1940 in Australia | |
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Monarch | George VI |
Governor-General | Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie |
Prime minister | Robert Menzies |
Population | 7,039,490 |
Elections | Federal, VIC |
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The following lists events that happened during 1940 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1934 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1931 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1910 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1946 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1948 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1942 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1939 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1941 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Commonwealth of Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1912 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in Australia.
1914 in Australia was dominated by the outbreak of World War I. Andrew Fisher, who became Prime Minister a month after Australia entered the war vowed that Australia would "stand beside our own to help and defend Britain to the last man and the last shilling." In 1914, the Australian war effort was dominated by recruiting and equipping a force to fight overseas.