Australian History of the 20th Century

Use the clues to name these famous incidents, places and people in Australian history during the 20th century.

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Year	Milestone	Answer
1900	Australian Federation is ushered in by this statesman	Sir Henry Parkes
1906	The world's first feature film tells the story of this Australian criminal group	The Kelly Gang
1916	This military commemoration is held for the first time	Anzac Day
1919	This Australian film becomes the biggest local hit of the silent era	The Sentimental Bloke
1927	This aviator makes the first continuous flight from USA to Australia	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
1927	The first session of this is opened in Canberra	Federal Parliament
1932	This famous bridge is opened to traffic	Sydney Harbour Bridge
1932	This Australian film becomes the biggest local hit of the early sound era	On Our Selection
1932	This Premier of NSW is dismissed from office	Jack Lang
1942	This northern Australian city is bombed by enemy forces	Darwin
1945	This woman is the first elected to Canberra's House of Representatives	Dame Enid Lyons
1954	The defection of this Soviet spy causes a sensation	Vladimir Petrov
1956	This city hosts Australia's first Olympic Games	Melbourne
1962	This Australian tennis player wins all four Grand Slam titles	Rod Laver
1967	This Prime Minister goes missing, presumed drowned	Harold Holt
1969	This Australian observatory broadcasts the first images of the moon landing	Parkes / Honeysuckle Creek
1973	This famous building is opened by Queen Elizabeth II	Sydney Opera House
1974	This cyclone destroys the majority of Darwin	Cyclone Tracy
1975	This Prime Minister is dismissed from office	Gough Whitlam
1980	A baby of this name goes missing near Uluru (Ayres Rock)	Azaria Chamberlin
1983	Australia wins this sought-after sporting award	America's Cup
1992	The High Court hands down this decision on Aboriginal land rights	Mabo
1997	This thespian wins the Academy Award for Best Actor	Geoffrey Rush
2000	This Australian city hosts the Olympic Games	Sydney

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