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Australia's first Melbourne Cup is held. The winning horse was Briseis.
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Ended in 1902
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Australia has its first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton
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Luxury cruise ship- The Titanic- hit an iceberg, killing 1503 people, including few Australians.
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Together with the British forces, the ANZACs landed at Gallipoli in Turkey at 8.00am. On the 8th of December, 1915, they withdrew from Gallipoli.
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Adolf Hitler joined and became the leader of the German Workers Party, renaming it the Nazi party. They were a group of racist men who beleived Germany should be 'clensed' of all Jews, gypsies and disabled people.
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The world was plunged into a economic depression that was triggered by the collapse of the New York stock exchange. It came to Australia in 1931
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German Government call for plans to exterminate the Jewish people living in Germany. The plan was called the "Final Solution', which killed six million Jews
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This followed the attacks by Japan on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Guam.
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The first raid of 60 attacks on the city. Later attacks were made on Broome, Wyndham and Townsville
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Japanese troops land at Gona, Papua New Guinea. Australia and Japan fought on the trail, with Australia trying to prevent the Japanese from advancing
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Germany surrenders following the suicide of Hitler 8 days earlier.
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Australia joined the war in 1962. It ended in 1973
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Croatian terroists exploaded two bombs outside a travel agency in Sydney
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Indonesian terroists exploded two bombs near a popular nightckub in Bali. 202 people were killed, 88 of them being Australian
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