TIMELINE
1901 - Federation of six states to form the Commonwealth of Australia
1914 - First World War
1915 - ANZAC landings at Gallipoli
1919 - Art in Australia launched by Sydney Ure Smith
1927 - Federal Capital moves from Melbourne to Canberra
1932 - Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge
1937 - Formation of Australian Academy of Art
1938 - Formation of Contemporary Art Society
1939 - Second World War, Australian troops sent to Mediterranean. Exhibition "I" Sydney
1947 - Contemporary Art Society suspends activities
1950 - Australian troops to the Korean War
1959 - Antipodean Exhibition, Melbourne
1960 - Australian Aboriginal Art exhibition, Sydney and State Galleries
1962 - Australian Troops to Vietnam War
1963 - Art and Australia founded. Tate Gallery exhibition of Australian Art
1973 - Opening of Sydney Opera House
1976 - Federal Government grants Aborigines large areas of land
1981 - First Australian Perspecta exhibition, Sydney
1982 - National Gallery opened in Canberra
1985 - Ayres Rock returned to Aborigines. "Golden Summers - Heidelberg and Beyond" exhibition toured Australia
1988 - "Terra Australis - The Furthest Shore" exhibition Sydney. "The Great Australian Art Exhibition 1788 - 1988" toured Australia
1991 - Museum of Contemporary Art opened
1992 - Mabo case: High Court finds Native Title not extinguished by the arrival of British in 1788