A Look Back At
Born in 1940
What Was Life Like in 1940?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
King George VI
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.01
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Average House
$1,200
Weekly Wage
$3.00
Events of 1940 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1940 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 28 February – The Australian 7th Division is formed.
- 16 March – A state election is held in Victoria. The Country Party led by Albert Dunstan is returned to government.
- 14 June – The Volunteer Defence Corps is formed, a militia force based on the British Home Guard.
- 6 July – The Story Bridge is opened in Brisbane.
- 1 August – The first of sixty Bathurst-class corvettes, HMAS Bathurst, is launched in Sydney.
- 3 September – The heavy cruiser HMAS Australia takes part in Operation Menace off Dakar.
- 19 September – HMAS Adelaide reaches Nouméa to support the installation of a Free French governor in the 1940 New Caledonia coup d'état.
- 16 October – Country Party leader Archie Cameron resigns and is succeeded by Arthur Fadden as acting leader.