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industrial revolution
overload telegraph links to south australia with darwin in north -
frederation
australia became a nation -
industrial revolution
sydney gets electric street lighting -
Battle of Lone Pine
Australian forces capture Turkish positions at Lone Pine. Ferocity of the fighting leads to seven Australians being awarded the Victoria Cross.anzacs suffered 2300 casualties and the turks suffered 6000 -
Australian forces capture German New Guinea
Four Australians are killed in what is now the northern part of PNG, the nation’s first casualties of the war. -
australia AIF landed in gallipoli
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ww2 starts
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the rats of tobruk
rommels afrika corps laid seige tobruk.the 9th AIF divison and part of the 7th were sent to help defend tobruk for aleast 8 months -
japanese bombed darwin
between 19th february 1942 and 12th of november 1943 japanese attacked darwin 64 times -
pearl harbour
japan began its compain to invade south east asia with the bombing of pearl harbour in hawaii