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1917
 
    
Australia Felix is the first in Henry Handel Richardson's trilogy of novels about her father       
1922
 
   
D.H. Lawrence takes a house in Sydney, where he writes the bulk of his novel Kangaroo      
1923
 
    
Vegemite is launched in Melbourne as Australia's answer to Marmite       
1927
 
   
The Australian parliament moves from Melbourne to a temporary Parliament House in the new federal capital at Canberra      
1928
 
   
In only his third Test match, 20-year-old Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a century      
1928
 
    
An Aerial Medical Service is launched in Queensland, Australia, subsequently becoming the Flying Doctor Service       
1928
 
   
Australian police massacre Aborigines near Coniston in reprisal for a murder      
1930
 
    
English pioneer aviator Amy Johnson makes a 19-day solo flight in a Gipsy Moth from Croydon (part of London) to Darwin, Australia       
Amy Johnson sheet music, c.1930
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1930
 
    
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup       
1930
 
    
Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith