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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