Key Events in Australian History

  • USSR is Formed

    USSR is Formed
    Communist revoltion in Russia and it's empire creates several new countries that are known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin
  • The Comintern

    The Comintern
    The Comintern, an international comunist organisation, formed
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    Treaty of Versailles
  • Death of Vladimir Lenin

    Death of Vladimir Lenin
    Death of Vladimir Lenin; Joseph Stalin (the general secretary of the Communist Party takes over power in the USSR
  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer
    The Jazz Singer beings the era of 'talking pictures' and the end of slilent movies
  • Wall Street Stock Market Crash

    Wall Street Stock Market Crash
    Wall Street stock market crash; beginning of global depression
  • Hilter becomes Cheancellor of Germany

    Hilter becomes Cheancellor of Germany
    Hilter becomes Cheancellor of Germany
  • Black Friday

    Black Friday
    Black Friday bushfires in Victoria kill 71 people and destroy 5 towns
  • World War 2 begins

    World War 2 begins
    World War 2 begins when Germany invades Poland