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Nationalist party is formed
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Period: to
post ww1
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end of WW1
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country party founded
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QANTAS founded
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Edith Cowan becomes first woman in Paliament
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Joseph Lyons becomes PM
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Stanly Melbourne Bruce becomes PM
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compulsory voting introduced
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James Scullin becomes PM
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Great Depression begins
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Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
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The united australia party is formed
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Sydeny Harbour Bridge opens
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Jack Lang sacked by governor
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The ABC is formed
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Harold Holt becomes PM
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Charles Kingford Smith killed in air crash
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aboriginal 'day of mourning'
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Robert Menzies becomes PM (first term)
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WWII breaks out
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John Curtain becomes PM
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HMAS Sydney sinks in the indian ocean
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Japan attacks pearl harbour
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Darwin bombed by Japanese
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Ben Chifley becomes PM
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Japan surrenders to end WW2 in Pacific
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united nations organisation is formed
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the holden was first produced
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Robert Menzies becomes PM (second term)
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war breaks out in Korea
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Queen Elizabeth II ascends the throne of England
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ANZUS treaty is signed
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Petrov spy scandal
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SEATO is formed
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Olympic games in Melbourne
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Television comes to Sydney
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aboriginies in QLD, WA & NT get the right to vote
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Australian troops sent to Vietnam
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Lyndon Lohnson visits australia
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Aboriginies include census for the first time
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Gough Whitlam becomes PM
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Robert Hawke becomes PM
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Parliament House opens in Canberra
