Recent Event Highlights: Korean War Ended, Referendum to Ban Communist Party, High Court Decision on Communist Party Dissolution Bill, Australia enters Korean War, Korean War Started, Communist Dissolution Bill, and 11 more...
Created by ejmilliner13 on Feb 27, 2011
Last updated: 03/17/11 at 12:53 AM
Liberal Party Current Prime Minister Robert Menzies defeated Labour Party member Herbert Evatt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1955
South East Asian Treaty Organisation was signed to oppose communist activity by United States, Britian, France, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Pakistan and the Philippines.
Liberal Party Current Prime Minister Robert Menzies defeated Labour Party member Herbert Evatt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1954
Mrs Petrov is escorted to a plane to take her back home. Thousands of anti-communists demonstraters gather on tarmac. In Darwin, Mrs Petrov decideds to defect.
http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/online/petrov/the-affair.html
In the last session of Parliment before the 1954 election, Menzies announced that Petrov had decided to defect.
http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/online/petrov/royal-commission.html
Vladmir Petrov decideds to defect and stay in Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrov_Affair
After Petrov was Defected, a royal commision was held to investigate claims of a Soviet Spy ring in Australia. None of these claims were ever comfirmed.
http://moadoph.gov.au/exhibitions/online/petrov/royal-commission.html
The Korean War ended with the signing of an Armistice on the 27th of July 1953.
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/korea.asp
Australia, New Zealand and United States treaty is signed to promote alliances with the three nations.
After the High Court ruled the Bill to Ban the Communist Party Unconstitutional, Menzies took the issue to a referendum. Like most other referendums, this one failed, although by a very small percentage. 49.44% for, 50.56% against.
Liberal Party current Prime Minsiter stayed in office, defeating Labour Party Member Ben Chiefly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1951
After opposition of the Labour Party for the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, the Bill went to the High Court on the grounds that it challenged the basic rights of Australian citizens. Six of the Seven judges ruled the bill un-constitutional.
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/throughmyeyes/ko_toh.html
Army of communist North Korea invaded non-communist South Korea. United Nations members sent troops amde up of mainly US and Australian troops. The Korean war seemed to justify all beliefs of Communist agression. It was an example of "Forward Defence".
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/korea.asp
North Korea invaded non-communist South Korea. President Truman of the United States saw this as communist aggression and 16 United Nations members sent troops to support South Korea.
A communist movement begun to operate in the Malay jungles from around 1948. By 1950 the situation known as the Malayan emergency increased and British troops were sent. In 1955 Menzies decided to send Australian ground, naval and air troops to assist.
http://se-asia.commemoration.gov.au/australians-arrive-in-malayan-emergency/
Menzies introduced Bill to dissolve the Communist Party and make the party illegal. This was in order to combat communist influence inside Australia.
http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/throughmyeyes/ko_toh.html
Labour Prime Minister Ben Chiefly defeated by Liberal Member Robert Menzies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1949
The 1949 Australian coal strike is the first time that Australian military forces were used during peacetime to break a Trade union strike. The strike by 23,000 coal miners lasted for seven weeks, with troops being sent in by the Ben Chifley Federal Labor Government to the open cut coal mines in New South Wales on 28 July 1949, with the workers returning to work defeated two weeks later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Australian_coal_strike
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