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Date |
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| 1 | 1845 | - 1845—1852: The Irish Potato Famine or the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration, approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland.
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| 2 | 1851 | - 1851—1861: Victorian gold rush.
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| 3 | 1861 | - 1861—1865: American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy.
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| 4 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
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| 5 | 1927 | - 1927—1948: Aborigines banned from entering the centre of Perth, Western Australia.
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| 6 | 1928 | - 1928—1933: The Great Depression.
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| 7 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—15 Aug 1945: World War II
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1902 - 1954 (~ 194 years)