Post World War One Australia By rose borig Jul 2, 1915 Nationalist Party is fromed Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 2000 Mordern World and Australia Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Jan 22, 1920 Country Party founded Nov 16, 1920 QANTAS founed Mar 12, 1921 Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Austalian Parliment Feb 9, 1923 Stanley Melbourne Bruce becomes PM Jan 1, 1924 Compulsory voting introduced Oct 22, 1929 James Scullin becomes PM Oct 29, 1929 Great Depession begins Nov 4, 1930 Phar Lap wins Melbourne cup Jan 1, 1931 The United Australia Party is formed Jan 6, 1932 Joseph Lions becomes PM Mar 19, 1932 Sydney Harbor Bridge is opened May 13, 1932 Jack Lang (Premier of NSW) is sacked by the Governor Jul 1, 1932 The ABC is formed Nov 8, 1935 Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash Jan 26, 1938 Aboriginal 'Day of Mourning' Apr 26, 1939 Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term) Sep 1, 1939 WWII breaks out Oct 7, 1941 John Curtin becomes PM Nov 19, 1941 HMAS Sydney sunk in the Indian Ocean with a loss of 645 men Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Feb 19, 1942 Darwin bombed bby the Japanese Jul 13, 1945 Ben Chifley becomes PM Aug 5, 1945 Japan surrenders to end WWII in the Pacific Oct 24, 1945 United Nations Organisation if formed Nov 29, 1948 Australias first car (the Holden) produced Dec 19, 1949 Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term) Jun 25, 1950 War breaks out in Korea Sep 1, 1951 ANZUS Treaty is Signed Jun 2, 1953 Quenn Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England Apr 19, 1954 Petrov spy scandal Sep 8, 1954 SEATO is formed Jul 22, 1956 Olypmic Games in Melbourne Sep 16, 1956 Television comes to Sydney May 25, 1965 Australias troops sent to Vietnam 1st batallion, 778 soldiers Jan 22, 1966 Harold Holt becomes PM Oct 20, 1966 US President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia Jan 1, 1967 Referendum - Aborigines in QLD, WA & NT get the right to vote Aug 25, 1967 Aborigines included in the Census for the first time get date Dec 5, 1972 Gough Whitlam becomes PM Mar 11, 1983 Robert Hawke becomes PM May 9, 1988 Parliment House in Canberra opened
