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Australian Country Party and League of Nations
Australian ountry Party founded and League of Nations comes into force with Australia as an original member. -
Federal Capital Advisory Committee
The government appoints the Federal Capital Advisory Committee (FCAC) to supervise Canberra's construction (Chicago architect Walter Burley Griffin won the competiotion to design Canberra in 1912) -
QANTAS
ANTAS formed by Hudson Fysh, P.J. McGuinnes and Fergus McMaster. -
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan is the first woman to become a member of an Australian Parliament.
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Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson dies. -
The Smith Family
The Smith Family welfare organisation is founded in Sydney. -
Nationlist-Country Party
Stanley Melbourne Bruce form a Nationlist-Country Party coalition government with Earle Page and becomes the Australian Prime Minister. -
Melbourne Riot
Victorian police strike resulting in two days of riots in streets of Melbourne. -
Voting in Australia
Voting in federal elections is made compulsory. -
FCAC Competition
Oakly and Parkes win the FCAC competition to design houses for Canberra's future suburbs. -
J.T. (Jack) Lang
J.T. (Jack) Lang becomes the Premier of New South Wales. -
Electric Train Service
New South Wales' first electric train service begins. -
Motors
General Motors begins production in Australia -
Parliament House
The Duke of York opens Parliamant House in Canberra. -
Flight
Berk Hinkler lands in Darwin and becomes the first person to fly solo from England to Australia. -
Royal Flying Doctors Service
Royal Flying Doctor Service begins operating from Cloncurry in Queensland. -
Pacific Flight
Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm complete a flight across the Pacific. -
Great Depression
The crash of the Wall street Stock Exchange in New York marks the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Labour Party
Labour party is elected with James Scullin as the first Australian-born Labour Prime Minister.
