategic Marine (Henderson, Western Australia)
Walkers Limited (Maryborough, Queensland) (1884–1974)
GDP:
234 Billion.
Currency:
Australian Dollar (AUD)
Military Numbers:
22,700 "factories" with 450,000 industrial employees
80,000 (September 1939)
476,000 (peak in 1942)
730,000 (total)
Navy
9,036 (no officer breakdown)
Airforce
892 with 350 extra in the "citizen air force
Coastal defenses
Brisbane
Bribie Battery (Bribie Island) – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns
Skirmish Battery (Bribie Island) – 2 x 155mm guns
Cowan Battery (Moreton Island) – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns
Rous Battery (Moreton Island) – 2 x 155mm guns
Lytton Battery – 1 x QF 4.7 inch gun
Cairns[edit]
False Cape Battery – 2 x 155mm guns
Townsville[edit]
155mm coastal defence gun emplacement at Magnetic Island, Townsville
One of two 4.7 inch coastal defence gun emplacements built at Cape Pallarenda, Townsville in 1943
Magazine Battery – 2 x 155mm guns
Kissing Point Battery – 2 x 6 inch Mk VII guns
Magnetic Battery – 2 x 155 mm guns
Cape Pallarenda Battery – 2 x QF 4.7 inch Mk IV guns
Torres Strait[edit]
Endeavour Battery – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns
Goods Battery – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns
Kings Battery – 2 x 18-pdr Mk IV guns
Milman Battery (Thursday Island) – 1 x QF 4.7 inch gun
Turtle Battery – 2 x 155mm guns
New South Wales[edit]
Newcastle[edit]
Park Battery, The Hill, Newcastle – 2 x 6in Mark VII
Scratchley Battery, Newcastle East, Newcastle – 2 x 6in Mark VII and 1 x QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun
Wallace Battery, Stockton, Newcastle – 2 x 9.2in Mark X
Port Stephens[edit]
Tomaree Battery, Shoal Bay, Port Stephens – 2 x 6in Mark VII
Sydney[edit]
Middle Head Fortifications, Sydney Harbour
Banks Battery, North of Cape Banks, La Perouse, Sydney – 2 x 9.2 inch Mk X guns
Casemate Battery, Middle Head, Sydney – 2 x 6-pdr 10cwt guns
Henry Battery, Henry Head, La Perouse, Sydney – 2 x 18-pdr Mk IV guns
Hornby Battery, South Head, Sydney – 2 x 6 inch Mk VII guns
Malabar Battery, Malabar Headland, Malabar, Sydney – 2 x 6 inch Mk XII guns
Middle Head Fortifications, Sydney – 2 x 6 inch Mk VII guns, 1 x QF 12 pounder guns
North Battery, North Head, Sydney – 2 x 9.2 inch Mk X guns
Shelly Battery, Shelly Head, Manly, Sydney – 1 x QF 12 pounder guns
Signal Battery, South Head, Sydney – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns
West Battery, West Head, Hawkesbury River – 2 x QF 4.7-inch guns
Note: A 6 pounder 10cwt battery was under construction.
Port Kembla
Media related to Kembla Fortress at Wikimedia Commons
Illowra Battery, Port Kembla, New South Wales
Breakwater Battery, Port Kembla – 2 x 6in Mk XI guns
Drummond Battery, Coniston, Wollongong – 2 x 9.2in Mk X guns
Illowra Battery, Port Kembla – 2 x 6in Mk XI guns
Northern Territory[edit]
Dudley Battery, Darwin, Northern Territory – 2 x 4 inch Mark VII and 1 x 6pdr 10cwt
East Battery, Darwin – 2 x 9.2 inch Mk X, 2 x 6in Mark XI guns
Emery Battery, Darwin – 2 x 6in Mark XI guns
Waugite Battery, Darwin – 2 x 6in Mark XI guns
Elliot Section – 1 x QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun
West Point Section, Darwin – 1 x QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun
Papua New Guinea[edit]
Lae[edit]
U Battery – 4 x 155mm guns
Port Moresby[edit]
Paga Battery – 2 x 6 inch Mk XI guns, 2 6-pdr 10cwt guns
Boera Battery – 2 (?) x 155mm guns
Rabaul[edit]
Praed Point Battery – 2 x 6 inch Mk VII guns
South Australia[edit]
Fort Largs, Adelaide, South Australia – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Tasmania[edit]
Direction Battery, Hobart, Tasmania – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Pierson Battery, Hobart, Tasmania – 1 x 6in Mark VII gun
Western Australia[edit]
Albany[edit]
Princess Battery, Albany, Western Australia – 2 x 6in QFC guns
Bickley Battery, Rottnest Island – 2 x 6in Mark XI guns
Beacon Battery, Garden Island, Western Australia – 2 x 4-inch ex-US naval guns
Challenger Battery, Garden Island, Western Australia – 2 x 155mm guns
Collie Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia – 2 x QF 12 pounder guns
Harbour Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia – 2 x 6pdr 10cwt, 2 x 18 pounder Mk IV
Leighton Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Oliver's Battery, Rottnest Island – 2 x 9.2in Mark X guns
Peron Battery, Cape Peron, Western Australia – 2 x 155mm, 2 x 18 pounder Mk IV
Swanbourne Battery, Fremantle, Western Australia – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Note: A 9.2in Mark Xv battery was under construction.
Geraldton[edit]
Geraldton Battery, Geraldton, Western Australia – 2 x 4-inch ex-US naval guns, 2 x 18 pounder Mk IV
Victoria[edit]
Cribb Battery, Port Phillip, Victoria – 1 x 6in Mark VII gun
Crow's Nest Battery, Queenscliff Port Phillip Bay, Victoria – 2 x 4.7in guns and 1 x 14pdr gun
Lonsdale Battery, Port Phillip, Victoria – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Nepean Battery, Port Phillip, Victoria – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Pearce Battery, Port Phillip, Victoria – 2 x 6in Mark VII guns
Aviation vessels:
Heavy cruisers:
2 Kent class (HMAS Australia, HMAS Canberra)
Light cruisers:
3 amphions (under construction)
Destroyer Leaders:
Destroyers:
5 C class
Merchant Marine: 541 steamers for 626,000 tons of total shipping
Firearms/explosives:
Pistols:
Enfield revolver
Webley Mk IV revolver
Rifles:
Lee Enfield
Lee Metford
Grenades:
Mills bomb
Machine guns:
Vickers machine gun
Lewis machine gun
Artillery
Mortars:
Stokes Morter
Field Artillery:
Ordnance QF 15-pounder
Ordnance QF 13-pounder
Ordnance QF 18-pounder
Ordnance BLC 15-pounder
RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun
QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer
QF 4.5-inch howitzer
BL 10-pounder mountain gun
Fortress/Siege guns:
BL 60-pounder gun
BL 4 inch naval gun Mk I – VI
BL 4.7 inch/45 naval gun
BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
Anti Aircraft:
QF 2-pounder naval gun
QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun
QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun
QF 3-inch 20 cwt
QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
Aeroplanes:
Fighters:
Airco DH.5
Airco DH.6
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3
Avro 504
Bristol F.2 Fighter
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
Sopwith Camel
Sopwith Pup
Bristol Bulldog
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
Bombers:
Westland Wapiti
Airco DH.9
Airco DH.9A
Navy aircraft:
Supermarine Seagull (1921)
Supermarine Southampton
Fairey III”
Military:
Request designs and all documention & Licences from the uk to construct the following planes through the C.a.C
Supermarine Spitfire
Hawker Hurricane
Bristol Bombay
Bristol Blenheim
Current Construction4 grimsby class sloops
20 slipsways & docks turn 47
New shit:
Economy:
open up talks with new zealand about a free trade deal.
Construction/orders
-nil
Internal Affairs:
Display extreme displeasure with Britains recent attitude, but will wait the 3 months for the ships.
Discuss the potential for an Australian Referendum regarding Britians attitude
Burn press reports calling me insane, make snide remarks at the reporters making penal colony remarks at Australia, pointing out they are jealous because they arent this awesome, also insist this article is by a russian reporter that likes to hump kangaroo's, call it out as clearly fake news
deny all responsibility for incidents in Asia, this is results of morons at MI-6 saving their own pride.
For the sake of Maintaining my popularity with my people and proving im loved I shall make a public appearance to my citizens!
Hold an official emu hunting tournament for all competition hunters from around the world to come participate in, grand prize for biggest emu hunted and most bagged will be 500,000 AUD$
Foreign Affairs:
Grumble and complain about the injust detention of australian citizens and request talks with russian diplomatic staff, to negotiate the safe return of these Australian citizens.
wave at Hawaii
Mail Australian outback spiders to the leaders of Iran/usa/Canada/UK/France and USSR
Research:
Operations:
Feather blitz
smash the presses