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Establishes law practice: individual briefs for cases combine with opinion
work to keep Menzies busy and lay the basis for a sound income. First appearance
in the High Court in a case Troy v Wrigglesworth. It is noted
in Martin (1993) that Menzies' father came to sit at the back of the court
and listen to the arguments. For a junior to appear alone for the first
time before the High Court of up to seven judges could be a fearsome experience.
Menzies enjoyed recounting the family sequel:"Well you know, the Old Man went out, and afterwards went back to my mother and said: 'You know my dear, I have been underestimating Robert.' That was very good. It almost revolutionised his outlook on his third son's talents." |
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Australia, with Billy Hughes as Prime Minister, has a prominent place
at the Paris meeting of nations that decides the fate of the defeated
Germany and reshapes the map of Europe and the colonial world. Brothers Ross
and Keith Smith and their crew become the first people to fly between
England and Australia. The flight takes 27 days and 20 hours in a Vickers
Vimy. It earns the brothers a £10,000 prize offered by the government
to the first Australian airmen to complete the flight in less than 30
consecutive days before December 31. Influenza epidemic
claims the lives of 11,552 Australians. Jules Archibald
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Treaty of Versailles: Australia gained League of Nations mandate over
German New Guinea. Influenza epidemic
spreads around the world. First trans-Atlantic
flight: British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown fly non-stop across
the Atlantic in a Vickers-Vimy biplane. The 3,154 km flight from Newfoundland
to Ireland took 16 hours 12 minutes at an average speed of 120 mph. Russia invaded
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