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Frederick Lynas "Fred" MadillAge: 931913–2007

Name
Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill
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Frederick Lynas
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Fred
Surname
Madill
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Birth 28 December 1913 58 31
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

Education
Undera Primary School
 

Australian History 1913
 

Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains.
Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History 1913
 

Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History 1914 (Age 4 days)
 

Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Birth of a brother 17 May 1915 (Age 16 months)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Leslie George Madill
Australian History 1915 (Age 12 months)
 

Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.
Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory.
Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia
Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History 1916 (Age 2)
 

Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'
Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme.
Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded
Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History 1917 (Age 3)
 

Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.
Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History 1918 (Age 4)
 

Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens
Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'.
Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V
Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead.
Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Birth of a sister 28 February 1919 (Age 5)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

younger sister - Phyllis Rosiland Madill
Australian History 1919 (Age 5)
 

Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History 1920 (Age 6)
 

Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History 1921 (Age 7)
 

Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History 1922 (Age 8)
 

Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Family Photo
Family Photo
1923 (Age 9)
 

David and Abina and Family
David and Abina and Family

Australian History 1923 (Age 9)
 

Note: Vegemite is first produced
Marriage of a sisterAbina Maude Madill - View family
1924 (estimated) (Age 10)
 

brother-in-law - John "Jack" Stewart Maddock
elder sister - Abina Maude Madill
Australian History 1926 (Age 12)
 

Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History 1927 (Age 13)
 

Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History 1928 (Age 14)
 

Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History 1929 (Age 15)
 

Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary
Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History 1930 (Age 16)
 

Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings
Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Death of a half-sister 18 July 1931 (Age 17)
 Carnegie, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Edith May Madill
Australian History 1931 (Age 17)
 

Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History 1932 (Age 18)
 

Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens
Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Death of a father 10 March 1933 (Age 19)
 Undera North, Victoria, Australia

father - David Madill
Death of a maternal grandmother 4 April 1933 (Age 19)
 59 Martin Street, Northcote, Victoria, Australia

maternal grandmother - Ann Jane Smith
Australian History 1933 (Age 19)
 

Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History 1936 (Age 22)
 

Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History 1937 (Age 23)
 

Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History 1938 (Age 24)
 

Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History 1939 (Age 25)
 

Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government
Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised.
Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway
Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History 1940 (Age 26)
 

Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin
Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Military
16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WWII
28 July 1941 (Age 27)
 Undera, Victoria, Australia

Note: 
Service Record
Name MADILL, FREDERICK LYNAS Service Australian Army Service Number V395472 Date of Birth 28 Dec 1913 Place of Birth MOOROOPNA, VIC Date of Enlistment 28 Jul 1941 Locality on Enlistment UNDERA, VIC Place of Enlistment SHEPPARTON, VIC Next of Kin MADILL, ALMA Date of Discharge 1 Oct 1945 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No
Australian History 1941 (Age 27)
 

Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.
Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk.
Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Birth of a daughter
#1		 26 May 1942 (Age 28)
 Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Mavis Lesley Madill
Australian History 1942 (Age 28)
 

Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese
Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.
Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia.
Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor
Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua)
Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby
Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay.
Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies.
Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure.
Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History 1943 (Age 29)
 

Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.
Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway
Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History 1944 (Age 30)
 

Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.
Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians.
Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville.
Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History 1945 (Age 31)
 

Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.
Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo
Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders
Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government
Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders
Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations
Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History 1946 (Age 32)
 

Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme
Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Australian History 1948 (Age 34)
 

Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Birth of a daughter
#2		 17 September 1949 (Age 35)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Abina Margaret "Bina" Madill
Australian History 1949 (Age 35)
 

Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins
Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections.
Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History 1950 (Age 36)
 

Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.
Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History 1951 (Age 37)
 

Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Death of a brother 10 December 1952 (Age 38)
 Garfield, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - Thomas Matthew Madill
Australian History 1952 (Age 38)
 

Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Australian History 1954 (Age 40)
 

Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History 1955 (Age 41)
 

Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement
Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence
Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Death of a half-sister 27 November 1956 (Age 42)
 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Annie Elizabeth Madill
Australian History 1956 (Age 42)
 

Note: Television in Australia is launched.
Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics
Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History 1957 (Age 43)
 

Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.
Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Australian History 1962 (Age 48)
 

Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.
Note: Malayan Insurgence ends
Death of a mother 6 July 1963 (Age 49)
 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

mother - Abina Maude Lynas
Australian History 1964 (Age 50)
 

Note: The Beatles tour Australia;
Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne;
Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity;
Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old;
Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War.
Australian History 1965 (Age 51)
 

Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland
Death of a daughter 10 February 1966 (Age 52)
 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

daughter - Abina Margaret "Bina" Madill
Australian History 1966 (Age 52)
 

Note: The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted;
Note: Menzies retires as Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and is succeeded by Harold Holt.
Australian History 14 February 1966 (Age 52)
 

Note: Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound.
Australian History 1967 (Age 53)
 

Note: Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people;
Note: Prime Minister Holt drowns and is succeeded by John Gorton;
Note: The constitution is changed to allow Aboriginal Australians to be included in the population count and for the federal government to legislate for them; Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings;
Note: Talkback radio is introduced;
Note: British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in Sydney;
Note: Gough Whitlam becomes leader of the Labor Party;
Note: Ronald Ryan becomes the last person legally executed in Australia.
Australian History 1968 (Age 54)
 

Note: Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney;
Australian History 1969 (Age 55)
 

Note: French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney;
Note: Renowned author-artists Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs die;
Note: The Australian production of the rock musical Hair premieres in Sydney;
Note: Top pop groups The Easybeats and The Twilights break up; Tim Burstall directs2000 Weeks, the first all-Australian feature released since Charles Chauvel's Jedda in 1958
Death of a half-sister 16 October 1970 (Age 56)
 Rosebud, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Elizabeth Isabel Madill
Death of a half-sister 1970 (Age 56)
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Daisy Madill
Australian History 1970 (Age 56)
 

Note: More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War
Death of a brother 6 June 1971 (Age 57)
 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

younger brother - Leslie George Madill
Australian History 1971 (Age 57)
 

Note: Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament;
Note: John Gorton resigns and is succeeded by William McMahon
Note: The 1971 Springbok tour sparks protest all throughout Australia. Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in QLD in response to escalating protest.
Note: Daylight Saving is introduced to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory.
Australian History 1972 (Age 58)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage.
Note: Aboriginal Tent Embassy erected in response to the Coalition government's approval of exploration licences and mining tenements on reserves
Note: The first Labor government since 1949 is elected under the leadership of Gough Whitlam
Note: Australia recognizes the People's Republic of China
Note: Queensland abandons Daylight Saving.
Australian History 1973 (Age 59)
 

Note: The Sydney Opera House is opened
Note: The White Australian Policy (established 1901) is officially dismantled
Note: Vietnam War ends
Note: The federal voting age is dropped from 21 to 18
Note: Unionists save the historic 'The Rocks' area of Sydney from demolition by introducing 'Green Bans'
Note: Patrick White becomes the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Australian History 1974 (Age 60)
 

Note: Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy
Australian History 1975 (Age 61)
 

Note: (November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister
Note: The 'Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act removes the right to appeal High Court decisions to the British Privy Council. Appeals to the Privy Council direct from State Supreme Courts remain until 1988.
Note: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to legalise homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Note: Whitlam government introduced the Aboriginal Land (NT) Bill into Parliament. The bill proposed land rights in the Northern Territory based on land claimed on grounds of need as well as traditional affiliation and traditional landowners maintaining control over mining and development.
Death of a half-sister 18 April 1976 (Age 62)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

half-sister - Ethel Madill
Australian History 1976 (Age 62)
 

Note: The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private.
Australian History 1977 (Age 63)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem
Note: Granville rail disaster killed eighty-three people
Death of a half-sister 15 May 1978 (Age 64)
 Finley, New South Wales, Australia

half-sister - Ida Lilian Madill
Death of a sister 21 December 1978 (Age 64)
 Prahran, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Gertrude "Rita" Madill
Australian History 1978 (Age 64)
 

Note: The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney
Australian History 1979 (Age 65)
 

Note: Australian women win the right to maternity leave
Note: Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are both proclaimed.
Australian History 1980 (Age 66)
 

Note: Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election.
Australian History 1981 (Age 67)
 

Note: A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built.
Death of a brother 7 August 1982 (Age 68)
 Warragul, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - David James "Jim" Madill
Burial of a brother 10 August 1982 (Age 68)
 Warragul, Victoria, Australia

elder brother - David James "Jim" Madill
Australian History 1982 (Age 68)
 

Note: Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened.
Death of a half-brother 12 July 1983 (Age 69)
 Berrigan, Victoria, Australia

half-brother - Albert Ernest Madill
Australian History 1983 (Age 69)
 

Note: Australia wins the America's Cup;
Note: Bob Hawke defeats Fraser and leads Labor back to government.
Note: The Australian Dollar is floated.
Note: The Ash Wednesday fires kill 71 people.
Australian History 1984 (Age 70)
 

Note: Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem.
Note: The one dollar coin is introduced.
Note: Labor wins the 1984 Australian federal election.
Note: Medicare is established.
Australian History 1985 (Age 71)
 

Note: The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease.
Note: The last state to do so (New South Wales) abolishes capital punishment.
Australian History 1986 (Age 72)
 

Note: The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia.
Australian History 1987 (Age 73)
 

Note: Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19,
Note: Queen Street Massacre kills 8 victims and injures 5.
Note: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top.
Australian History 1988 (Age 74)
 

Note: Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88.
Australian History 1989 (Age 75)
 

Note: Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people.
Note: ACT gains self-Government.
Note: The Kempsey bus crash and Grafton bus crash kill a total of 56 people.
Note: Queensland commences three-year trial of Daylight Saving.
Note: Rosemary Follett (Australian Labor Party) becomes the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.
Australian History 1990 (Age 76)
 

Note: Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War.
Note: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female premier of an Australian state.
Note: Labor wins the 1990 federal election.
Birth of a granddaughter
#1		 15 March 1991 (Age 77)
 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

granddaughter - Chelsey Kate Baxter
Australian History 1991 (Age 77)
 

Note: Prime Minister Bob Hawke is replaced by Paul Keating.
Note: Seven people die in the Strathfield massacre.
Note: Prominent heart surgeon Victor Chang is gunned down.
Note: The Coode Island chemical storage facility in Melbourne explodes, leaving a toxic cloud hanging over the city for days.
Australian History 1992 (Age 78)
 

Note: The High Court delivers the Mabo Decision, which rules that indigenous native title does exist. This effectively extinguishes the concept of terra nullius.
Note: New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner resigns.
Note: Queensland holds a Referendum on Daylight Saving, which is defeated with a 54.5% 'no' vote.
Death of a sister 19 May 1993 (Age 79)
 Kew, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Abina Maude Madill
Australian History 1993 (Age 79)
 

Note: Keating defeats John Hewson in the 1993 federal election;
Note: The Australian Greens stand candidates for the first time.
Death of a granddaughter 25 December 1994 (Age 80)
 

granddaughter - Chelsey Kate Baxter
Death of a sister 2 June 1995 (Age 81)
 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

elder sister - Elsie Madill
Australian History 1995 (Age 81)
 

Note: The Northern Territory legalises voluntary euthanasia, but it is overruled by the federal government when Liberal MP Kevin Andrews proposes the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996
Australian History 1996 (Age 82)
 

Note: The High Court hands down the Wik Decision, which holds that indigenous native title can survive the granting of pastoral leases.
Note: Liberal John Howard becomes Prime Minister, defeating Paul Keating after a record 13 years of Labor government
Note: All Australian states and territories agree to introduce uniform gun laws following the deaths of 35 people in the Port Arthur massacre
News Paper
Article
1997 (estimated) (Age 83)
 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Australian History 1997 (Age 83)
 

Note: Expelled Liberal MP Pauline Hanson forms the One Nation Party
Note: (1 May) Tasmania legalises homosexuality.
Note: (30 Jul) Eighteen people die when the Bimbadene and Carinya Lodges collapse at Thredbo Alpine Village at 11.30 p.m. on 30 July
Australian History 1998 (Age 84)
 

Note: A major strike results when Patrick Stevedores attempt to introduce non-union labour to reduce the influence of the Maritime Union of Australia
Note: The Australian Stock Exchange is demutualized and floated as a public company, becoming the world's first stock exchange to be listed on an exchange.
Australian History 1999 (Age 85)
 

Note: Both houses of the federal parliament pass a motion signifying both recognition of and regret at past treatment of indigenous Australians.
Note: Australia win the 1999 Rugby World Cup
Note: A referendum on changing to a republic is unsuccessful
Note: Australian soldiers are deployed to East Timor as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping force.
Australian History 2000 (Age 86)
 

Note: 27th Olympic Games held in Sydney.
Note: Howard Government introduces a Goods and Services Tax.
Australian History 2001 (Age 87)
 

Note: Australia celebrates centenary of Federation;
Note: (August) Tampa affair (August) and tightening of policies against illegal immigration;
Note: (11 Sep) Terrorist Attacks on the United States by Al Qaeda (John Howard invokes ANZUS Treaty);
Note: Howard defeats Kim Beazley in Federal Election
Note: Western Australia adopts a uniform Age of consent of 16.
Note: Australian forces deployed to War to topple Taliban for supporting Al Qaeda
Australian History 2002 (Age 88)
 

Note: 2002 Bali bombings, the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians.
Australian History 2003 (Age 89)
 

Note: Australian military deployed to Iraq War to oust the Saddam Hussein regime for serial non-compliance with the 1991 Gulf War Peace Treaty.
Note: Northern Territory introdues uniform Age Of Consent set at 16 for everyone.
Note: New South Wales becomes the last State to have a Uniform Age of Consent at 16 for everyone.
Note: Australia hosts the Rugby World Cup, with the home side losing the final to England in Sydney
Australian History 2004 (Age 90)
 

Note: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia.
Note: Federal Election: Howard Government (Liberal-National Coalition) wins fourth term and defeats Mark Latham led Australian Labor Party.
Death of a wife 20 February 2005 (Age 91)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

wife - Alma Elizabeth Norton
Australian History 2005 (Age 91)
 

Note: Sydney beachside suburb of Cronulla sees a protest against the alleged bashing of a beach lifeguard, developing into an alcohol-fuelled, racially-charged riot.
Australian History 2006 (Age 92)
 

Note: The Commonwealth Games are held in Melbourne.
Note: 2006-7 - Australian Forces are again deployed to East Timor to help stabilize the country.
Australian History 2007 (Age 93)
 

Note: Sydney hosts APEC summit.
Note: 2007-2010 - Australia avoids recession amidst Global Financial Crisis
Note: Federal Election: Kevin Rudd (Australian Labor Party) defeats John Howard (Liberal-National Coalition) and becomes Prime Minister.
Death August 2007 (Age 93)
 Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Address:
Knight Street, Mooroopna.
Family with parents - View family
father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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27 years
mother
Abina Maude Lynas Abina Maude Lynas

Birth 10 July 1882 40 34  Hanna Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death 6 July 1963 (Age 80)  Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1898 — 66 Herbet Street, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
3 years
#1 elder sister
Abina Maude Madill Abina Maude Madill

Birth 10 September 1900 45 18  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 19 May 1993 (Age 92)  Kew, Victoria, Australia

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3 years
#2 elder brother
Madill David James (Pa) 2.jpg David James "Jim" Madill

Birth 28 February 1903 47 20  Albert Park, Victoria, Australia

Death 7 August 1982 (Age 79)  Warragul, Victoria, Australia

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11 months
#3 elder brother
Madill Thomas Mathew.jpg Thomas Matthew Madill

Birth 1 February 1904 48 21  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 10 December 1952 (Age 48)  Garfield, Victoria, Australia

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20 months
#4 elder sister
Madill Elsie.jpg Elsie Madill

Birth 15 October 1905 50 23  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 2 June 1995 (Age 89)  Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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21 months
#5 elder sister
Madill Florence.jpg Florence "May" Madill

Birth 11 July 1907 51 25  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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5 years
#6 elder sister
Madill Rita.jpg Gertrude "Rita" Madill

Birth 8 August 1912 57 30  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 21 December 1978 (Age 66)  Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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17 months
#7 himself
Madill Frederick Lynas.jpg Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill

Birth 28 December 1913 58 31  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death August 2007 (Age 93)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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17 months
#8 younger brother
Leslie George Madill Leslie George Madill

Birth 17 May 1915 59 32  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 6 June 1971 (Age 56)  Numurkah, Victoria, Australia

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4 years
#9 younger sister
Madill Phyllis.jpg Phyllis Rosiland Madill

Birth 28 February 1919 63 36  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 4 July 2011 (Age 92)  

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Father’s family with Adelaide Annie Briggs - View family
father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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5 months
step-mother
Adelaide Annie Briggs

Birth 1856 22 21  Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Death 11 December 1879 (Age 23)  Ararat, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: 1877 — Clunes, Victoria, Australia
3 years
#1 half-sister
Madill Annie Elizabeth.jpg Annie Elizabeth Madill

Birth 9 August 1879 24 23  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 27 November 1956 (Age 77)  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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Father’s family with Mary Ellen Ryan - View family
father
Madill David.jpg David Madill

Birth 22 July 1855 25 25  Mullaghboy, Monaghan, Ireland

Death 10 March 1933 (Age 77) Age: 77  Undera North, Victoria, Australia

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5 months
step-mother
Mary Ellen Ryan

Birth 1856  Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death 1898 (Age 42)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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Marriage: about 1881
16 months
#1 half-sister
Madill Edith.jpg Edith May Madill

Birth 16 May 1882 26 26  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 18 July 1931 (Age 49)  Carnegie, Victoria, Australia

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Madill Ethel.jpg Ethel Madill

Birth 4 January 1884 28 28  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 18 April 1976 (Age 92)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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Madill Margaret.jpg Margaret Rebecca Ellen Madill

Birth 9 December 1885 30 29  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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Madill Isabelle.jpg Elizabeth Isabel Madill

Birth 25 August 1887 32 31  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 16 October 1970 (Age 83)  Rosebud, Victoria, Australia

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Madill Alice.jpg Alice Madill

Birth 24 August 1889 34 33  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death yes  

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Madill Daisy.jpg Daisy Madill

Birth 14 September 1891 36 35  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 1970 (Age 78)  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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#7 half-brother
Madill Albert.jpg Albert Ernest Madill

Birth 27 June 1893 37 37  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 12 July 1983 (Age 90)  Berrigan, Victoria, Australia

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Madill Ida.jpg Ida Lilian Madill

Birth 6 June 1895 39 39  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death 15 May 1978 (Age 82)  Finley, New South Wales, Australia

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Madill Frederick Lynas.jpg Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill

Birth 28 December 1913 58 31  Undera, Victoria, Australia

Death August 2007 (Age 93)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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wife
Norton Alma Elizabeth.jpg Alma Elizabeth Norton

Birth 18 January 1915  Victoria, Australia

Death 20 February 2005 (Age 90)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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Madill Mavis Lesley.jpg Mavis Lesley Madill

Birth 26 May 1942 28 27  Mooroopna Base Hospital, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death 6 August 2018 (Age 76)  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

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Abina Margaret Bina Madill Abina Margaret "Bina" Madill

Birth 17 September 1949 35 34  Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Death 10 February 1966 (Age 16)  Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

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Frederick Lynas "Fred" Madill has 32 first cousins recorded

Father's family (21)

Parents John Sherry + Ann Jane Madill
1 John Thomas Sherry 1875–?
2 Edwin David Sherry 1877–1951
3 Mary Ann Sherry 1879–?
4 Thomas Mathew Sherry 1881–1971
5 Lela Maud Sherry 1884–1976
6 Francis Henry Sherry 1886–?
7 Voilet May Sherry 1890–1972
8 Winifred Sherry 1891–1974
9 Margaret Ellen Sherry 1895–?
Parents James Alfred Bilson + Mary Ellinor Madill
1 Walter Frankling Bilson 1882–1894
2 Reginald Madill Bilson 1884–1967
3 Ellen May Bilson 1886–?
4 David Leslie Bilson 1888–?
5 Alfred Osland Bilson 1890–1968
6 James Arthur Bilson 1893–1894
7 Adelaide Elizabeth Bilson 1895–?
8 Irene Mary Bilson 1900–?
Parents James Henry Ryan + Margaret Ann Madill
1 Eva Adelaide Ryan 1891–?
2 Herbert Ernest Ryan 1893–?
3 Vera Mabel Ryan 1907–1998
4 Ella Margaret Ryan 1909–?

Mother's family (11)

Parents William James Lynas + Ellen Rose North
1 George Lynas ?–?
2 Gwen Lynas ?–?
3 Dorothy Lynas 1898–?
4 Gertrude Lynas ?–?
5 Bruce Lynas ?–?
6 William Lynas ?–?
Parents Vincent Scott Moran + Sara Elizabeth Lynas
1 Leonard Hamilton Moran 1897–?
Parents John "Arthur" Lynas + Edith May Madill
1 Isabel "May" Lynas 1908–2000
2 Hilda Mary "Hilly" Lynas 1910–1966
3 George Arthur Lynas 1919–?
Parents Frederick Victor Lynas + Jane Sellwood
1 William James Lynas 1921–2013
 
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The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place

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Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.

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(25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April.

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Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill'

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Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed.

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(08 AUG) Battle of Amiens

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Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.

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The airline Qantas is founded

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Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament

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The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney

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Vegemite is first produced

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The first Miss Australia contest is held

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The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

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Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

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Western Australia celebrates its centenary

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Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings

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Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia

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The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens

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Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments

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The last Thylacine dies

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The radio series Dad and Dave begins

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Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games

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(April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government

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A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin

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Service Record Name MADILL, FREDERICK LYNAS Service Australian Army Service Number V395472 Date of Birth 28 Dec 1913 Place of Birth MOOROOPNA, VIC Date of Enlistment 28 Jul 1941 Locality on Enlistment UNDERA, VIC Place of Enlistment SHEPPARTON, VIC Next of Kin MADILL, ALMA Date of Discharge 1 Oct 1945 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No

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3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.

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Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese

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Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.

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Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW.

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the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader.

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Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme

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Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly.

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Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins

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1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea.

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Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand

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First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.

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Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party

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Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement

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Television in Australia is launched.

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The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts.

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Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT.

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The Beatles tour Australia;

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Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland

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The ban on the employment of married women in the Commonwealth Public Service is lifted;

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Decimalisation; on 14 February the Australian currency is changed to dollars and cents, with the Australian Dollar replacing the Australian pound.

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Large areas of Hobart and south-eastern Tasmania are devastated by bushfires on 7 February that kill 62 people;

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Australia signs the nuclear non-proliferation treaty; Aboriginal boxing champion Lionel Rose defeats Masahiko 'Fighting' Harada in Japan to become the world bantamweight champion; Australia's first liver transplant operation is performed in Sydney;

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French conceptual artist Christo 'wraps' Little Bay in Sydney;

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More than 200,000 people participate in the largest demonstrations in Australian history, against the Vietnam War

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Neville Bonner becomes the first Aborigine to become an Australian Member of Parliament;

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The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that women doing the same job as men have the right to be paid the same wage.

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The Sydney Opera House is opened

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Darwin is devastated by Cyclone Tracy

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(November) A constitutional crisis occurs when Malcolm Fraser blocks supply, bringing the nation to a standstill until Governor-General John Kerr dismisses Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on the 11.11.75. Fraser wins elections and becomes Prime Minister

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The Australian Capital Territory legalises homosexuality between consenting adults in private.

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Advance Australia Fair becomes Australia's official national anthem

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The First Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras kicks off in Sydney

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Australian women win the right to maternity leave

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Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Uluru (Ayers Rock), reportedly taken by a dingo. The Coalition wins the 1980 Australian federal election.

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A referendum is held in Tasmania to vote for whether or not the Franklin Dam should be built.

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Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane. The National Gallery of Australia is opened.

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Australia wins the America's Cup;

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Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem.

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The government grants the freehold title of a large area of land in central Australia, including prominent landmarks Uluru and Kata Tjuta, to the Mutitjulu people, who in turn give them a 99-year lease.

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The Australia Act removes the right of appeal from State courts to the British Privy Council, making the High Court the final court of appeal in Australia. The Act also removes all remaining rights of the UK parliament to pass law for Australia. Anita Cobby murder in Sydney. Russell Street Bombing in Melbourne. Crocodile Dundee is released in Australia.

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Hoddle Street Massacre kills 7 victims and injures 19,

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Australia celebrates its bicentenary, with large celebrations and major funding for capital works projects. The new Parliament House opens. Federal referendums on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government and other issues are defeated. Brisbane hosts World Expo '88.

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Newcastle Earthquake kills 13 people.

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Royal Australian Navy deployed in preparation for the First Gulf War.

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Prime Minister Bob Hawke is replaced by Paul Keating.

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The High Court delivers the Mabo Decision, which rules that indigenous native title does exist. This effectively extinguishes the concept of terra nullius.

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Keating defeats John Hewson in the 1993 federal election;

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The Northern Territory legalises voluntary euthanasia, but it is overruled by the federal government when Liberal MP Kevin Andrews proposes the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996

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The High Court hands down the Wik Decision, which holds that indigenous native title can survive the granting of pastoral leases.

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Expelled Liberal MP Pauline Hanson forms the One Nation Party

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A major strike results when Patrick Stevedores attempt to introduce non-union labour to reduce the influence of the Maritime Union of Australia

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Both houses of the federal parliament pass a motion signifying both recognition of and regret at past treatment of indigenous Australians.

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27th Olympic Games held in Sydney.

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Australia celebrates centenary of Federation;

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2002 Bali bombings, the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, (including 88 Australians.

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Australian military deployed to Iraq War to oust the Saddam Hussein regime for serial non-compliance with the 1991 Gulf War Peace Treaty.

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A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia.

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Sydney beachside suburb of Cronulla sees a protest against the alleged bashing of a beach lifeguard, developing into an alcohol-fuelled, racially-charged riot.

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The Commonwealth Games are held in Melbourne.

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Sydney hosts APEC summit.



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