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FADDENCURTINFORDECHIFLEY© Graphic Education 2013 AS/OHPR05 G r a p h i c E d u c a t i o n Francis Forde (1890-1983) Australian Labor Party 05/07/1945 to 13/07/1945 Relinquished position to new Australian Labor Party leader John Curtin (1885-1945) Australian Labor Party 07/10/1941 to 05/07/1945 Died while in office Ben Chifley (1880-1961) Australian Labor Party 13/07/1945 to 19/12/1949 Defeated in general election Arthur Fadden (1895-1973) Country Party 29/08/1941 to 07/10/1941 Defeated on floor of the house 5 Prime Ministers Historical Events Prime Minister in Office Year 13th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Arthur Fadden 1941 Battle of Kiev: 700,544 casualties during the month-long battle First gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz 14th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: John Curtin Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war Japan aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii USA enters World War II Australia declares war on Japan Daylight savings introduced 1942 Singapore falls to the Japanese Army Darwin bombed in Japanese air raids Sydney Harbour: Japanese subs attack naval ship -19 sailors killed Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II Battle of Kokoda Trail Battle of Stalingrad: Germany surrenders to USSR 1943. Hospital ship, Centaur, torpedoed off Cape Moreton, Qld Operation Chastise: Bouncing bombs breach German dams Japanese air raids on Darwin and across northern Australia D-Day: Invasion of Normandy by allied forces commences 1944 Assassination attempt on Hilter fails: 7,00 arrested by Gustapo World Bank and International Monetary Fund established First Japanese kamikaze attack on US fleet Prisioners of war escape detention camp at Cowra, NSW Liberal Party of Australia formed at Canberra conference United Nations established to promote international peace 1945 VE-Day: Germany surrenders, ending war in Europe 15th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Francis Forde World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared Nicaragua: First nation to formally accept UN Charter 16th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Ben Chifley Hiroshima: The first atomic bomb dropped Trials of major war criminals commence in Nuremberg United Nations: First meeting of General Assembly, London 1946 First bikini swimwear is shown at Paris fashion show Joint Coal Board established UN grants Australia trusteeship of New Guinea and Papua United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) established Woomera rocket range established for testing missiles 1947 India/Pakistan gain independence from Britain Reports of UFO crash landing at Roswell, New Mexico Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition established Commonwealth awards employees win 40 hour work week 1948 Gandhi assassinated Qantas Empire Airways Act: Qantas now publicly owned Dr HV Evatt is elected President of the UN General Assembly Australia signs Universal Declaration of Human Rights USSR blockades Berlin Declaration of establishment of State of Israel Holden’s first ‘family motor car’ comes off the assembly line Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into operation 1949 ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) established Work begins on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme

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FADDEN

CURTIN

FORDE

CHIFLEY

© Graphic Education 2013AS/OHPR05

Graphic

Educat

ion

Francis Forde(1890-1983)Australian Labor Party05/07/1945 to 13/07/1945

Relinquished position to newAustralian Labor Party leader

John Curtin(1885-1945)Australian Labor Party07/10/1941 to 05/07/1945Died while in office

Ben Chifley(1880-1961)Australian Labor Party13/07/1945 to 19/12/1949Defeated in general election

Arthur Fadden(1895-1973)Country Party29/08/1941 to 07/10/1941Defeated on floor of the house

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Prime MinistersHistorical Events Prime Minister in OfficeYear

13th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Arthur Fadden 1941 Battle of Kiev: 700,544 casualties during the month-long battle First gas murder experiments are conducted at Auschwitz

14th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: John Curtin Japanese Emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war Japan aircraft bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii USA enters World War II Australia declares war on Japan Daylight savings introduced 1942 Singapore falls to the Japanese Army Darwin bombed in Japanese air raids Sydney Harbour: Japanese subs attack naval ship -19 sailors killed Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II Battle of Kokoda Trail Battle of Stalingrad: Germany surrenders to USSR 1943. Hospital ship, Centaur, torpedoed off Cape Moreton, Qld Operation Chastise: Bouncing bombs breach German dams Japanese air raids on Darwin and across northern Australia D-Day: Invasion of Normandy by allied forces commences 1944 Assassination attempt on Hilter fails: 7,00 arrested by Gustapo World Bank and International Monetary Fund established First Japanese kamikaze attack on US fleet Prisioners of war escape detention camp at Cowra, NSW Liberal Party of Australia formed at Canberra conference

United Nations established to promote international peace 1945 VE-Day: Germany surrenders, ending war in Europe 15th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Francis Forde World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared Nicaragua: First nation to formally accept UN Charter

16th Australian Prime Minister sworn in: Ben Chifley Hiroshima: The first atomic bomb dropped

Trials of major war criminals commence in Nuremberg United Nations: First meeting of General Assembly, London 1946

First bikini swimwear is shown at Paris fashion show Joint Coal Board established

UN grants Australia trusteeship of New Guinea and Papua

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) established

Woomera rocket range established for testing missiles 1947

India/Pakistan gain independence from Britain Reports of UFO crash landing at Roswell, New Mexico

Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition established

Commonwealth awards employees win 40 hour work week 1948

Gandhi assassinated

Qantas Empire Airways Act: Qantas now publicly owned

Dr HV Evatt is elected President of the UN General Assembly

Australia signs Universal Declaration of Human Rights

USSR blockades Berlin

Declaration of establishment of State of Israel

Holden’s first ‘family motor car’ comes off the assembly line

Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into operation 1949

ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) established

Work begins on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme