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The Land Down Under
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460 Moments
1922
Henry Lawson's passing at 55.
1921
Edith Cowan Becomes First Woman Elected to Parliament
1920
1919
Billy Hughes Reelected as Prime Minister
Treaty of Versailles Grants Mandate over German New Guinea.
1918
Darwin Rebellion: Demonstrators Demand Gilruth's Resignation
First World War Ends with 60,000 Australian Casualties
Australian Troops Spearhead the Battle of Amiens
1917
Battle of Beersheba: Australian cavalry charge captures town from Ottoman Turks.
1916
Heavy Australian Casualties in the Western Front
Beginning of the "Six O'Clock Swill".
1915
Billy Hughes Assumed Office as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia
Gallipoli: ANZAC soldiers' landing in Turkey.
1914
Duke Kahanamoku Popularize Surfing
Andrew Fisher Becomes Prime Minister
Australian Soldiers Fight in World War I Under Their Flag for the First Time.
1913
Joseph Cook Elected 6th Prime Minister
1912
Founding of Central Flying School
Australian Women Debut at Summer Olympics
Walter Burley Griffin Wins the Design Competition for the City of Canberra
1911
Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Landmark National Census Conducted