SOSE 1915 TO 2000

  • Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian parliament

  • Period: to

    MODERN WORLD AND AUSTRALIA

  • NATIONALIST PARTY

  • NATIONALIST PARTY IS FOUNDED

  • End of WW1

  • QANTAS FONDED

  • COUNTRY PARTY FOUNDED

  • STANLEY MELBOURNE BRUCE BECOMES PM

  • COMPULSORY VOTING INTRODUCED

  • OLYMPIC GAMES IN MELBOURNE

  • PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN CANBERRA IS OPENED

  • GREAT DEPRESSION

  • JAMES SUCULLIN BECOME PM

  • PHAR LAP WINS MELBOURNE CUP

  • THE UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY IS FORMED

  • JACK LANG (PREMIER OF NSW) SACKED BY GOVERNOR

  • SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE IS OPENED

  • CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH KILLED IN AIR CRASH

  • ABORIGINAL DAY OF MOURNING

  • ROBERT MENZIES BECOMES PM (1ST TERM)

  • WW2 BREAKS OUT

  • HMAS SYDNEY SUNK 645 MEN DEAD

  • JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOUR

  • JOHN CURTAIN BECOMES PM

  • JOSEPH LYONS BECOMES PM

  • DARWIN BOMBED BY JAPANESE

  • THE ABC IS FORMED

  • BEN CHIFLEY BECOMES PM

  • JAPANS SURRENDERS TO END THE WW2

  • THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION IS FORMED

  • AUSTRALIAS FIRST CAR IS PRODUCED (HOLDEN)

  • ABORIGINALS ARE ALOUD TO VOTE

  • ROBERT MENZIES BECOMES PM (2ND TERM)

  • WAR BREAKS OUT IN KOREA

  • ANZUZ TREATY IS SIGNED

  • QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 ASCENDS FROM THE THRONE OF ENGLAND

  • PETROV SPY SCANDAL

  • SEATO IS FORMED

  • TV COMES TO SYDNEY

  • TV COMES TO SYDNEY

  • HAROLD HOLT BECOMES PM

  • AUSTRALIAN TROOPS SENT TO VIETNAM

  • US PRESIDENT LYDON JOHNSON VISTS AUSTRALIA

  • ABORIGINALS INCLUDED IN THE CENSUS FOR THE FIRST TIME

  • GOUGH WHITLAM BECOMES PM

  • ROBERT HAWKE BECOMES PM