| 25 March 1950 | Submission made to the Military Board, with consideration being given for the reintroduction of women into the Australian Regular Army (ARA) and Citizens Military Forces (CMF) |
| 15 July 1950 | Cabinet approved the reintroduction of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS). The Service was to be raised as an entirely separate unit, and not integrated with the male CMF. |
| 1 December 1950 | Approval given for the enlistment of 250 personnel. |
| February 1951 | Decision made to discontinue AAMWS as a separate Service. |
| 12 February 1951 - 15 November 1957 | Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Best, a former matron of the AANS, commenced duty as the first Director at AHO. |
| 23 April 1951 | Major Lucy Crane appointed Assistant Director of the WAAC. |
| 23 April 1951 | WO Pat Rawlings became the first Chief Instructor for the recruit training course. |
| 23 April 1951 - 23 April 1961 | Colonel Sybil Irving appointed as first Honorary Colonel of WAAC. |
| June 1951 | The prefix 'Royal' granted by His Majestry King George VI, in recognition of the AWAS wartime service, thereby becoming Womens Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC). |
| June 1951 | Approval given for defining two Corps of the women's side of the ARA. 1. RAANC and 2. WAAC. |
| 6 December 1951 | Approval given for the introduction of the WRAAC in to the Citizens Military Forces (CMF). |
| 1952 | Major Crane appointed Chief Instructor for the Officer Refresher Course. Later appointed as Chief Instructor for the Officer's Qualifying Course held for Non-Commissioned Officers who had previously been servicewomen. |
| September 1952 | Announcement that the period of engagement (3 or 6 years) and training for women would be brought in line with their male counterparts. |
| September 1952 | Lieutenant-Colonel Best was promoted to Colonel. |
| 1 January 1953 - 1985 | Her Royal Highness, The Princess Margaret, C.I., G.C.V.O. appointed by Her Majesty The Queen as Colonel-in-Chief of the WRAAC. |
| 1954 | Queen Elizabeth 11 visited Australia. WRAAC personnel participated in events around the country. |
| 5 December 1955 - 2 December 1957 | Colonel Dawn Jackson appointed deputy director of WRAAC |
| February 1956 | An alliance between the WRAAC and the Womens Royal Army Corps (WRAC), approved by Her Majestry the Queen. |
| 26 April 1956 | Colonel Irving reappointed as Honorary Colonel |
| October 1956 | WRAAC and RAANC personnel participated as usherettes etc. at the Melbourne Olympic Games. |
| 15 November 1957 | Colonel Best died aged 47 years. |
| 2 December 1957 - February 1972 | Colonel Dawn Jackson appointed director of WRAAC |
| August 1958 | Approval given for the adoption by the WRAAC of a Corps flag. |
| 1959 | The main gates at WRAAC School were designed and named in honour of Colonel Best - "the Kathleen Best Memorial Gateway". |
| 18 May 1959 | The Corps recognised as a permanent part of the Defence structure. |
| 14 December 1959 | Members of the WRAAC became eligible to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefit Fund. |
| 23 April 1961 | Colonel Irving retires as Honorary Colonel. |
| 26 April 1961 - April 1966 | Lieutenant Colonel May Douglas appointed Honorary Colonel. |
| 3 February 1967 - 1 June 1985 | Lady Helen Cutler appointed Honorary Colonel. |
| November 1967 | First detachment of WRAAC on overseas duty to Singapore. Seven WRAAC posted for 12 months service with 121 Signals Squadron. |
| 23 February 1972 - 4 July 1977 | Colonel Kathleen Fowler appointed Director of Corps. |
| 24 March 1973 | Honorary Colonel Sybil H Irving dies. |
| 1974 | Married women with children under 16 years are permitted to serve. |
| 5 July 1977 - 14 Mar. 1979 | Colonel Barbara Maxwell appointed Director |
| 1979 | Posting of Director abolished. |
| March 1979 - 1981 | Colonel Dulcie Verinder appointed Head of Corps. |
| 1980 | Graduates are no longer allocated to WRAAC, but rather to the corps in which they are to serve. |
| 1981 - 12 November 1982 | Colonel Pam Smith replaces Colonel Verinder |
| 12 November 1982 | Lieutenant Colonel Pam Smith appointed Service Women's Advisor to CGS. |
| 12 November 1982 | Colonel Margaret Fleming appointed to replace Colonel Smith. |
| 1983 | WRAAC members swap their buttons and badges for those of the Corps in which they served. |
| 5 December 1984 | Final course of Recruits and Officer Cadets march out of WRAAC School. |
| 31 January 1985 | WRAAC School disbanded. Female officer cadets attend OCS Portsea. |
| 13 May 1985 | The only member of the WRAAC to serve through the entire life of the Corps was WO2 Joyce Cole (Hogan) who retired aged 60 years. WO2 was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Service Medal and the Defence Force Service Medal and Bar |
| 1986 | Female cadets are trained at the Royal Military College Duntroon or the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). |
