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The Cowra Prisoner of War campsite was the site of a mass breakout of over 1,100 Japanese during World War II. At 2.00am on 5th August 1944 Japanese POWs launched a mass escape. 231 Japanese lost their lives

Mary MacKillop, founder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, and beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 January 1995. As she died on 8 August 1909, this day has become a special day on which man

National Aboriginal and Islander Childrens Day, (NAICD), is an annual event celebrated on 4 August each year having been established by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) in

August 18th is Vietnam Veterans Day. Originally it was a day to commemorate the Battle of Long Tan in 1966 but now it has been adopted by all veterans. Vietnam Veterans and Associated Forces Memorial Day