Australiain the1920's

ImportantEvents

Fashions

PrimeMinisters

Entertainment

Sport

Food

Jobs

Communications

Transport

InterestingFacts

Horse transport was stillwidely used in the 1920s but

at the end of the decade,Motor cars well out

numbered horse-drawncars.

In the 1920s work began againafter world war 1 had put a stop

to progress in earnest and by1923 all Melbourne suburbantrain services were electrified

November 1920 PJ Mcguinessand WH fysh formed theQueensland and NT Ariel

services (QANTAS)

The model T fordwas the most

popular car in the1920s

In 1923 sir Earle Page,while he was acting prime

minister, noted thatmessages were enable to

girdle the earth in oneseventh of a second.

In 1924 a regular airmailservice began betweenSydney and Adelaidefollowed by regular

service betweenMelbourne and Sydney in

1925

In 1925Jack Long thepremier of New South

Wales became thefirst political leader n

Australia

Many Australian stampscommemorated special

events such as theopening of the

parliament house

For all jobswomen's wages were less than

men's Many womenworked in factories

Women made20.3% of the totalworkforce in 1921

There were no unemployment

benefits

Billy MorrisHughes

StanleyMelbourne Bruce

(1882- 1967)

James HenryScullin (1876-

1953)

In 1923 vegimitewas produced

For most of the 1920sice-cream was a specialtreat available picture

theatre to somerestaurant.

There was a widerange of eatingestablishments

Norman Brookeswas the star of the Australian tennis

early in thecentury

Swimminglessons were

provided by mostschools

Australiawon the ashesfrom

England in1920, 21,24 and 25but lost itssupriority

later in thedecade

Progress of cricket test matcheswould be splashed across the

pages of news papers each dayand crowds would anxiously awaitthe papers as though the destiny of the nation depended on out come

Elaboratedancers

were advertised

in thenews

papers

Al Jolsonstarred inthe firsttalkingpicture.

The singer, and theera of thesilent film

passedinto

history.

The new jazz music filled the

air atparties

anddancers

Before thepictures were

shownaudiences

were entertained

by musicplayed onwurlitizerorgans

He was ateacher

and tradeunion

official

Scullinenteredfederal

parlimentin 1910

but lost hisseat in1913

He studdedlaw at

Cambridgeuniversity in

England

With new fashions , new music and new

attitudes the1920s are

rememberedas the 'goodtimes decade

In 1925 theAustraliangoverment

encouragedBritish peopleto migrate to

Australia