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Australiain the1920's
ImportantEvents
Fashions
PrimeMinisters
Entertainment
Sport
Food
Jobs
Communications
Transport
InterestingFacts
Horse transport was stillwidely used in the 1920s but
at the end of the decade,Motor cars well out
numbered horse-drawncars.
In the 1920s work began againafter world war 1 had put a stop
to progress in earnest and by1923 all Melbourne suburbantrain services were electrified
November 1920 PJ Mcguinessand WH fysh formed theQueensland and NT Ariel
services (QANTAS)
The model T fordwas the most
popular car in the1920s
In 1923 sir Earle Page,while he was acting prime
minister, noted thatmessages were enable to
girdle the earth in oneseventh of a second.
In 1924 a regular airmailservice began betweenSydney and Adelaidefollowed by regular
service betweenMelbourne and Sydney in
1925
In 1925Jack Long thepremier of New South
Wales became thefirst political leader n
Australia
Many Australian stampscommemorated special
events such as theopening of the
parliament house
For all jobswomen's wages were less than
men's Many womenworked in factories
Women made20.3% of the totalworkforce in 1921
There were no unemployment
benefits
Billy MorrisHughes
StanleyMelbourne Bruce
(1882- 1967)
James HenryScullin (1876-
1953)
In 1923 vegimitewas produced
For most of the 1920sice-cream was a specialtreat available picture
theatre to somerestaurant.
There was a widerange of eatingestablishments
Norman Brookeswas the star of the Australian tennis
early in thecentury
Swimminglessons were
provided by mostschools
Australiawon the ashesfrom
England in1920, 21,24 and 25but lost itssupriority
later in thedecade
Progress of cricket test matcheswould be splashed across the
pages of news papers each dayand crowds would anxiously awaitthe papers as though the destiny of the nation depended on out come
Elaboratedancers
were advertised
in thenews
papers
Al Jolsonstarred inthe firsttalkingpicture.
The singer, and theera of thesilent film
passedinto
history.
The new jazz music filled the
air atparties
anddancers
Before thepictures were
shownaudiences
were entertained
by musicplayed onwurlitizerorgans
He was ateacher
and tradeunion
official
Scullinenteredfederal
parlimentin 1910
but lost hisseat in1913
He studdedlaw at
Cambridgeuniversity in
England
With new fashions , new music and new
attitudes the1920s are
rememberedas the 'goodtimes decade
In 1925 theAustraliangoverment
encouragedBritish peopleto migrate to
Australia