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This is a timeline of Australian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Australia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Australia . Pre-written history. 16th century. 17th century. 18th century. 19th century. 20th century. 21st century. See also.
- History of Australia - Wikipedia
The history of Australia is the history of the land and...
- History of Australia - Wikipedia
- End of The 1940s
- Immigration and The Post-War Boom
- 1960s and 1970s: The "Australian New Wave"
- Australia and The Vietnam War
- Papua New Guinea and Nauru Independence
- Whitlam, Fraser and The Dismissal
- 1980s and 1990s
- Indigenous Australia
- Republicanism
- Military Engagements in The Late Twentieth Century
In 1944, the Liberal Party of Australia was formed, with Robert Menziesas its founding leader. The party would come to dominate the early decades of the post-war period. Outlining his vision for a new political movement in 1944, Menzies said: In April 1945, Prime Minister John Curtin despatched an Australian delegation which included attorney-gener...
After World War II, Australia launched a massive immigration program, believing that having narrowly avoided a Japanese invasion, Australia must "populate or perish." As Prime Minister Ben Chifley would later declare, "a powerful enemy looked hungrily toward Australia. In tomorrow's gun flash that threat could come again. We must populate Australia...
From the mid-1960s, evidence of a new and more independent sense of national pride and identity began to emerge in Australia. In the early 1960s, the National Trust of Australia began to be active in preserving Australia's natural, cultural and historic heritage. Australian TV, while always dependent on US and British imports, saw locally made dram...
The Menzies government despatched the first small contingent of Australian military training personnel to aid South Vietnam in 1962, so beginning Australia's decade long involvement in the Vietnam War. Ngô Đình Diệm, the leader of the government in South Vietnam, had requested security assistance from the US and its allies. The Australian governmen...
Australia had administered Papua New Guinea and Nauru for much of the 20th century. British New Guinea (Papua) had passed to Australia in 1906. German New Guinea was captured by Australia during the First World War, becoming a League of Nations mandate after the war. Following the bitter New Guinea campaign of World War II which saw occupation of h...
Elected in December 1972 after 23 years in opposition, Labor won office under Gough Whitlamand introduced a significant program of social change and reform. Whitlam said before the election: "our program has three great aims. They are – to promote equality; to involve the people of Australia in … decision making…; and to liberate the talents and up...
Bob Hawke, a less polarising Labor leader than Whitlam, defeated Fraser at the 1983 Election. The new government stopped the Franklin Dam project via the High Court of Australia. The 1980s saw severe concerns about Australia's future economic health take hold, with severe current account deficits and high unemployment at times. Hawke, together with...
Campaigns for indigenous rights in Australia have a long history. In the modern era, 1938 was an important year. With the participation of leading indigenous activists like Douglas Nicholls, the Australian Aborigines Advancement League organised a protest "Day of Mourning" to mark the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleetof British in...
In the early 21st century, Australia remains a constitutional monarchy under the Australian Constitution adopted in 1901, with the duties of the monarch performed by a Governor-General selected by the Australian Government. Australian republicanism which had been a feature of the 1890s faded away during the First World War. Support for the Monarchy...
Following the Vietnam War, Australian military forces were largely kept at home through the rest of the 1970s and 1980s, other than service in United Nations peacekeepingmissions. RAAF helicopters operated in the Sinai; and Australian forces assisted in a British Commonwealth operation when Zimbabwe won its independence; as well as a similar operat...
See our timeline of defining moments in Australian history. More than 300 moments from deep time to the present day, contributed by historians and members of the public.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The history of Australia is the history of the land and peoples of the continental land mass and offshore territories which now comprise the Commonwealth of Australia.
Australia - Indigenous, Colonization, Federation: This article discusses the history of Australia from the arrival of European explorers in the 16th century to the present. For a more detailed discussion of Aboriginal culture, see Australian Aboriginal peoples. Prior to documented history, travelers from Asia may have reached Australia.
Defining Moments in Australian History. Examine hundreds of events, people and places of profound significance to the Australian people. Explore the timeline. Featured Moments. 1841 New Zealand becomes a separate colony. 1966 Decimal currency. 1971 First Nations peoples counted in Census. 1973 Patrick White wins Nobel Prize.
