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| 1 | 1900 | - 1900: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent.
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| 2 | 1901 | - 1901: Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General.
- 1901: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time.
- Jan 1901: Queen Victoria's death.
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| 3 | 1904 | - 9 Nov 1904: In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright.
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| 4 | 1905 | - 1905: Einstein evolved the Special Theory of relativity
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| 5 | 1909 | - 16 Jan 1909: Ernest Shackleton\'s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
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| 6 | 1912 | - 15 Apr 1912: On the night of April 14, at 11:40 p.m., The Titanic struck an iceberg; just under three hours later, at 2:20 AM, on April 15, 1912 the ship sank.
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| 7 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
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| 8 | 1915 | - 25 Apr 1915: Gallipoli campaign starts (declared ANZAC Day in 1916)
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| 9 | 1923 | - 1923: Vegemite is first produced.
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| 10 | 1924 | - 4 Jun 1924: Radio station 6WF conducts first radio broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia.
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| 11 | 1927 | - 1927—1948: Aborigines banned from entering the centre of Perth, Western Australia.
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| 12 | 1928 | - 1928—1933: The Great Depression.
- 1928: Mickey Mouse cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.
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| 13 | 1929 | - 1929: 'Talkies' or movies with sound are seen in Perth, Western Australia for the first time.
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| 14 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—15 Aug 1945: World War II
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| 15 | 1945 | - 1945: First Computer Built
- 30 Apr 1945: Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva (nee Braun), committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide.
- 6 Aug 1945: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
- 9 Aug 1945: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
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| 16 | 1948 | - 1948: Aborigines recognised as Australian citizens.
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| 17 | 1955 | - 1 Nov 1955—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War
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| 18 | 1956 | - 1956: Eurovision Song Contest starts
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1899 - 1956 (56 years)