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Major events with communism after World War II

Created by tarablancramos on Feb 27, 2011

Last updated: 03/03/11 at 08:14 PM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Feb 27, 2011 5:01 PM

• Labor Party Split
  Dec 15, 1955

  The Labor Party split on the 10 December 1955

• Election 1955
  Dec 10, 1955

  The Liberal Party of Australia led by Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Labor Party

• Royal Commission
  Sep 14, 1955

  The final report of the Royal Commission was released

• Petrov Announcement
  Apr 15, 1954

  It was announced to Australia that Petrov was a soviet spy who had defected to Australia

• Mrs Petrov
  Apr 15, 1954

  Mrs Petrov was escorted out of Australia by fellow soviet

• The Communist Party Case - High Court
  Sep 14, 1951

  The Communist Party Case is when the HIgh Court rejected and defeated the Communist Party Dissolution Bill

• Communist Party Dissolution Bill Referendum
  Sep 14, 1951

  In September 1951 a referendum was held in order to give the Government of Robert Menzies the power to ban the Communist Party of Australia. It was defeated

• Election 1951
  Apr 28, 1951

  Due to a double dissolution called after the Senate rejected the Commonwealth Bank Bill. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley.

• The Australian Communist Party Dissolution Bill
  1950

  This was a bill that Robert Menzies created which was to ban the Communist Party in Australia.

• Korean War
  Jun 14, 1950

  The Korean War began on the 25 June 1950 and ended on 27 July 1953. The Korean war was a disagreement between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Malaya Intervention
  Apr 1950

  In April 1950 the British Government asked whether some Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) units could be sent to assist in the Malayan Emergency. Menzies therefore postponed any decision on the matter until after the visit of the British Commissioner-General for South-East Asia, Malcolm MacDonald. But the visit, which took place in early May 1950, made a decision more difficult.

• Australian Coal Strike
  Jun 27, 1949

  Started 27 June 1949 Ended 15 August 1949

• Bank Nationalisation
  Oct 15, 1947

  The Banking Act 1947 was created by Ben Chifley in an attempt to unite the banks in order to prevent another depression.