Scores of other articles were in demand, like cloths, axes and knives, hand sowing machines, scissors, needles and thread, mirrors and cones, hooks and line, pots and pans, mouth organs, rice, hard biscuits, beads, perfume and, in the Gilberts and Marshalls, rifles, flintlock muskets, revolvers, powder and shot.Australia became one of the first countries in the Oceanian region to gain independence in 1901, while several islands within the Micronesian archipelagos collectively became an independent nation known as the Federated States of Micronesia in 1986.

As part of the program, Australia has been providing Pacific class patrol vessels to FSM to be used in ensuring maritime surveillance, law enforcement, emergency relief operations, apprehending and preventing sea-borne security threats and delivering needed government services to outlying remote islands in the federation.

In 2013, a member of the Micronesian Congress visited Australia to discuss the bilateral cooperation in sports for the youth development in FSM.

[9] Between 2012 and 2016, the Australian government claims to have educated 8,500 school children in FS Micronesia (and the Marshall Islands) about climate change mitigation and disaster risk management.

[8] In 2019-20, the Australian government provided an estimated $8.4 million in total Official Development Assistance (ODA) to FS Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands.