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Below is a very, very brief summary
of events in the history of Sunshine paralleled with the rest of Australia
and the world.
For a stroll down memory lane the
books Harvester Town, When the Whistle Blew & Early Glimpses of
Sunshine will invoke memories of the
past, be they the workplaces of your parents, churches or schools
attended or landmarks often passed in
our busy lives, they are all a jigsaw piece in the history of Sunshine.
The
early years
The First Fleet comprising 11 ships
and carrying approximately 1350 men, women and children left
England on 13th May 1787 arriving
January 1788 onwards. The Second and Third Fleets were to follow in all
some 170,000 convicts arrived in
Australia. In the following years, free settlers arrived, convicts were
given
their freedom and slowly towns and
villages began, becoming the foundation of our society today.
1790 |
Birth William Charles Wentworth |
1792 |
Birth Thomas Livingstone Mitchell and John Pascoe Fawkner. Death of
Fletcher Christian |
1793 |
Sydney's first
church, of wattle and daub, built |
1795
|
Charles Sturt born |
1796
|
Australia's first theatre opened in Sydney, estimated population NSW
4,100 |
1797
|
Paul Edmond de Strzelecki born |
1798
|
Estimated population NSW 5,217 |
1801
|
John Batman born |
1803
|
First record of cricket played in Australia. Deer first
introduced. |
1804 |
John Gould born |
1807 |
Estimated population NSW 7,948 |
1808
|
Caroline Chisholm born |
1809 |
Australia's
oldest existing church opened at Ebenezer, NSW |
1810
|
First recorded horse race in Australia, held at Parramatta |
1813
|
Foundation stone, Female Orphan School, Parramatta laid |
1814
|
First recorded prize fight in Australia which lasted 56 rounds! Death
of Matthew Flinders |
1817
|
Estimated population NSW 17,848 |
1822
|
Honey bees successfully introduced |
1824
|
Sugar first made from cane. Hume and Hovell passed through the grassy
plains of Sunshine and Keilor |
1825
|
Sydney Turf Club formed, Richmond Bridge, Tasmania opened |
1828
|
The first regular census taken in NSW, population 36,598 of which
15,728 were convicts |
1829 |
The first record of a football game played in Australia |
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1830
- 1839
World
events included :
Death of King George IV.
Death of Sir Walter Scott. The invention of electric telegraph by
Morse. Queen Victoria
succeeded to the throne, by which
time in Australia permanent white pioneer families had settled in Victoria, some
of them are remembered today, with
parks and streets bearing their names. Penny-postage introduced, the same
year Queen Victoria married Prince
Albert.
1831 |
Sydney Herald began publication (as a weekly) |
1832
|
Cascade Brewery founded Hobart |
1837
|
Ben Hall born |
1838 |
Melbourne Cricket Club founded |
1839 |
John Batman died. John Gould produced the book Birds of Australia |
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1840
- 1849
World
events included :
During this decade Hong Kong was acquired by Britain. The British Museum
opened. Gold was discovered in
California.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
These years also saw parcels of land
purchases. There was also a severe depression, allowing land to be sold
at giveaway prices as the original
landowners could not afford the upkeep.
1842
|
The Argus
newspaper began in Melbourne |
1842
|
Melbourne officially incorporated as a town |
1844
|
Dr. C.R. Penfold establishes a vineyard in South Australia |
1847
|
Ether was first used as a general anesthetic. Golf was first played in
Melbourne. |
1848
|
Ludwig Leichardt died |
1849 |
Edmund Barton was born |
1850
|
Lawrence Hargrave was born. Elizabeth Macarthur died. Victoria issued
adhesive postage stamps. Constitution Dock, Hobart officially opened.
The game of Australian Rules Football, 12 players to a side, played in
Melbourne. |
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1850
- 1859
World
events included :
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the
French. Livingston completed his journey across Africa. Darwin published
Origin of Species.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
Some early land purchases were made by Francis
Anderson, W.J.T. Clarke, Abel Thorpe, James W. Thomson and
Thomas McMahon.
1850
|
The beginnings of Allans Music Shop. J.E. Seppelt established a
vineyard in South Australia |
1851
|
Gold was discovered |
1852
|
Distilling eucalyptus oil first began near Dandenong |
1853
|
State Library of Victoria established as a public library. Cobb & Co
began in Melbourne. Gregory Blaxland died. |
1854 |
The crinoline was introduced in Australia. The Eureka Stockade takes
place in Ballarat.
Public hangings abolished in Victoria |
1854
|
Braybrook Hotel opened it's doors |
1855 |
Como in South Yarra, Melbourne was completed. Frederick McCubbin &
Ned Kelly were born. Mary Reibey and Sir Charles Hotham died |
1856
|
Tom Roberts and Alfred Deakin were born |
1857 |
A patent was obtained for the manufacture of corrugated-iron water
tanks |
1858
|
Melbourne Football Club was formed. Carlton Brewery
founded. Terracotta roofing tiles manufactured in Melbourne to a
patent awarded to Charles Curet. |
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1860 - 1869
World
events included :
The American Civil War began. Abraham
Lincoln became President of USA. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Slavery was abolished in the
USA. Antiseptic surgery was first used in Glasgow. The Salvation Army was
founded.
The Irish Church was
disestablished. The Suez Canal formally opened.
1860
|
The
Braybrook Road Board District was created. The population of of Maidstone,
Albion & Braybrook was 363 men, women & children. |
1861
|
The
Melbourne Cup was run for the first time. Helen Porter Mitchell (Nellie
Melba) was born. William Wills and Robert O'Hara Burke died. |
1862
|
The
Zoological Gardens were established at Royal Park, Melbourne. |
1864
|
The
Victorian Racing Club was formed. A.B. Banjo Paterson was born and William
Lonsdale died. |
1865
|
William Arnott opened a bakery & confectionery in Newcastle. Hugh Victor
McKay born. |
1866
|
John
Martin & Otto Peters opened a store in Adelaide (John Martin's). |
1867
|
Lister's antiseptic
treatment of open wounds first used by a doctor.
Arthur Streeton and Henry Lawson were born. |
1868
|
Maria
Smith accidentally propagates the Granny Smith apple. Royal Arcade,
Melbourne built. Work begins on the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. |
1869 |
The
Weekly Times newspaper was established. George Gawler, John Pascoe
Fawkner and Charles Sturt died. |
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1870
- 1879
World
events included :
Livingstone died. General Custer was defeated and died. Queen Victoria was
declared Empress of India. Edison &
Swann produce the first incandescent light. The Zulu War began.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
The Braybrook Road Board District became a
Shire in 1871 with 240 inhabited dwellings.
1870
|
Toohey's Brewery established in Sydney. |
1872
|
William Charles Wentworth died. |
1873 |
Sir
Paul de Strzelecki and Hamilton Hume died. |
1874 |
Marcus
Clarke's For the Term of His Natural Life appears in book form. |
1875
|
William Hovell and C.J. La Trobe died. |
1876 |
Truganini died. C.J. Dennis, Walter Burley Griffin and James Scullin were
born. |
1877
|
Victorian Football
Association formed. May Gibbs and Hans Heysen were born.
Caroline Chisholm and John Fairfax died. |
1878
|
Advance Australia Fair
first played and sung in
Sydney. First running of the Stawell Gift. Simcha Baevski (Sidney Myer) was
born. |
1879 |
Norman
Lindsay and Miles Franklin were born. Running of the first Caulfield Cup. |
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1880 - 1889
World
events included :
Saw the immunisation experiment by Louis Pasteur. All Indians in USA in
Reservations.
Daimler
produced his first motor car. Gold was discovered in the Transvaal.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
H.V
McKay invents his first stripper-harvester. The principal industries being sheep &
dairy farming.
1880 |
The population of
Braybrook Junction was 1034. |
1880 |
Will Dyson, John Flynn (Flynn of the Inland) and Elizabeth
Kenny were born.
Ned Kelly hanged. |
1881 |
John Gould and
Marcus Clarke died. |
1882
|
Wirth's Circus was formed. Electric light was installed in
Theatre Royal, Sydney.
Douglas Mawson and Percy Grainger were born. |
1883
|
Thomas Bushell founded his tea business in Brisbane. Work
began on the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne. |
1884 |
H.V. McKay invents
his first stripper-harvester. |
1885
|
Prince Henry's Hospital Melbourne established. First
Melbourne tram. John Curtin, G.J. Coles, Isobel Marion Dorothea
Mackellar, Keith Murdoch and J.B. Chifley were born. |
1886
|
The Princess Theatre opened in Melbourne. Banjo Paterson's
first poem appeared in the Bulletin. |
1887
|
Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology established. |
1889
|
Lawrence Hargrave invents a rotary aeroplane engine. Banjo
Paterson's Clancy of the Overflow appeared in the
Bulletin. Population in the Australian colonies reached 3
million. Peter Lalor died. |
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1890 -
1899
World
events included :
The United States of Brazil. Marconi sent the first message over a wireless.
Rontgen discovers X-Rays. Freud
publishes his first work. The Curies
discovered Radium. The Boer War began.
Gold was
discovered in the Klondike. Boer War began.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
Most homes were of wood, iron or
lath and plaster, followed by brick or stone, the majority of which had 3-6
rooms.
Most inhabitants were Australian
born closely followed by those born in the UK.
There were over 9,000 cattle and
sheet in the Shire along with over 1600 horses and over 7,000 poultry including
turkeys, fowls and geese.
1890
|
The Shire of
Braybrook had a population of 1441 with 645 ratepayers. |
1890
|
Queen's Bridge, Melbourne opened. The blue-speckle cattle
dog (blue heeler) established as a pure breed. |
1891 |
The Shire of
Braybrook had a population of 1556 people. |
1891 |
Sarah Bernhardt and Rudyard Kipling visited
Melbourne. Henry Lawson's poem Freedom's on the Wallaby
appears in the Brisbane Worker. Henry Vande Sluice (Roy Rene)
was born. |
1892
|
Gladys Moncrieff, Bert Hinkler and John Simpson Kirkpatrick
(Simpson & his donkey) were born. The first milking machines
installed at Bodalla, NSW. |
1893
|
Roy Cazaly was
born. |
1891 |
Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians was
published. Robert Gordon Menzies was born. |
1894
|
Phyllis Dorothy
McGlew (Cilento) was born. |
1895
|
Les Darcy was born. The word cobber first appeared
in print. |
1896
|
Queen Victoria
Victoria Memorial Hospital for Women & Children. Tivoli Theatre
Melbourne opened. Sir Henry Parkes died. Arthur Calwell was born. |
1897 |
Charles Kingsford
Smith was born. |
1898
|
Walter Lindrum was born. Rosella Preserving &
Manufacturing Co. makes it's first tomato sauce. The book by Steel
Rudd On Our Selection is published. Nevil Shute Norway, Ian
Clunies Ross and William Dobell are born. |
1899
|
Rosella made it's first Tomato Sauce. |
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1900
- 1909
World
events included :
Queen Victoria died. The Boer War
ended. The first controlled flight by Orville & Wilbur Wright. San Francisco
destroyed by earthquake. The Women's Suffrage Movement became active in Britain. Vitamins were discovered by
F.G. Hopkins. New Zealand became a
dominion. Old Age Pensions were introduced in Britain.
1900
|
The
Australian Commonwealth was proclaimed. |
1901
|
Miles Franklin wrote My Brilliant Career.
Ping Pong becomes the game of the moment. |
1902 |
Birth of Albert Namatjira. |
1904
|
George Adams died. |
1904
|
Hugh
Victor McKay moved his Harvester Works factory from Ballarat, when he
purchased the Braybrook Implement Company. |
1905
|
Work on Flinders Street Station. |
1906
|
Natural gas used to light the streets of Roma, Queensland
(supply runs out after 10 days). World's first life saving club founded in
Sydney (Bondi). Driving Licence first introduced. William Farrer died. |
1907
|
Basic Wage established. Frederick Peters established
Peters' American Delicacy Co. Ltd. to make ice-cream. Marjorie Lawrence
was born. |
1907
|
Braybrook Junction was renamed after his "Sunshine Harvester Works". |
1908 |
Mrs Aeneas Gunn wrote We of the Never Never.
Chloe painting goes on display at Young & Jackson's hotel, Melbourne.
William McMahon, Henry Bolte, Harold Holt and Donald Bradman were born. |
1908
|
Australia's
worst rail disaster. 44 passengers were killed and 431 injured. |
1909
|
Bush Nursing Service established. Swinburne Institute of
Technology, Melbourne established. R.M. (Reg) Ansett, John Goffage (Chips
Rafferty) and Robert Helpman were born |
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1910
- 1919
WORLD
EVENTS INCLUDED :
Edward VII died, which then saw the
accession of George V. Tolstoy and Florence Nightingale died. Scotts last
expedition. WWI began. Sinn Fein
began rising in Ireland in 1916. The first Daylight Saving Bill was passed in
Britain.
The first direct flight across the
Atlantic. WWI ended.
LOCAL
EVENTS INCLUDED:
Sunshine thrived with many new businesses
opening. Most people who have lived in Sunshine a while will know
someone who
worked at the Sunshine Harvester Works, Nettlefolds, Sunshine Cabinet Works,
Wunderlich Ltd,
Spaldings, Crittalls, Sunshine Timber Company or John
Darling Flour Mill to name a few.
1910 |
Henry
Handel Richardson wrote The Getting of Wisdom. Jack Davey was born. |
1911
|
Sidney Myer opened a drapery business in Melbourne.
Johannes (Joh) Bjelki-Petersen and John Gorton were born. |
1912
|
Fibrous plaster sheets first imported to Australia. Work
began on Taronga Park Zoo.
Australia's first luxury
cinema, the Majestic opened in Melbourne. Cost of living index was first
compiled. The Commonwealth Maternity Allowance £5 per child introduced.
Russell Drysdale was born. |
1913
|
J.C.
Williamson died. |
1914
|
John Kerr & J.F. (Jim) Cairns were born. First official
airmail service. |
1915 |
Aspro trademark registered. Manning Clark and B.A. (Bob)
Santamaria were born.
Death of Lawrence Hargrave and E. Phillips Fox. |
1916
|
Arthur
Roden Cutler, Gough Whitlam and Peter Finch were born. |
1917
|
Daylight saving introduced to Australia (unpopular and not
reintroduced until WWII).
Holden Motor Body Builders established a factory in
Adelaide. Frank Hardy and Sydney Nolan were born. Les Darcy and Frederick
McCubbin died. |
1918
|
May Gibbs wrote Snugglepot & Cuddlepie. Norman
Lindsay wrote The Magic Pudding. |
1919
|
The Returned Services League Sunshine Branch was
formed. During the worldwide influenza epidemic,the Sunshine Technical
School was turned into a temporary hospital. |
1919
|
Influenza epidemic causes nearly 12,000 deaths. Alfred
Deakin died. Nancy Fotheringham Cato born. The Potts cartoon strip
began. |
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1920
- 1929
world
events included:
Prohibition began in the USA.
Degrees were opened for women at Oxford University. The Irish Free State was
formed. Lenin died. Lindbergh fly
the Atlantic alone. Kingsford-Smith flew the Pacific. A German airship with 60
people
on board crossed the Atlantic. Wall
Street crashed.
1920
|
Mrs George McKay provided the equipment to start the
Sunshine Scout Troop. |
1920
|
David Fletcher Jones established his tailoring company in
Warrnambool. A.C. Howard first patents a rotary hoe. Sir Edmund
Barton died. Arthur Boyd was born. |
1921
|
Work on Yallourn Power Station began. John Lysaght began
producing galvanised sheet steel. Australia's first Rotary
club founded. The Archibald Prize is first awarded. Ginger Meggs
comic strip began. |
1922
|
Who's Who in Australia
was first
published. The Sun News-Pictorial newspaper established.
First Legacy club founded. Along the Road to Gundagai
song published.
Neville Bonner was born. Henry Lawson died. |
1923
|
Work began on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The first electric
lifts in Australia were installed in the railway building at Spencer
Street. Vegemite and the Violet Crumble Bar were created. |
1924
|
The Sunshine Advocate newspaper was the first registered
local newspaper in the district. The formation of the Sunshine Golf
Club. |
1924
|
Harold Blair and
Clifton Pugh were born. |
1925
|
The population of Australia reached 6 million. Beginnings
of Aeroplane Jelly. Don Chipp was born. |
1926 |
The biggest fire in the district, at John Darling Flour
Mill. |
1926 |
First Miss Australia competition. Jack Brabham, Don Dunstan,
Neville Wran, Joan Sutherland and William (Billy) Snedden were
born. |
1927
|
Canberra was
declared the new capital of Australia. David Kirkpatrick (Slim
Dusty) was born. |
1928
|
The first traffic lights in Australia were installed at the
corner of Collins & Swanson Streets, Melbourne. Speedo swimsuits
first produced. Cadbury chocolate first produced at Claremont,
Tasmania. The Flying Doctor Service began.
Pro Hart was born. R.J.L. Hawke (Bob) and J.D. (Doug)
Anthony were born. |
1929
|
The Commonwealth
basic wage was £4 10s 6d. |
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1930
- 1939
WORLD
EVENTS INCLUDED:
The Great Floods in China. Accession of Edward VIII and he abdicates the same year,
his brother succeeding him
as King George VI. The beginning of WWII.
LOCAL EVENTS
INCLUDED:
A shop assistant during this time
earned approximately 11s 3d per week, basic wage for men was £3 s12 d6 per
week while doing piecework could earn
in excess of £4 per week.
Eight teenagers were found sleeping in train
carriages, they were arrested and spent 5 days in Pentridge before
appearing before the court. They had
been tramping the countryside looking for work. These were the Depression
Years.
1930 |
H.V. McKay Sunshine
Harvester Works merged with Canadian firm Massey Harris. |
1930
|
Rolf Harris, Malcolm Fraser and Richie Benaud were born.
Sales tax was introduced.
The Depression Years...
|
1931 |
F.W Thring's Diggers was shown (Australia's first
commercially successful talking film). Rupert Murdoch and John Cain
were born. Dame Nellie Melba, Tom Roberts and Sir John Monash died. |
1932
|
The Dog on the Tuckerbox
Pioneer Memorial
was unveiled. Australian Broadcasting Commission began. Ion L.
Idriess wrote Flynn of the Inland. The Sydney Harbour Bridge
opened. Phar Lap died in California. |
1933 |
W.G. (Bill) Snedden was born. D. Wall wrote Blinky Bill.
Ben Bowyang comic strip began. |
1934
|
Graham Kennedy, Barry Humphries and Ken Rosewall were born.
Sidney Myer died. |
1935 |
Herbert Sachse of the Esplanade Hotel in Perth created the
Pavlova. R.G. Whitehead develops Tarzan's Grip glue. Johnny O'Keefe
and Thomas Keneally were born.
Arthur Hoey Davis (Steele Rudd) and Sir Charles Kingsford
Smith died. |
1936
|
Ansett Airways began. Ron Barassi & Charles Perkins were
born. |
1937
|
The Commonwealth basic wage was £3 15s. Dad & Dave
radio serial began.
Walter Burley Griffin died. Colleen McCullough, Robert
Holmes á Court, Dawn Fraser and Kerry Packer were born. |
1938 |
Will Dyson and C.J. Dennis died. Herb Elliott, Betty
Cuthbert, Alan Bond, Rod Laver and Frank Moorhouse were born. |
1939
|
When war broke out
the full resources of McKay Massey Harris works were placed at the
disposal of the Commonwealth. |
1939
|
Outbreak of WWII. Lux Radio Theatre began. Sliced bread
introduced by Sunshine Bakeries, Newtown, Sydney. Population reaches
7 million. Birth of Germaine Greer, Andrew Peacock, Brett Whiteley,
Phillip Adams, John Howard and Fred Schepisi.
Death of J.A. Lyons. |
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1940 - 1949
WORLD EVENTS INCLUDED:
First self-sustained,
controlled nuclear chain reaction in uranium took place on a Chicago tennis
court. WWII ended. President Roosevelt died. In Britain the school leaving age
was raised to 15. Princess Elizabeth married. Mahatma
Ghandi was assassinated.
LOCAL EVENTS INCLUDED:
1941-1942
One hundred Housing Commission homes for munition workers
were built in the Duke Street area.
1940 |
Alex Gurney's Bluey & Curley comic strip begins
publication. Marilyn Jones was born. |
1941 |
Norman Gregg links defects in new-born babies with rubella
infection in their mothers during pregnancy. A.B. (Banjo) Paterson
died. |
1942
|
The Village Glee Club (radio program) began. Ita Buttrose
and David Williamson born. |
1943
|
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories began producing penicillin
in commercial quantities for civilian use. Death of Sir Arthur
Streeton and William Lister Lister.
Birth of Roger Woodward and Ian Chappell. |
1944
|
Paul Keating, R.H. (Dick) Smith and John Newcombe were
born. |
1945
|
WWII ended. After the war, rationing of food and clothing
continued in Australia until 1949. The Sydney-Hobart yacht race was
held for the first time.
Johnny Famechon was born. John Curtin Died. |
1946
|
Hills Hoist began in Adelaide. The film The
Overlanders with Chips Rafferty was shown. Miles Franklin wrote
My Career Goes Bung. Death of Henry Handel Richardson (Mrs Ethel
Robertson). |
1947
|
First visit to
Australia by the Indian Cricket team. |
1948 |
Employees under federal awards begin working a 40-hour
week. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme established. The cost of a
Holden Sedan was £760. National anti-tuberculosis campaign
began. Birth of Robyn Archer, Lionel Rose, Olivia Newton-John and
Greg Chappel. Death of Sir Isaac Isaacs. |
1949
|
Poliomyelitis epidemic in most states. Dennis Lillee was
born. |
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1950
- 1959
WORLD
EVENTS INCLUDED:
Korean War began. George Bernard Shaw
died. King George VI died. Eisenhower became President of the USA.
Queen Mary died. Princess Elizabeth
became Queen. The USA exploded the hydrogen bomb. All food rationing
ended in Britain. Albert Einstein
died. The Queen's Christmas message was televised for the first time. Sir Edmund
Hilary reached the South Pole. John
F. Kennedy elected President of USA.
1951 |
Sunshine proclaimed a City. The Sunshine RSL clubrooms
opened. |
1950
|
Myxomatosis successfully released in the Murray Valley.
Frank Hardy wrote Power without Glory and Nevil Shute wrote A
Town Like Alice. |
1951 |
F.G. McEncroe of Bendigo creates the Chiko Roll. Tenor
Harold Blair makes an Australian Tour for the ABC. Dymphna Cusack and
Florence James wrote Come in Spinner. More than 1,500 cases and 121
deaths from poliomyelitis reported in NSW.
Paid sick leave and long-service leave introduced in
NSW. Waverley Council in Sydney bans the bikini swimsuit on its
beaches. John Flynn (Flynn of the Inland), Sir Thomas Blamey and J.B.
Chifley died. Evonne Goolagong (Cawley) and Jan Stephenson born. |
1952 |
Mervyn Victor Richardson invents the Victa rotary
lawnmower. Commonwealth basic wage £11 11s. |
1953 |
Fluoridation of water supply first introduced. CSIRO
discovers an anti-shrink process for wool. Death J.H. Scullin and John
Wren. |
1954 |
Queen Elizabeth (the first reigning monarch) visited
Australia. John Landy broke two world records. Miles Franklin and Roy Rene
(Mo) died. |
1955
|
Massey Ferguson bought McKay Massey Harris.
Business in the area were Rubbertex (Aust) P/L, Alliance
Printing Works, Peerless Plaster Co and Kreglinger & Fernau P/L to name a
few. |
1955 |
Alan Marshall wrote I Can Jump Puddles and D'Arcy
Niland wrote The Shiralee.
Death penalty abolished NSW. |
1956
|
The Olympics held in Melbourne. Poker machines legalised in
NSW. Television introduced to Australia. Woman's Day magazine
began. Sir Frank Beaurepaire died.
Shane Gould was born. |
1957 |
The Argus ceases publication. Slim Dusty's A Pub With No Beer
awarded Australia's first gold record. Bob Dyer's quiz show Pick a Box
begins on television. Nino Culotta (John O'Grady) wrote They're a Weird
Mob and Nevil Shute wrote On the Beach. Robert de Castella was
born. |
1958
|
Bandstand
hosted by Brian Henderson began on television. Three weeks
annual leave granted to all employees under NSW awards. Legislation
enacted in NSW to provide for equal pay for "work of the same or like
nature and of equal value" performed by men and women (female wage to be
increased progressively).
Sir Douglas Mawson died. |
1959
|
Work begins on the Sydney
Opera House. Jack Brabham wins the world motor-racing
championship. Population reaches 10 million. Death of Sir Ian Clunies
Ross, Albert Namatjira, Jack Davey and Errol Flynn. |
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