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Communist revolution at the end of WW1
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End of WW2; North Korea becomes communist; Russia and western powers began dividing Germany along ideological lines
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Malayan emergency
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China becomes communist, East Germany becomes communist
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Korean war - Communist North invades non-Communist south. communist party dissolution bill 1950
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Australia signs ANZUS treaty. Referendum to ban the Communist party of Australia
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End of Korean war. Korea divided
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Australia signs SEATO treaty. Petrov Affair
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Australia defence forces committed to Malaya. Menzies Liberal government wins federal election
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Cuba becomes communist
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Berlin wall is raised
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Australia sends 30 military advisers to Vietnam. Cuban missile crisis
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US president John F. Kennedy assassinated
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Australia commits troops to the Vietnam war
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the white Australia policy is dismantled, clearing the way for Vietnamese refugees to be accepted into Australia
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the last Australian troops are withdrawn from the Vietnam war; Vietnam becomes communist
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Berlin wall is opened and finally brought down in 1992
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Soviet Union is dissolved; Cold War ends