Nisi Study Manuals
Romulus My Father Timeline
| Date | Events in the Gata'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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 1941 | First extermination camp at Chelmno built.
Yugoslavia divided between the Axis powers. Lithuania annexed by Germany. |
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| 1942 | Auschwitz Birkenau begins exterminations. Labor shortages forces increased use of concentration camp labor. |
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| 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. |
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| 1946 | Romulus worked in Germany Raimond Gaita born |
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| 1948 | Yugoslavia became a seperate 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 | Christina and Mitru visited Frogmore | |
| 1955 | May Christina visited Frogmore July Susan born |
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| 1956 | Death of Mitru | |
| 1957 | Romulus's second bike accident Barbara born June Romulus wrote to Lydia Girls made wards of the state |
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| 1958 | Raimond attended St. Patrick's College, Ballarat September - Christina died |
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| 1960 | April - Lydia's betrayal September - Romulus hospitalized in Ballarat December - Raimond and John completed Christmas deliveries. |
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| 1962 | Romulus bought house in Maryborough. December Lydia's mother and brother stayed with Romulus |
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| 1963 | January - Milka visited September - Milka moved to Maryborough |
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| 1972 | Raymond visited Germany | |
| 1974 | Vojvodina and Kosovo made self governing. Snowy Mountains Scheme completed. |
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| 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 |
