The policy had the advantage of pushing responsibility for Australian defence onto Britain.

A re-organisation of Australian defences as a consequence of the 1910 Kitchener Report led to the creation of Military Districts.

However, the Japanese were now increasingly hampered by supply problems of their own as they became overextended, while the Australian defence also became better organised.

There are plenty of trails throughout the park and at the tip is Fort Nepean, which was important in Australian defence from the 1880s to 1945.

Next, Garry Schofield scored a brilliant individual try when he chipped ahead from about fifteen metres out and then beat the Australian defence to dive on it.

The Williams Foundation, named in his honour, was launched in February 2009 "to broaden public debate on issues relating to Australian defence and security".

In the fourth quarter, the Australian defence remained strong, but their shooting did not improve.

Professor Alan Dupont has worked on Australian defence and Asian security issues for more than thirty years as a strategist, diplomat, policy analyst and scholar.

This limited Australian defence expenditure and led to a decline in the size and effectiveness of the armed forces during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

During World War II, the area became key to Australian defence due to defensive positions along the beaches.