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| Australian troops land at Gallipoli | |
| The 'underarm' ball, CHOGM meeting held in Melbourne | |
| Australia votes 'NO' in first conscription referendum, 6 o'clock closing starts in hotels | |
| PM says 'Australia will back Britain to last shilling' in WWI | |
| Barlow & Chambers are hanged in Malaysia, 'Crocodile Dundee' is a hit | |
| Bikies kill 7 in 'Milperra massacre', 'Medicare' begins | |
| Michael Hutchence of INXS found dead in Hotel room | |
| Governor-General sacks the PM | |
| Australia has a new Queen | |
| Australia celebrates 150 years of white settlement | |
| Watson forms worlds first Labor Government | |
| Australia wins America's Cup, PM Fraser loses federal election | |
| PM Menzies wins 5th consecutive federal election, Herb Elliott breaks world record for mile. | |
| British and Australian troops capture and hold Tobruk | |
| WA votes to secede from Australian Commonwealth, Errol Flynn makes movie debut | |
| Jack Brabham becomes Australia's first Formula One world champion | |
| Sister Mary McKillop dies aged 67, Errol Flynn is born | |
| Australia sends troops to Korea | |
| First regular air-mail service between Australia and USA begins, Kerry Packer is born | |
| Australia votes in favour of UN, PM dies in office, first Sydney-Hobart yacht race | |
| Rod Laver wins Tennis Grand Slam, Commonwealth Games open in Perth WA | |
| Australian Grand Prix moves from Adelaide to Melbourne, Bill Clinton visits Australia | |
| Australia gains 'mandate' over former German colonies in Pacific | |
| HMAS Sydney sinks Italian cruiser 'Bartolomeo Colleoni' | |
| 'Prohibition' proposal voted down by electors, Phar Lap wins Melbourne Cup. | |
| Melbourne wins right to host 1956 Olympics | |
| Kingsford Smith completes first flight across the Tasman to NZ | |
| Australian poet Henry Lawson dies, D H Lawrence writes 'Kangaroo' | |
| PM loses own seat in Federal election | |
| PM Whitlam elected, first Labor Government in 23 years | |
| Canberra opens as new Federal capital | |
| Cyclone Tracy destroys Darwin on Christmas Day | |
| Australian Light Horse charge the Turks at Beersheba | |
| General Motors opens plants in NSW, Vic, SA & WA, first 'Miss Australia' quest | |
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| PM Menzies wins 3rd consecutive federal election, Greg Norman is born | |
| Aviator Harry Hawker crashes to his death,RAAF established, 'Ginger Meggs' first appearance | |
| 'Great White Fleet' sails in from USA, Sir Donald Bradman is born | |
| Evonne Goolagaong wins her 1st Wimbledon title, John Newcombe wins mens title | |
| 'Republic' Referendum is voted down | |
| Dingo takes baby at Ayres Rock | |
| USA wins back America's Cup, Pat Cash wins Wimbledon | |
| Alfred Deakin re-elected as PM, world 1st life saving club established at Bondi | |
| West Gate Bridge collapses in Melbourme, 35 die | |
| First Australian troops arrive in Vietnam, Peter Thomson wins 5th British Golf Open | |
| Grand Prix held in Australia for first time, Victoria has 150th birthday | |
| Newcastle hit by earthquake, foreign debt hits 95 billion | |
| Goods & Services Tax introduced, Australia hosts Olympics for 2nd time | |
| 234 Japanese prisoners die after break-out from POW camp in NSW, Peter Allen is born | |
| Britain tests nuclear bomb in Australian outback | |
| Frank Sedgeman becomes first Australian to win US Tennis Open | |
| Singapore falls, MacArthur arrives in Australia to run war in South Pacific | |
| Bradman plays his last Test match, Evatt becomes President of UN General Assembly | |
| Qantas is privatised, Pay TV arrives in Australia | |
| PM Curtin wins re-election in middle of WWII | |
| Melbourne loses bid for 1996 Olympics. | |
| PM Keating wins re-election, Sydney granted the 2000 Olympics | |
| Australia's first political assassination, Australian phone numbers move to 8 digits | |
| Kieren Perkins wins first Olympic Gold, George Bush addresses Australian parliament | |
| First visit to Australia by a reigning Monarch | |
| Commonwealth games in Brisbane, Kenneally writes 'Schindlers Ark' | |
| Conciliation and Arbitration Court established, Australia competes in Davis Cup for 1st time | |
| WA celebrates 150 years of settlement, 'Mad Max' premieres | |
| The Commonwealth is born | |
| Liberals win re-election, but with majority of only 1, oral contraceptives go on sale | |
| Australia has 3 Kings in one year | |
| Police strike in Melbourne, thousands riot, Billy Hughes resigns as PM | |
| First Australian born Governor-General sworn in, Rupert Murdoch is born | |
| Australia converts to Decimal Currency | |
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| PM Lyons dies in Office as Australia goes to war again | |
| HMAS Melbourne collides with USS Frank E Evans, killing over 70 | |
| Voting becomes compulsory in federal elections | |
| General Monash takes command of Australian Imperial Force | |
| Victoria celebrates its Centenary, Barry Humphries is born | |
| PM Howard wins re-election, 6 sailors die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race | |
| South Africa beats Australia in a cricket test for the first time, Commonwealth Bank is established | |
| Reserve Bank established, population hits 10 million, Errol Flynn dies in US. | |
| 'Country' Party (now the National party) is formed, Qantas is founded | |
| Lionel Rose becomes first aboriginal to win World Boxing Title | |
| Norman Brookes becomes first 'foreigner' to win Wimbledon | |
| Australia mourns death of Edward VII | |
| Sir Robert Menzies dies at age 83 | |
| Keating becomes PM, Dr Victor Chang murdered in Sydney | |
| PM Bruce returned in Federal election, Radio 2UE begins broadcasting | |
| 'Advance Australia Fair' becomes the National Anthem | |
| Last execution in Australia, PM Holt drowns at Portsea | |
| Kingsford-Smith missing, feared dead after crash in Bay of Bengal | |
| Australia's first PM resigns to join High Court | |
| Australia celebrates Bicentenary. | |
| First Australian Postage stamps issued | |
| Sydney opera House is opened by the Queen | |
| Breaker Morant executed in South Africa | |
| Fanny Durack becomes first Australian woman to win Olympic Gold | |
| MCG is chosen as host site for 1956 Olympics | |
| Margaret Court becomes first Australian women to win Wimbledon, | |
| Test Cricket resumes after WWII, Bon Scott (ACDC) is born | |
| Television comes to Australia, so do the Olympics | |
| Tobacco advertising is banned, random breath tests introduced, Australia wins zilch in Montreal | |
| Australia joins the IMF, Qantas is nationalised, McKell becomes Governor-General | |
| 'Beatles' tour Australia, Dawn Fraser wins 3rd consecutive Olympic title | |
| Sydney harbour bridge is opened | |
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