Kiera K history project

Caroline Chisholm

May 30, 1808

• Known as 'the emigrant's friend'
• Earned this title for her work with poor migrants to Australia last century.
• Started a home for unemployed migrant women, and then found them jobs.
• Set up an employment office, and was the first person in Australia to introduce work contracts; agreements about working conditions and pay.

http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/chisholm.htm

Federation

Jan 1, 1901

• Until 1901, Australia was not a nation, it was six separate colonies governed by Britain.
• If people in one colony wanted to buy or sell things to people in another colony, they had to ask permission
• They decided to join together to form one new country, the Commonwealth of Australia.
• This was called Federation, and happened in 1901.

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia

Sir Donald Bradman

Aug 27, 1908

• "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.
• He represented Australia for 20 years, playing 52 Tests from 1928/29-1948
• Knighted for his services to cricket in 1949, he remains the only Australian cricketer to receive a knighthood for services to the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bradman
http://www.bradman.com.au/sir-donald-bradman/

Titanic

Apr 14, 1912

• Largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
• Caused the deaths of 1,517 people.
• Deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.
• Hit ice-berg 11:40 pm 14 April 1912, sank at 2:00 am 15 April 1912.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic

World War 1

Jul 28, 1914

*The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdiand of Austria,by Yugoslav nationalist on 28th June 1914 triggerd the start of the war lasting four years
* WW1 was a major war centered in Europe and was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history.
*More than 9 million combatants were killed.Over 300,000 Australian men were listed, over 60,000 men were killed and over 156,000 men injured, grazed or taken prisoner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
http://wiki.answers.com

Gough Whitlam

Jul 11, 1916

• Served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and was leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1967 - 1977
• Whitlam was dismissed as Prime Minister on 11 November 1975

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/go/Gough_Whitlam
http://www.answers.com/topic/gough-whitlam#ixzz1pSsgU9rl

Assembly Cars available in Australia

Jul 1, 1925

Fred Hollows

Apr 9, 1929

The Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

World War 2

Sep 1, 1939

• Was started when Germany invaded Poland 1st Sep 1939. Britain and France declared war on 3rd Sep 1939.
• Australia fought with Britain.
• It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units
• It resulted in 50 million to over 70 million deaths. These deaths make the war the deadliest conflict in human history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww2/overvi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

TV in Australia

Sep 16, 1956

Robert Menzies

Oct 1, 1958

Man on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Cyclone Tracy

Dec 24, 1974

Advance Australia Fair

Apr 1, 1984

September 11

Sep 11, 2001