When was the first attack on Australian territory during the 2nd world war?
The attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942 marked the first attack made on continental Australia by an enemy force. It was not the first attack on Australian territory. On 4 January 1942, 22 Nells bombed the airfield at Lakunai, near Rabaul, New Britain, part of the Australian Mandate of Papua New Guinea.
