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Mass production eg vehicles
The first cars to ever be made were a couple of French cars in 1889 called Panhard & Levassor. This allowed many people to be able to drive around, making transporting a lot easier. -
End of WWI
The 11th of November, 1918 is the exact date in which the war was declared over. The Germans agreed to sign the Treaty of Versailles making the war come to an end. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was created so that the Germans would have an eternal punishment for ww1. It was made so it would keep peace in the world and Germany would no longer be able to start or be involved in a war. -
The Jazz Age
The main time period for Jazz where it became extremely popular and loved by many is in the 1920’s. There is not only one style of Jazz but many. Jazz varied from blues to swing to all types. -
Invention of television
The television was not invented by just one person but many people over a period of time; Paul Nipkow was the first person to realise and talk about this invention and is also considered the one who actually invented the TV. March 25, 1925 a man announced the to the public that televisions were officially out, -
The Great Depression
The great depression was a period in time in which people were suffering significantly from their lack in finance. This happened from even before the market crashed and into the Second World War. -
Market Crash (black tuesday)
On October 29th, 1929 was when the market completely crashed leaving people with a lack of finance and becoming broke. It started due to more people investing in the stock market and buying stocks that they could not afford. -
Day of Mourning
On January 26th, 1938 an influential group of aboriginal people meet in Sydney to request equality. It was tough for the Aboriginals as there was a lot of racism involved by the European’s. -
Start of WWII
The war began due to Germany declaring war on Poland. After Poland getting attacked by Germany other countries felt as though they needed to act upon it. Before we knew it, the world was fighting in the Second World War. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
On December 7th, 1941 Japan attacked the coastline of America, Pearl Harbour. They sent a Japanese aircraft force and only after two hours of bombing 2400 American citizens were dead. -
Bombing of Darwin
On February 19th, 1942 the coastline of Darwin (Pearl Harbour) was bombed by the Japanese forces. This was the first time Australia had been attacked. 243 citizens were killed by the two attacks which both occurred at Pearl Harbour. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6th, 1945 the United States had an atomic bomb and used it on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb demolished the city killing more the ten thousand innocent people. That didn’t stop the United States, as only a week later they attacked again on a different country. -
Declaration of Human Rights
On the 10th of December, 1948 there was an important assembly held at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris by all the United Nations Generals. There were 30 articles in which were written about the human rights and treaties. The decisions were made because of the devastation of the Second World War. -
Melbourne Olympics
The Melbourne Olympics is the first time the Olympics were held by Australia. Many people were sceptical about the location due to it being winter and a massive change in weather and regions. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was an “about to be” nuclear war. Luckily a man spotted the nuclear missiles being made at an island called Cuba. The United States then made a deal with the people building these weapons by asking them to shut them down then the United States wouldn’t invade their island. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” speech
On the 28th of August, 1963 Martin Luther Jr.’s spoke at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. This speech was known to be one of the most moving and motivational speeches of all time expressing freedom for his nation. -
Australian Freedom Rides
In 1965 a young group of university students gathered together to help white people recognize and to draw attention to the unfortunate fashion that the aboriginals were living in. Luckily people did become aware of the state aboriginals were living in. -
Invention of mobile phone
Martin cooper was the inventor of the mobile phone. Martin worked for Motorola as an engineer and was excited to be able to work on creating a wireless mobile phone. -
Invention of the internet
Internet was another thing that was invented over time and not by a specific person. Years ago in the cold war it was used to send data to one another as for now it’s an everyday usable device some people can’t live without. In 1982 was when people all around the world were introduced to the internet. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee is a very famous Australian movie it was filmed in the outback of Australia and describes within the movie many characteristics of Australian life. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
Rights of the Child are basically 52 articles explaining the rights and obligations of children. The treaty hasn’t been incorporated into the Australian law yet as it hasn’t been very recognisable to certain people. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a wall that dived East Berlin (the German Democratic Republic) and West Berlin (the Federal Republic of Germany). On November 9th, 1989 an announcement was made that any people can now emigrate from both the east to the west and likewise. This was a huge celebration and made citizens overly happy.
