Melbourne in the Cold War

The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1957 to 1968. The most recorded lives are Indira Gandhi, Judy Garland and Ngô Đình Diệm.

Notable people

  1. Bob Hawke

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…

  2. Gough Whitlam

    in 1968

    1 moment here

    Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…

  3. Indira Gandhi

    in 1968

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  4. Judy Garland

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  5. Ngô Đình Diệm

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

  6. Robin Warren

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…

Moments

  1. 1957 Move to Melbourne for ACTU work Bob Hawke
  2. 1957 Melbourne visit Ngô Đình Diệm
  3. 1964 Melbourne concert Judy Garland
  4. 1964 Clinical pathology training in Melbourne Robin Warren
  5. 1968 Speech at Malvern Town Hall Gough Whitlam
  6. 1968 University of Melbourne dinner Indira Gandhi

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