There was Rationing regulations for food at clothing in 1942. It was introduced to manage the amount of food and clothing at the time. They wanted to decrease the amount of total consumption. The reasoning behind was to confirm the distribution of clothing and food.
They wished that savings would increase and to invest war loans. Australians were far from the trouble the United Kingdom was going through with their rationing. They had to use coupons and they were only for bread, tea, sugar, meat and butter. Things like eggs and milk for people with a higher class. The rationing Commission was managing the rationing. Not going by the rationing regulations were punishable by fines of $100. People were complaining, So the government approved the Black Marketing Act in 1942. This was for bigger cases and the penalty would be about $1,000. Many people were starving and didn’t have much to wear.
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In world war two, the Japanese flew 64 planes and 33 planes on other places in northern Australia. It was the 19 of February 1942. 188 planes were set to attack Darwin, where the harbor was full of allied ships. The attack was quite big; in fact, it was the biggest attack from the Japanese since pearl harbor which was on the 7th of December 1941. There were a at least 46 ships in the Darwin Harbor. Australia and allies lost 900 people, 77 aircraft and a load of ships. Facilities were destroyed and the Japanese lost around 131 planes during the attacks. Australians were terrified that the Japanese would invade or attack more areas. You could feel the uneasiness of