SOSE 1915 TO 2000 By facebooker_100003826530428 Jan 1, 1915 Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian parliament Period: May 1, 1915 to May 23, 2000 MODERN WORLD AND AUSTRALIA May 23, 1917 NATIONALIST PARTY May 23, 1917 NATIONALIST PARTY IS FOUNDED Jan 2, 1918 End of WW1 Jan 4, 1920 QANTAS FONDED May 23, 1920 COUNTRY PARTY FOUNDED May 23, 1923 STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE BECOMES PM May 23, 1924 COMPULSORY VOTING INTRODUCED May 23, 1926 OLYMPIC GAMES IN MELBOURNE May 23, 1927 PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN CANBERRA IS OPENED May 23, 1929 GREAT DEPRESSION May 23, 1929 JAMES SUCULLIN BECOME PM May 23, 1930 PHAR LAP WINS MELBOURNE CUP May 23, 1931 THE UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY IS FORMED May 23, 1932 JACK LANG (PREMIER OF NSW) SACKED BY GOVERNOR May 23, 1932 SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE IS OPENED May 23, 1935 CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH KILLED IN AIR CRASH May 23, 1938 ABORIGINAL DAY OF MOURNING May 23, 1939 ROBERT MENZIES BECOMES PM (1ST TERM) May 23, 1939 WW2 BREAKS OUT May 23, 1941 HMAS SYDNEY SUNK 645 MEN DEAD May 23, 1941 JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOUR May 23, 1941 JOHN CURTAIN BECOMES PM May 23, 1941 JOSEPH LYONS BECOMES PM May 23, 1942 DARWIN BOMBED BY JAPANESE May 23, 1943 THE ABC IS FORMED May 23, 1945 BEN CHIFLEY BECOMES PM May 23, 1945 JAPANS SURRENDERS TO END THE WW2 May 23, 1945 THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION IS FORMED May 23, 1948 AUSTRALIAS FIRST CAR IS PRODUCED (HOLDEN) May 23, 1949 ABORIGINALS ARE ALOUD TO VOTE May 23, 1949 ROBERT MENZIES BECOMES PM (2ND TERM) May 23, 1950 WAR BREAKS OUT IN KOREA Sep 1, 1951 ANZUZ TREATY IS SIGNED May 23, 1952 QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 ASCENDS FROM THE THRONE OF ENGLAND May 23, 1954 PETROV SPY SCANDAL May 23, 1954 SEATO IS FORMED May 23, 1956 TV COMES TO SYDNEY May 23, 1957 TV COMES TO SYDNEY May 23, 1960 HAROLD HOLT BECOMES PM May 23, 1962 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SENT TO VIETNAM May 23, 1966 US PRESIDENT LYDON JOHNSON VISTS AUSTRALIA May 23, 1967 ABORIGINALS INCLUDED IN THE CENSUS FOR THE FIRST TIME May 23, 1972 GOUGH WHITLAM BECOMES PM May 23, 1983 ROBERT HAWKE BECOMES PM