Petrov affair

The Australian Government's Response to the Threat of Communism after WWII

By jessicafleming

  • Death of John Curtain, Prime Minister

    Only the second Australian Prime Minister to die in office.

  • Mao ZeDong makes China a Communist State

  • Defeat of Chiffley Government

  • Robert Menzies becomes australia's Prime Minister for the second time

  • Signing of Anzus Traty

  • Menzies proposes Refferendum to ban Communism in Australia

  • SEATO

  • Petrov Affair