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'A Land fit for Heros': Australia in the 1920s

By james_savva

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Influenza pandemic kills 12 000 Australians
    Anti-Bolshevik riots in Brisbane
    Preferential voting system is introduced
    Country Party wins eleven seats inits first election

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Last AIF troops are repatriated toAustralia

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Edith Cowan becomes the firstwoman elected to an Australianstate parliament

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Billy Hughes is dumped asNationalist Party leader

  • Australia In the 1920s

    First regular radio broadcasts inAustraliaMelbourne police strike

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Agreement between Australia andBritain to settle assisted Britishmigrants

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Sydney’s population passes onemillionCrimes Act is introduced for useagainst trade unions

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Police massacre Aborigines inWestern AustraliaAustralian Council of Trade Unions(ACTU) is formed

  • Australia In the 1920s

    First Australian screening of a‘talkie’Kingsford Smith makes the firstflight over the Pacific from the USAto AustraliaConiston massacres in CentralAustraliaWestern Australian Aboriginaldelegation demands equality

  • Australia In the 1920s

    Rothbury coal miners strikeThe Great Depression beginsALP wins federal elections