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