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Period: to
"The Modern World + Australia"
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Nationalist Party is formed.
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End of WWI
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Country Party founded.
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QANTAS founded.
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Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian Parliament
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce becomes PM.
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Compulsory voting introduced.
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James Scullin becomes PM.
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Great Depression begins.
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Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.
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The United Australia Party is formed.
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Joseph Lyons becomes PM.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
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Jack Lang (Premier of NSW) is sacked by the Governor.
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The ABC is formed.
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Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash.
Charles Kingsford Smith killed in air crash. -
Aboriginal 'Day of mourning'
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Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)
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WWII breaks out.
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John Curtin becomes PM.
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HMAS Sydney sunk in the Indian Ocean with the loss of 645 men.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbour.
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Darwin bombed by the Japanese
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Ben Chifley becomes PM.
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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.
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Australia's first car (the Holden) produced.
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Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)
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War breaks out in Korea
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ANZUS treaty is signed.
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Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England.
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Petrov spy scandal
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SEATO is formed.
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Television comes to Sydney.
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Olympic games in Melbourne
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Australian troops sent to Vietnam.
778 soldiers sent in 1st Batallion (RAR) -
Harold Holt becomes PM.
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US President Lyndon Johnson visits Australia.
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Referendum - Aborigines in QLD, WA + NT get the right to vote.
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Aborigines included in the census for the first time.
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Gough Whitlam becomes PM.
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Robert Hawke becomes PM.
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Parliament House in Canberra is opened.
