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When the Spanish flu came to Australia
The spanish flu came about at the end of the first World War, killing more than 50 million people worldwide. Symptoms of the spanish flu started to appear in Australia in 1919. Around 40 percent of Australia's population became sick and 1500 died as the virus was still spreading over Australia. -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement that was signed after World War 1 has ended in 1918. the treaty was signed at at a place called Versailles palace near Paris. This is the reasoning for the name. -
The First Meeting of the League of Nations
The League of Nations held its first council meeting in Paris on the 16th of january 1920, six days after the Versailles Treaty and the covenant of the League of Nations came into force. -
The sydney harbour bridge was built
The Sydney Harbour bridge started to be constructed in 1924. It took 1400 men to built it in time of eight years at the cost of 4.2million dollars. The bridge it the world's largest but not longest, steel arch with the top of the bridge standing 134 metres above the harbour. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression lasted for 10 years and was the largest and worst worldwide economic downfall in the history of the industrialized world. the biggest cause of the Great Depression was when the stock market crashed. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a genocide during World War 1 when Hitler was was the leader of Germany. Six million people were murdered by the Nazis. this included as many as 1 million Jewish children. This was all caused because Hitler hated the Jewish people and blamed them for Germany losing World War 1. -
Hilter was elected
Although Hitler lost the presidential election in 1932 he still achieved his goal when he was given the chancellor's role in january 1933. -
The Spanish Civil War
In July,the year of 1936, the Spanish army, inspired most of all General Franco, started the Spanish war by rebelling against the republic. -
The Spanish Civil war ended
The Republican defenders of Madrid, in Spain raise the flag over the city, bringing an end to the three longs year of the bloody and gruesome Spanish Civil War -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
In 1939 Britain and France Declare War on Germany. Britain and France both agreed to support poland in the event of a German invasion.
