HMAS Australia (II) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925, and entered service in 1928.
During World War 2 HMAS Australia (II) served in the Indian and Pacific Oceans against Japan.
The cruiser was decommissioned in 1954, and sold for scrapping in 1955.
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HMAS Australia and Murchison in Wellington, New Zealand. March 1950
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