Canberra in the Space Age
The atlas holds 12 people and 20 moments here, from 1957 to 2017. The most recorded lives are Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and Ngô Đình Diệm.
Notable people
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
in 2005
1 moment here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
Bob Hawke
from 1983 to 2008
4 moments here
Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…
Fidel V. Ramos
in 1995
1 moment here
Filipino military officer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.…
Gough Whitlam
from 1963 to 2008
5 moments here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Howard Florey
in 1958
1 moment here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
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.…
John Eccles
in 1963
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1965
1 moment here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Li Keqiang
in 2017
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1999
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1957
2 moments 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…
Shinzo Abe
in 2014
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Moments
- 1957 Address to Australian Parliament Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Arrival in Canberra Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1958 Opening of John Curtin School Howard Florey
- 1963 Faceless Men conference episode Gough Whitlam
- 1963 Matthew Flinders Lecture John Eccles
- 1965 Speech at the National Press Club Lee Kuan Yew
- 1968 Australian War Memorial visit Indira Gandhi
- 1972 Speech at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Gough Whitlam
- 1973 Reception at The Lodge Gough Whitlam
- 1975 Dismissal announcement at Parliament House Gough Whitlam
- 1983 National Economic Summit address Bob Hawke
- 1983 National Press Club address Bob Hawke
- 1988 Opening of Questacon Bob Hawke
- 1995 Visit to Parliament House Fidel V. Ramos
- 1999 Address to Australian Parliament Mikhail Gorbachev
- 2005 Official visit to Canberra Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- 2008 Stolen Generations apology Bob Hawke
- 2008 National apology in Parliament Gough Whitlam
- 2014 Address to Australian Parliament Shinzo Abe
- 2017 Official visit to Australia Li Keqiang