Key Event of 20th Century

Certificate IV in

Custom Made Footwear

1900s

1901 - Australian Federation http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/

federation/constitution-website/stories/celebration/pods/inaugura

tion-day-1901/index.html 1908 – Model T Ford Introduced

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-

facts.html

Queen Victoria passed away and the

Edwardian period began

1905 - Victoria's first public secondary school

http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1900/decade_landing_10.html?tabR

ank=3

1910s

World War 1 1914-1919 https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2014/05/21/au

stralian-imperial-force-other-ranks-uniform-1914-1918/

1910 - Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel wore men’s

pants yachting

1912 - The Tango was introduced in Paris

1911 – Commonwealth Bank http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1910/decade_landing_9.html?tabR

ank=2

1920s

Introduction of silk hosiery http://glamourdaze.com/2009/

01/vintage-stockings.html

1923 – Hollywoodland http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/07/the-famous-hollywood-sign-originally-read-hollywoodland-and-was-lit-by-about-4000-light-

bulbs-embedded-in-the-letters/

1928- Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic

wearing an outfit made by Elsa Schiaparelli

1929 – Stock Market Crash http://www.history.com/topic

s/1929-stock-market-crash

1930s

1939 - The Wizard of Oz https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/18/museum-kickstarter-restore-dorothys-ruby-

slippers-wizard-of-oz

Hollywood- Jean Harlow http://www.harpersbazaar.c

om/fashion/street-style/g7690/high-heels-

through-the-years/?slide=15 1933 – First Women’s Weekly was published

1934, the first Australian women's cricket match against England took place

http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/40110

1940s

1942 – Rationing http://boobookbacktracks.blogspot.com.au/2014/

10/sepia-saturday-ration-coupons.html

1945 – World War II ended http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/521177/end-of-war-

celebrations-sydney-1945

1947 – Dior released the New Look

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/g5139/christian-dior-1940s-photos/

1949 - Snowy Mountain Hydro-electric Scheme was launched

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/Heritage/aboutheritage/tunnelsdams.htm

1950s

1950 – Cinderella http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Glass_Slipper

1956 – Blue Suede Shoes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-

2515487/Elvis-Presleys-blue-suede-shoes-sale-80k.html

1953 – Queen Elizabeth was coronated

http://www.projectbritain.com/calendar/June/coronation.

html

1959- First Vogue Australia Cover

1960s

Twiggy at Melbourne Cup https://www.stylearc.com

/magazine/sewing-ideas/shift-dress-pattern/

Get Smart http://betterafter50.com/2013/07/cell-phones-finding-the-right-plan-

for-you/

1961 – Jackie Kennedy http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/g1370/jackie-kennedy-

onassis-style-0111/?slide=7

1963- Martin Luther King Jnr delivered “I have a dream” speech

1965 – Vietnam War http://vietnam-

war.commemoration.gov.au/vietnam-war/bien-hoa-province.php

1970s

1977 – Saturday Night Fever

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-

news/squirrel-strikes-john-travolta-pose-

752742

1975 – First personal computer http://lowendmac.com/2014/personal-computer-history-the-

first-25-years/

1972- Cleo magazine was first published

1972- Australia introduced a minimum wage

http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/equal_pay_for_women

1980s

Powerdressing https://www.bustle.com/articles/152069-the-evolution-of-the-female-power-suit-

what-it-means-photos

1983- Michael Jackson released Thriller

1988- Anna Wintour’s first Vogue cover

1984 – Advance Australia introduced

http://www.hamilton.net.au/advance/author.html

1990s

Westwood and Campbell http://www.harpersbazaar.c

om/fashion/street-style/g7690/high-heels-

through-the-years/?slide=77

$10,000 per day http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people

/peter-lindbergh-runites-90s-

supermodels-cindy-crawford-helena-

christensen/

1995 – Introduction of Internet http://www.codeulike.com/2008/

01/internet-in-1995.html

1996- Ebay was launched

1990- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

2000s

Sex in the City http://indulgy.com/post/8zu5

n8b0C2/sex-and-the-city

2000- Sydney Hosted the Olympic Games

2001- 9/11 World Trade Centre attack

2010- Julia Gillard became the first prime minster after the first hung parliament

since 1940 http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primemi

nisters/gillard/

Historical Influence on Today’s designs

Recreation

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