Yes. Post war documents show Japan's objective in Pacific Theatre to prevent US embargo on their oil and secure shipping lanes, without oil the Japanese war machine would have to withdraw from China. Japan had 0 interest or benefit in occupying Australia, besides US military assets stationed in the north which threatened their oil supply through Java, and Darwin is precisely where most US navy was based at the time.
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