What important events happened in Australia in 1912?

Answer 1

Gold was and other minerals were discovered in Australia well before the 1900s and economically the place that put Australia on the world map as an economy was the discovery of lead and Zinc in Broken Hill in outback NSW. the birth place of the Worlds largest mining company BHP Billiton. ---- Important Australian events of the 1900s There were many events of the 1900s which affected Australia, as they did the rest of the world. Australia was involved in each of the World Wars, the Korean War, Vietnam War and others. Australia also suffered the effects of the Depression. The following are some events unique to Australia and Australians. * On 1 January 1901, federation of the different colonies in Australia was achieved and the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.

* The first Australian Parliament following Federation of the states met on 9 May 1901 in the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. From 1901 to 1927, Parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne, which it borrowed from the parliament of the state of Victoria (but Melbourne was not the country's capital).

* In August 1908, the first successful Australian transcontinental motor car journey was completed.

* On 20 August 1908, the 'Great White Fleet', consisting of 16 new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, sent around the world by US President Theodore Roosevelt, arrived in Sydney. * In January 1909, Australian geologists Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David became the first to reach the magnetic South Pole as members of Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition. * Australian cricketing legend, Sir Donald Bradman, was born on 27 August 1908. * On 1 January 1911, the Northern Territory was separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. * Vegemite was introduced to the Australian public on 13 June 1923. * In 1928, Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. * Australia's economic future was changed in November 1952, when Lang Hancock discovered iron ore deposits in western Australia. This discovery led to the development of Western Australia's major iron ore industry in the Pilbara region, and changed Australia from being an importer of iron ore to an exporter. * In August 1944, Japanese prisoners at the small town of Cowra, in central-west New South Wales, staged a breakout, resulting in the deaths of 4 Australians and 234 Japanese. * On 17 December 1967, Australian Prime minister Holt disappeared after he went swimming at Cheviot Beach on Point Nepean near Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne. He was never seen again, and theories as to his fate have abounded since then. * In January 1974, Cyclone Wanda crossed the east coast of Australia, dumping heavy rain in the area, resulting in the devastating Brisbane floods. * On Christmas Day 1974 Cyclone Tracy hit the Northern Territory city of Darwin, leaving it almost completely devastated. It took a long time to rebuild the city, but this event was a catalyst to the Northern Territory gaining self-government. * Twelve people were killed in January 1975 and the Tasmanian capital, Hobart, was physically divided for nearly three years after the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Australia, was struck by bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra. * On 11 November 1975, Australia's Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Gough Whitlam's Labor government, resulting in what is known as the 1975 Constitutional Crisis. * Between April 1982 and January 1983, Victoria experienced severe drought conditions and little rainfall, resulting in its driest period on record. This led to the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires which destroyed around 200,000 hectares of land, the equivalent of twice the size of Melbourne. 47 people were killed, including seventeen volunteer firefighters, over 2000 homes were destroyed and farmers experienced huge stock losses. South Australia experienced similar devastating bushfires during the same period, which destroyed 159,000 hectares of land in farming country and pine forests in the state's south-east. Another 28 people died in the South Australian fires, and 380 homes were destroyed.

Answer 2

1900 - Politicians search for national capital 1901 - The Federation of Australia 1902 - Breaker Morant is executed 1903 - Water pipeline to Kalgoorlie started 1904 - The "Buy Australian" campaign is born 1905 - Alfred Deakin is re-elected Prime Minister 1906 - New Guinea comes under Australian control 1907 - Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control 1908 - Defence Service compulsory for boys and men between 12 and 60 years 1909 - Victorian women get the vote 1910 - Captain Scott leaves for the Antarctic

Answer 3

canberra was named and founded as the Australian capital