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Prime Minister Ben Chifley launching the first mass-produced Australian car at the General Motors Holden factory at Fishermen’s Bend, Melbourne, in 1948. NAA: A1200, L84254. Chifley’s economic abilities and his capable advisers formed the right team for a growing postwar economy. The focus of the Chifley government was on a strongly ...
Chifley 1 was a 'true believer' in the Labor Party and in the role that government could play in stabilising the economy and keeping unemployment low. He was an active treasurer, initially working well with Prime Minister Curtin and then serving as both Prime Minister and Treasurer himself. He managed the war economy competently and achieved a ...
1 Apr 1947: Woomera. The Woomera rocket range was established as a joint facility for testing British and Australian short and long-range missiles. The range was sited within the 127,000km2 Woomera Prohibited Area in the northwest of South Australia. From 1957, the facility has also been used for Australia’s space program.
Jenolan Named a Cave in Chifley's Honour. After Ben Chifley died in 1951, the esteem he had been held in continued. At Jenolan Caves – which he had visited the week before he died - it was decided to change the name of the Left Imperial Cave to the Chifley Cave in his honour. The fine brass plaque at the exit to the Chifley Cave reads:
Ben Chifley. Joseph Benedict Chifley ( Bathurst New South Wales, 22 september 1885 - Canberra ( Australian Capital Territory ), 13 juni 1951) was een Australisch politicus. Hij was de 16e premier van Australië .
Labor. Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia. He won the leadership after the death of John Curtin in 1945. His government tried to take over of all Australia's banks. This was not popular and the High Court said that it would not be allowed.
16 th Prime Minister of Australia, Ben Chifley (1885-1951), was in kinship care as a child. Ben Chifley was born Joseph Benedict Chifley in Bathurst, New South Wales, to Mary Anne and Patrick Chifley. When Ben Chifley was five years of age he was sent to live with his grandfather, also Patrick Chifley, in a small rural area called Limekilns ...
