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The Modern World + Australia

By darcy-hogan
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    "The Modern World + Australia"

  • Nationalist Party is formed.

    Nationalist Party is formed.

  • End of WWI

  • Country Party founded.

    Country Party founded.

  • QANTAS founded.

  • Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian Parliament

    Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian Parliament

  • Stanley Melbourne Bruce becomes PM.

  • Compulsory voting introduced.

  • James Scullin becomes PM.

  • Great Depression begins.

  • Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.

    Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.

  • The United Australia Party is formed.

  • Joseph Lyons becomes PM.

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

    Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.

  • Jack Lang (Premier of NSW) is sacked by the Governor.

    Jack Lang (Premier of NSW) is sacked by the Governor.

  • The ABC is formed.

    The ABC is formed.

  • Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash.

    Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash.

    Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash.

  • Aboriginal 'Day of mourning'

  • Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)

    Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)

  • WWII breaks out.

  • John Curtin becomes PM.

    John Curtin becomes PM.

  • HMAS Sydney sunk in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 645 men.

  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.

  • Darwin bombed by the Japanese

  • Ben Chifley becomes PM.

  • Japan Surrenders to end WWII in the Pacific

    It was announced - 5th August 1945 but it wasnt signed until September 2nd 1945.
  • United Nations Organisation is formed.

    United Nations Organisation is formed.

  • Australia's first car (the Holden) produced.

  • Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)

    Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)

  • War breaks out in Korea

    War breaks out in Korea

  • ANZUS treaty is signed.

    ANZUS treaty is signed.

  • Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England.

    Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England.

  • Petrov spy scandal

  • SEATO is formed.

    SEATO is formed.

  • Television comes to Sydney.

  • Olympic games in Melbourne

    Olympic games in Melbourne

  • Australian troops sent to Vietnam.

    Australian troops sent to Vietnam.

    778 soldiers sent in 1st Batallion (RAR)
  • Harold Holt becomes PM.

    Harold Holt becomes PM.

  • US President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia.

  • Referendum - Aborigines in QLD, WA + NT get the right to vote.

  • Aborigines included in the census for the first time.

  • Gough Whitlam becomes PM.

    Gough Whitlam becomes PM.

  • Robert Hawke becomes PM.

  • Parliament House in Canberra is opened.

    Parliament House in Canberra is opened.