The year 1928

At that time;

  • King George V  the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra reigned over the remains of the British Empire
  • The Government of Ireland Act had divided Ireland along religious lines. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa demanded the right of self-governance after WW1, resulting in the creation of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
  • The worldwide depression of 1929-1931 deeply affected many countries.
  • Stanley Baldwin was Prime Minister in United Kingdom
  • Aviator, Amelia Earhart, became the first woman to successfully pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
  • The summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam.
  • Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin.
  • Emmeline Pankhurst, British women’s suffrage campaigner died.

 

In Australia around 1928

  • Stanley Bruce was Prime Minister
  • The population was 6,302,210.
  • Was the first meeting of federal parliament in Canberra on 9 May 1927 after an opening ceremony by the Duke of York (later King George VI).
  • The Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia commenced operations.
  • Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew arrived in Brisbane after completing the first flight across the Pacific Ocean.
  • ‘The Jazz Singer’ became the first sound film screened in Australia