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Student Archival Essays
- Australia and the Interwar Internationalism Movement
- In her study of the League of Nations Union in Britain, Helen McCarthy argues that “the League of Nations inspired a rich and participatory culture of political unrest, popular education and civic ritual." Was the same true in Australia?
- Interwar Internationalism: Refugees
- A Broad Unity for Peace: An historical examination of the International Peace Campaign’s Australian Peace Congress, 16th – 19th September, 1937
- Interwar Feminism in Australia and the League of Nations
- What were the primary factors in the failure of the League of Nations Union in Australia to create what Helen McCarthy terms a ‘rich and participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual’?
- Analyze how the ‘Myth of Collective Security’ was cultivated and evolved in Britain, compared to Australia by the LNU
- The League in Nations: the Effects of Identity
- Paths to Peace: A comparison of the voluntary peace groups in Britain and Australia
- The League of Nations: Lessons and Legacy
Post-War Years
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1 September 1939 |
German invasion of Poland |
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2 September 1939 |
British & French joint ultimatum on Germany |
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3 September 1939 |
Britain & France declare war on Germany |
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8 May 1945 |
Germany surrenders |
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26 June 1945 |
United Nations Charter signed |
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2 September 1945 |
Japan formally surrenders |
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24 October 1945 |
UN officially came into existence |
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8 April 1946 |
Final League Assembly meeting |
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20 April 1946 |
League ceased to exist |