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Mass Production - Cars
LinkThe first automobile was invented by Henry Ford. The car was called the Quadricycle because it had 4 wheels. Because of the creation of the automible, it helped many people all around the world for transportation. -
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End of WWI
LinkWorld War 1 was a war between the Germans, Americans and many other countries. At the end of the war celebrations occured nearly every where around the world. The war had gone one for four years until it came to an end. -
Treaty of Versailles
LinkThe Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918. The treaty was signed at the Versailles Palace near Paris, between Germany and allies. The three most important politicans were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
The Jazz Age
LinkThe Jazz age occurred mainly in America.
The birth of Jazz music is credited to the African Americans. They shocked the older generation with their new hair style and the clothes that they wore were much shorter than had been seen and tended to expose their legs and knees -
Invention of Television
LinkThe television was invented by a Scottish engineer named John Logie Baird although many other people were involved. The television was available for public in 1925. The first prgram to be showed on television was the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and since that day television has continued to evolve at a rapid speed. -
Market Crash of 1929
LinkThe Stock Market Crash of 1929 devastated the economy and was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression. It was also known as 'Black Tuesday'. By early 1929, people across the United States were scrambling to get into the stock market. The profits seemed so assured that even many companies placed money in the stock market. On March 25, 1929, the stock market suffered a mini-crash. As prices began to drop, panic struck across the country. -
The Great Depression
LinkThe Great Depression was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. The cause of this event was the debabe by economists. After the crash unemployment in Australia more than doubled to twenty-one per cent in mid-1930, and reached its peak in mid-1932 when almost thirty-two per cent of Australians were out of work. Due to the Great Depression, many people lost their homes and many other things. -
1938 Day of Mourning
Link 1938 Day of Mourning (January 26th 1938) (Aboriginal equality rights in Australia) (Australian Hall Sydney) (Aboriginals were considered equal) (Led by William Cooper, Jack Pattern, William Ferguson) -
Start of World War II
LinkWorld War 2 was a global war which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It was the most world spread war in History, with more than 100 million people serving military units.On 1 September 1939 Germany invaded Poland and two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany. Australia also entered the war on the 3rd of September, following the British. The war ended on 14 August 1945 when Japan surrendered, effectively ending the War. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
LinkThe Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. After two hours of bombing, more than 2,300 Americans were dead. The attack sank or beached a total of twelve ships and damaged nine others. Days later, Japans allies Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The United States then joined into World War 2. -
Bombing of Darwin
LinkThe Darwin bombings was an event of which the Japanese mounted two air attacks on Darwin. This event was Largest Japanese attack since Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941. The attack was planned by the commander who led the attack on Pearl Harbour. The first attack was just before 10am when heavy bombers bombed the harbour and town. Twenty military aircrafts were destroyed, eight ships at anchor in the harbour were sunk, and military facilities in Darwin were destroyed. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
LinkAtomic Bombing of Hiroshima (Monday August 6th 1945) (Hiroshima, Japan) This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians. William S. Parsons was the weaponeer. -
Declaration of Human Rights
LinkThe Declaration of Human Rights is an international document that states the basic rights and freedoms to all humans and what they are entitled to. The Declaration of Human Rights was created because of the world wars. The Commission on Human Rights was made up of 18 members who were all from different backgrounds. -
Melbourne Olympics
LinkThe Melbourne Olympics was the first time Australia hosted the olympic games in history. It was the first Games held outside of Europe or the United States and the first Games held in the southern hemisphere. The games also showed tha Australia was known as a real sporting force which had great swimmers,sprinters etc. -
Invention of the Internet
LinkThe internet was created to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields. The internet started off as a weapon in the Cold war. For years, scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share data with one another. Today, we use the Internet for almost everything, and for many people it would be impossible to imagine life without it. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
LinkThe Cuban missile crisis was also known as the October crisis in Cuba and the Caribbean crisis in Russia. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba.The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Thanks to two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the war never started. -
Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream...”
Link“I have a Dream” is a 17 minute public speech of which he called for an end in racism. The speech was spoken to over 200,000 civil rights supporters. -
Australian Freedom Rides
Link• The Australian Freedom Rides was a group of university students from Sydney.
• The purpose of this group was to draw public attention to show the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing. -
Invention of the Mobile Phone
LinkThe first mobile phone was created on April 3rd 1973. Marty Cooper created the mobile phone and because of him, we now use mobile phones everyday. -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
LinkThe film was made on a budget of under $10 million.
The film made the most profit in Australia than any other film. The film was directed by Peter Faiman and was nominated for an oscar. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
LinkThe Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to divide Germany to East and West Germany until 1989. The Berlin Wall was 155km long and 12 ft high made from cement and wire. It was the boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. After the Berlin wall came down, both East and West German became one on October 3rd 1990. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
LinkEveryone under 18 years of age has all the rights in this Convention. The mission was to protect the children’s rights, to help their basic needs and to help their opportunities.
