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Federation of Australia
This is where 6 different colonies became one nation. The colonies included Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. -
Queen Victoria dies after 63-year reign
Queen Victoria diead after a 63 years of reign due to bad health. This is longer than any other British monarch. -
First airplane flies
Orville and Wilbur Wright invented and flew the first airplane and descended with no damage. -
World War 1 breaks out
The ANZACs head off to Gallipoli to fight in world War 1. -
World War 1 ends
World war 1 ends with 60,000 deaths and 156,000 either wounded, taken prisoner or gassed. -
Wall street crash triggers Great Depression
Also known as Black Tuesday started with a huge drop in the US stock market. -
World War 2 breaks out
WW2 is when Australia went to Help Britain and France stop Hitler taking over Countries in Europe. -
World War 2 ends
World War 2 ended when Germany Surrendered and Hitler commited suicide with his new wife. -
United Nations forms, replacing League of Nations
This orginisation was made after world War 2 to promote peace. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a Cold war and a military conflict which lasted 19 years and 180 days. -
Melbourne Hosts the Olympic Games
The Olympics at Melbourne was centered around the cricket ground and was one of the best years for Australia in terms of Gold Medals. -
Cuban Missile Crisis brings world to brink of nuclear war
The Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation between Cuba and the Soviet Union and the opposing, US. -
Australia adopts decimal Currency
This was to replace shillings, pence and pounds. -
Australia goes metric
The metric units replacet the use of the Imperial System which got inherited from UK. -
Referendum gives citizenship status to Aborigional Australians
This meant Aboriginals were now apart of the census. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
This flight was the first to land humans on the moon, this included Neil Armstrong and Edward Aldrin. -
Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt drowns
Harold was presumed drowned after swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria and was in parliment for 39 years but only 22 months Prime Minister. -
Cyclone Tracy flattens Darwin
This cyclone destroyed Darwin in a few hours and was recorded at 300km/h -
Tiananmen Square massacre
Hundreds of cizilians died from a Chinese army to stop a democratic protest -
Berlin Wall collapses
The Berlin Wall get knocked down and people still have parts of it as a memory. -
Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa
Nelson Mandela became presidet afterbeing in jail for accounts of sabotage. He was a great leader and helped inequality and poverty in Africa -
US lunches Operation Desert Storm in Iraq
This was the first Gulf war and was an air and ground assult on iraq. -
Port Arthur massacre
this was a killing spree where 35 were killed and 21 were injured. and a 28 year old man pleaded guilty. -
Princess Diana Dies in car crash
Diana's death was in a car crash in tunnel in Paris and the Body Guard was the only Survivour. -
Strikes on Twin Towers in New York
Terrorist crashesd 2 planes into the twin towers and killed many people and has left an impact still today.
