The 1978 Military occupation of the Southern Highlands

Updated February 24 2018 - 3:57pm, first published 3:56pm

On February 14, 1978 residents in the small town of Bowral woke to the sound of Kiawa helicopters from the 161 Reconnaissance Squadron circling over town.

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