significant events post ww1 in Australia

  • Nationalist party is formed

    Nationalist party is formed
  • Period: to

    post ww1

  • end of WW1

    end of WW1
  • country party founded

    country party founded
  • QANTAS founded

    QANTAS founded
  • Edith Cowan becomes first woman in Paliament

    Edith Cowan becomes first woman in Paliament
  • Joseph Lyons becomes PM

    Joseph Lyons becomes PM
  • Stanly Melbourne Bruce becomes PM

    Stanly Melbourne Bruce becomes PM
  • compulsory voting introduced

    compulsory voting introduced
  • James Scullin becomes PM

    James Scullin becomes PM
  • Great Depression begins

    Great Depression begins
  • Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup

    Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
  • The united australia party is formed

    The united australia party is formed
  • Sydeny Harbour Bridge opens

    Sydeny Harbour Bridge opens
  • Jack Lang sacked by governor

    Jack Lang sacked by governor
  • The ABC is formed

    The ABC is formed
  • Harold Holt becomes PM

    Harold Holt becomes PM
  • Charles Kingford Smith killed in air crash

    Charles Kingford Smith killed in air crash
  • aboriginal 'day of mourning'

    aboriginal 'day of mourning'
  • Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)

    Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)
  • WWII breaks out

    WWII breaks out
  • John Curtain becomes PM

    John Curtain becomes PM
  • HMAS Sydney sinks in the indian ocean

    HMAS Sydney sinks in the indian ocean
  • Japan attacks pearl harbour

    Japan attacks pearl harbour
  • Darwin bombed by Japanese

    Darwin bombed by Japanese
  • Ben Chifley becomes PM

    Ben Chifley becomes PM
  • Japan surrenders to end WW2 in Pacific

    Japan surrenders to end WW2 in Pacific
  • united nations organisation is formed

    united nations organisation is formed
  • the holden was first produced

    the holden was first produced
  • Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)

    Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)
  • war breaks out in Korea

    war breaks out in Korea
  • Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England

    Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England
  • ANZUS treaty is signed

    ANZUS treaty is signed
  • Petrov spy scandal

    Petrov spy scandal
  • SEATO is formed

    SEATO is formed
  • Olympic games in Melbourne

    Olympic games in Melbourne
  • Television comes to Sydney

    Television comes to Sydney
  • aboriginies in QLD, WA & NT get the right to vote

    aboriginies in QLD, WA & NT get the right to vote
  • Australian troops sent to Vietnam

    Australian troops sent to Vietnam
  • Lyndon Lohnson visits australia

    Lyndon Lohnson visits australia
  • Aboriginies include census for the first time

    Aboriginies include census for the first time
  • Gough Whitlam becomes PM

    Gough Whitlam becomes PM
  • Robert Hawke becomes PM

    Robert Hawke becomes PM
  • Parliament House opens in Canberra

    Parliament House opens in Canberra