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Mass Production of Vehicles
URL: The First Mass Production of Cars - The Assembly Line. 2014. [ONLINE] Available at:http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsassemblya.htm. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. Henry Ford introduced the production line to car manufacturing. Only the rich could afford cars. Once the technique had been running for several years, it became so cheap to own a car that the average American person could buy a car within 4 months’ salary. Cars became cheaper. -
Ending of WW1
URL: World War One - End of the War. 2014. World War One - End of the War. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/end_of_war.htm. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. On May 2nd 1915 the British passenger liner Lusitania was sunk by a torpedo from a German Submarine. 1195 passengers, including 128 Americans lost their lives. Woodrow Wilson campaigned for a peaceful end to the war. He appealed to both sides to try to settle the war by diplomatic means but was unsuccessful. -
Treaty Versailles
URL: The Treaty of Versailles. 2014. The Treaty of Versailles. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. The Treaty of Versailles was a document that was signed at the end of the First World War by the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The signing of the treaty lead to the foundation of the League of Nations, which aided in future events and played a major role in the Second World War. -
The Jazz Age
URL: The Jazz Age. 2014. The Jazz Age. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1920s_America.htm. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. New thoughts and ideas came new music, jazz. This time was especially important to women, as they had more freedom and were able to dress more as they pleased. This jazz age was brought to a halt however, with the market crash of 1929, eventually leading to the Great Depression. -
Invention of Television
URL: Kids Work!. 2014. Kids Work!. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.knowitall.org/kidswork/etv/history/television_inv/. [Accessed 29 July 2014]. John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, gave the first public demonstration of the first television system in London. The revolution in communication and entertainment. It was called the “Televisor” Until November 4th John changed the name to “Televison”. -
The Great Depression
URL: The Great Depression | australia.gov.au. 2014. The Great Depression | australia.gov.au. [ONLINE] Available at: http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/great-depression. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. The Great Depression (1929–32) was a time of thrilling hardship for people in Australia. For many people this period began before the market crash in prices and lasted until the Second World War (1939-1945). unemployment in Australia was already at ten per cent. -
Market Crash of 1929
URL: Stock Market Crash of 1929: Overview and History. 2014. Stock Market Crash of 1929: Overview and History. [ONLINE] Available at:http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. People invested in the stock market, stock prices began to rise. The strong bull market (when prices are rising in the stock market) enticed even more people to invest. 29/10/29 was the end of the market and the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Day of Mourning
URL: Day of Mourning. 2014. Day of Mourning. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/dayofmourning/26jan.html. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. It was the 150th anniversary of the landing of the first fleet in Australia. A day to celebrate and a day to mourn. Those who celebrated there was a parade and lots of partying. Who mourned, waited until the parade passed before they could march in silent from the Town Hall to the Australian Ha -
Start of WWII
URL: Australian Olympic Committee: Melbourne 1956. 2014. Australian Olympic Committee: Melbourne 1956. [ONLINE] Available at:http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/melbourne-1956. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. Germany invaded Poland, at the command of Adolph Hitler. Soon after the invasion, Britain and France fought back against Germany, eventually winning the grisly war. This war was the most deadly in recent human history, and has shaped the world’s view on war to what it is in current times. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
URL: Baird demonstrates TV — History.com This Day in History — 1/27/1926. 2014. Baird demonstrates TV — History.com This Day in History — 1/27/1926. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baird-demonstrates-tv. [Accessed 30 July 2014]. The Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships had been sunk/damaged, and more than 188 aircrafts were destroyed. -
Bombing of Darwin
URL: The bombing of Darwin - Fact sheet 195 – National Archives of Australia. 2014. The bombing of Darwin - Fact sheet 195 – National Archives of Australia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs195.aspx. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. Australia came under attack for the first time when Japanese forces mounted two air raids on Darwin. The two attacks, which were planned and led by the commander responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour ten weeks earlier. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
URL: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 2014. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [ONLINE] Available at:http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. The United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of people. -
Declaration of Human Rights
URL: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2014. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/#atop. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. Disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged -
Melbourne Olympics
URL: Australian Olympic Committee: Melbourne 1956. 2014. [ONLINE] Available at:http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/melbourne-1956. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. The Melbourne Olympics were the first Olympic Games that were held in Australia. These Olympics were also the first to be broadcast on live television. Before 1956, Australia wasn’t thought to be sporty. The Melbourne Olympics changed that, with Australia winning 13 gold, 8 silver and 14 bronze medals, placing third overall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
URL: Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum . 2014. Cuban Missile Crisis - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. And American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. President JFK didn’t want the Soviet Union and Cuba to know what he found. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" Speech
URL: Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1962 Speech. 2014. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1962 Speech. [ONLINE] Available at: http://analytictech.com/mb021/mlk.htm. [Accessed 30 July 2014]. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ on the steps of Lincoln Memorial during the March for Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The speech played a pivotal role in the fight for equality and freedom during the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Australian Freedom Rides
URL: Collaborating for Indigenous Rights 1957-1973. 2014. Collaborating for Indigenous Rights 1957-1973. [ONLINE] Available at:http://indigenousrights.net.au/civil_rights/freedom_ride,_1965. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. A group of University of Sydney students organised a bus tour of western and coastal New South Wales towns. Their purpose was threefold. The students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing. -
Invention of the Mobile Phone
URL: Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one - CNN.com. 2014. Inventor of cell phone: We knew someday everybody would have one - CNN.com. [ONLINE] Available at:http://edition.cnn.com/2 Motorola and Cooper, the communications company, created the only thing that runs the lives of business professionals and teenagers, the cell phone.
It was the size of a brick and wasn't commercially sold for another decade. But as Cooper demonstrated on a New York sidewalk, it worked. -
Invention of the Internet
URL: The Invention of the Internet - Inventions - HISTORY.com - HISTORY.com. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet. [Accessed 31 July 2014].
Global network connection was first thought of around the time of the first moon landing in 1969. The original name for this scheme was Internetting, and was originally designed for military and government use to connect the leaders of distant countries. Eventually, the Internet evolved into what it is now. -
Release of 'Crocodile Dundee'
URL: Crocodile Dundee: Australian Outback Crocodile Hunter. Australian Outback Crocodile Hunter. [ONLINE] Available at:http://goaustralia.about.com/od/knowthepeople/f/crocodiledundee.htm. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. Crocodile Dundee is a successful Australian film. When it was released in 1986, it went to Australia and internationally as well. Starring Paul Hogan put Australian films on the map. When the second film was released, it made an opening day record in the United Kingdom. -
Falling of the Berlin Wall
URL: Berlin Wall - Cold War - HISTORY.com. 2014. Berlin Wall - Cold War - HISTORY.com. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall. [Accessed 24 July 2014]. The head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. That night, overjoyed crowds swarmed the wall. Some crossed freely into West Berlin. To this day the wall is still one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rghts of the Child
URL: Convention on the Rights of the Child . 2014. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx. [Accessed 31 July 2014]. With a child being younger than 18 years old, treaty outlines the rights that all people who are in this age bracket are entitled to. Signed in 1989 by various world leaders and humanities groups. This declaration of rights was the first time that governments formally committed to protect children and their families.
