"Astérix, the first
French satellite, was launched on
November 26,
1965 by a rocket of type
Diamant A from
Hammaguir in Algeria."
Obviously then Australia was indeed the 3rd country to achieve a launch within it's own borders.
The Tally-Ho papers have it right yet again!
(The Redstone rocket used to launch WRESAT was donated by the US, it was a "spare" if you like, left over from US test launch series at Woomera - but the satellite itself was Australian designed and built!)
And on a personal note - Welcome to the Forum Dog Star!
Good to see you here brother, and already posting onto threads - congrats on this, your first post!