Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Timeline of Romulus My Father for NSW HSC 2009

The information below on the Gaita’s lives comes from the Study Manual Romulus, My Father by Glen Hooper, published by Nisi Publishing, 2008. For further information on the world events and Australian dates please refer to that text.

See www.nisi.com.au for more information or go to ebay where some of the textbooks are available.

The dates below have been worked out from the memoir, some events cannot be dated.

Date

Event in the Gaita’s lives

World Events/Australian dates.

1918


End of World War I, Germany required to pay huge amounts of money as reparations.

Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes created.

1922

Romulus Gaita born in Markovac.


1928

Christine Dorr born in Germany.

Beginning of the Great Depression

1929


Yugoslavia created.

1933


Hitler made Chancellor of Germany.

Dachau concentration camp established.

1935

Romulus left home, took apprenticeship with a blacksmith.


1937


Buchenwald Concentration Camp built.

1938


Crystal Night in Germany begins separation of the Jews into ghettoes.

1939

Apprenticeship complete. Romulus conscripted into forced labor gang.

Hitler invaded Poland, World War II begins.

1940


Romania joined the Axis powers.

Lithuania occupied by Soviet troops (communists).

1941


First extermination camp at Chelmno built.

Yugoslavia divided between the Axis powers.

Lithuania annexed by Germany.

1942


Auschwitz Birkenau begins exterminations.

Labor shortages forces increased use of concentration camp labor.

1944

Romulus sent to Dortmund. Met Christine Dorr.

Revolution in Romania, joined the Allies.

Hungary forced into alliance with Germany.

1945


End of World War II

Buchenwald concentration camp liberated by Americans.

1946

Romulus worked in Germany.

Raimond Gaita born.


1947


Romania became part of the United Soviet Socialist Republic.

First displaced people arrive in Australia.

Bonegilla migrant camp opened.

1948


Yugoslavia became a separate Communist state.

1949


Snowy Mountains Scheme begun in Australia.

1950

Gaita’s emigrated to Australia arriving in April.

May -Romulus sent to Baringhup .

The Assisted Passage Scheme begins in Australia.

Highest net immigration into Australia in history.

1952

Men laid off at Cairn Cullen. Romulus and Hora worked at P&N in Maryborough.

Revolt at Bonegilla.

1954

Christine and Mitru visited Frogmore.


1955

May Christina visited Frogmore.

July Susan born.


1956

Death of Mitru.


1957

Romulus’s second bike accident.

Barbara born

June Romulus wrote to Lydia

Girls made wards of the state


1958

Raimond attended St Patrick’s College, Ballarat.

September Christina died.


1960

April Lydia’s betrayal

September Romulus hospitalized in Ballarat.

December Raimond and John completed Christmas deliveries.


1962

Romulus bought house in Maryborough.

December Lydia’s mother and brother stayed with Romulus.


1963

January Milka visited.

September Milka moved to Maryborough.


1972

Raimond visited Germany


1974


Vojvodina and Kosovo made self governing.

Snowy Mountains Scheme completed.

1975


End of Vietnam War, beginning of Asian immigration.

1980


Office of Multicultural Affairs established in Australia.

1996

Death of Romulus.


1998

Romulus, My Father published.


2007

Film release of Romulus, My Father


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