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Mass production
Mass production of items of any kind started more or less in the industrial era in the early 1900s, and changed the average wage, unemployment rates and the cost of living.This boom started in America and Europe. -
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World War I
Timespan of World War I. This was a devistating war between European countries and their allied colonies. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 by Germany and the Allied powers at the Palace of Versailles. This is significant because The Versailles treaty deprived Germany of around 13.5% of its 1914 territory (some seven million people) and all of its overseas possessions. Land that Germany took over was returned to the countries that perviously owned it, and there were cuts to Germany's imports and exports. -
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The Jazz Age
1920’s was known as the Jazz age in America, but also in Brittan and elsewhere. Because of the popularity of early Jazz music. The new music, fashion and emotional trends shocked the older and Christian-based religious members of the population, but this was a time of new fun and youth, as nations recovered from the first world war. -
Invention of the Television
The idea of the television had started in the 1900s, but was finally invented in 1927 by John Logie Baird.
Like the telephone, this invention was revolutionary, and vastly changed the entertainment busness. -
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The Great Depression
This was a time of very low and prolonged economic activity, from 1929 to 1932. It was a time of extreme hardship for Australia, and was caused my the stock market crash in 1929. -
Market Crash of 1929
Thursday, October 24, 1929, the stock market prices plummeted , and many people were selling their stocks. Crowds gathered in Wall Street, and by the afternoon some of the damage was repaired when a few bankers invested back in the stock market. However, billions of US dollars were lost. -
1938 Day of Mourning
On this date, it was the 150th anniversary of the first fleet's landing in Australia, and marked as a day of mourning to the Aboriginal peoples who had occupied this land for 60,000 years previously. Today, it remains a day of mixed emotions for both the indigenous and non-indigenous races. -
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World War II
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (6 years, 1 day)
Over 100 million people were directly involved in this war, and it encompassed over 30 countries from both hemispheres. This war caused the deaths of around 85 million people. -
Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbour
December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched an air attack on the USA island of Hawaii. This killed 2,400 americans, and sank 21 ships and 188 aircraft. The next day, America declared war on Japan, ushering them into world war II. -
Bombing of Darwin
On this date during the Second World War, Japanese fighter planes were sent to bomb Darwin and brome in Australia. 77 Australian aircraft were shot down, and 131 Japanese craft were shot down. Around 900 Australians died in the bombing and associated actions. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On this date the USA used a massive atomic weapon too annihilate the population of Hiroshima and 3 days later, on Nagasaki, both large cities of Japan. This sent a message to Japan and they backed out of the Second World War soon after. -
Decleration of human rights.
Started on the 10th of December 1948 as a result of the second world war, to prevent it from ever happening again. Several countries are still in violation of some of these basic rights. -
Melbourne Olympics
The 1956 Olympics were set in Melbourne, Australia. This was the very first Olympic games that Australia had hosted. It was also the first in the southern hemisphere and the first outside of Europe or America. -
Invention of the Internet
There is no one individual inventor of the internet, instead it has changed over time. It was invented as a government weapon by America in 1957 -
First Man In Space
Yuri Gagarin (Russia) was the first man to leave the Earth's atmosphere and the first person to orbit the Earth. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles were spotted by US fighter planes flying over Cuba. America had a discussion with the Soviet Union and they decided too dismantle the missiles and not invade Cuba
October 1962
This event came the closest to nuclear warfare in the Cold War, and could have started another world war. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream…” speech
On the 28 august 1963 Martin Luther King jr delivered his world famous ‘’I have a dream’’ speech, where he speaks about equality of former black slaves and their children in America. -
Freedom Rides 1965
Australian students toured in a bus to rural New South Wales to talk about the appalling state of aboriginal health, education and housing. They became the Student Action for Aborigines and had media coverage throughout the event. -
Invention of mobile phone
Martin Cooper invented the mobile cell phone in 1973, and although it was 22cm long and had an antenna, it was advanced for its time. After this, telephone towers were built and the phones became commercialised -
Crocodile Dundee (Movie)
This is relevent because it put Australia on the map in terms of tourism and in terms of movie-making. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The berlin wall separating east and west Germany fell on the 1989 as the 2 previously separated states joined in harmony as one. The wall was caused to be built to prevent east germans from escaping to the west, from communism to democracy. -
Convention of the rights of the child
If you are under 18 then four key principal rights apply to you: Equality, Best interests, survival and a voice. This convention started in 1989 to protect and aid children.
