Ka kammala wannan jumla: Duk da tsoron da 'yan ƙasar Ostareliya suke ji, Jafananci ba su taɓa so su mamaye ƙasar Ostareliya ba. Duk da yake an yi la'akari da mamayewa ta Babban Ofishin Jakadancin Jafananci a watan Fabrairun 1942, an yanke hukuncin cewa ya wuce karfin sojojin Japan kuma ba a shirya shirin ko wasu shirye-shirye ba. Maimakon haka, a watan Maris na shekarar 1942, sojojin Japan sun yi amfani da dabarun ware Ostiraliya daga Amurka ta hanyar kama Port Moresby a New Guinea da Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa da New Caledonia. Duk da haka wannan shirin ya lalace ta hanyar Japan ta ci nasara a cikin
Yaƙin Tekun Coral kuma an jinkirta har abada bayan Yaƙin Midway. Duk da yake wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe sun kawo ƙarshen barazanar da ke kan Ostiraliya, gwamnatin Ostiraliya ta ci gaba da gargadin cewa ana iya mamayewa har zuwa tsakiyar 1943. Jerin hare-haren jiragen sama na Jafananci akan arewacin Ostiraliya sun faru a cikin 1942 da 1943, kuma yayin da RAAF da mayakan Allied suka ba da babbar kariya, wasu batutuwan anti-aircraft na Sojojin Australiya suma sun shiga cikin magance wannan barazanar.