Let us use some of the world’s major historical events since 1900 to measure the age of the Tulliallan Elms. And in doing so appreciate the heritage of the Tulliallan Elms and our responsibilities therein to care for them.
1901 – Inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia
1903 – Wright Brother’s first flight
1904 – Marconi was recognized as inventor of the radio
1912 – The Titanic sinks
1915- World War I: Australian troops land at Gallipoli
1927 – The first talking movie, “The Jazz Singer”
1932 – Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
1939 – World War II begins
1940 – The London Blitz begins
1941 – The attack of Pearl Harbour
1945 – The founding of the United Nations
1947 – India and Pakistan gains independence from Britain
1949 – Mao’s communists take over China
1953 – The discovery of the DNA
1953 – Tenzing and Hillary conquer Mt Everest
1954 – Roger Bannister breaks the 4 minute mile
1961 – First man in space
1962 – Cuban missile crisis
1963 – Martin Luther King delivers his “I have a dream” speech
1964 – Beatlemania arrives
1969 – Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon
1969 – First message sent via the internet
1973 – First commercial worldwide satellite broadcast: Elvis from Hawaii
1973 – Sydney Opera House opens
1975 – Birth of the first PC
1978 – The world’s first test-tube baby
1984 –Â Ethiopian Famine
1989 – The fall of the Berlin Wall
1990 – Start of Gulf War
1990 – Nelson Mandela released from prison
1991 – Soviet Union breaks up
2001 – 9/11Â
2004 – Facebook foundedÂ
2004 – Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami disaster
2007 – Apple unveils iPhone
2008 Barack Obama elected as the first black President of America
2009 – Global financial crisis
2009 – Bitcoin is released
2013 – Gangnam Style rocks the world
2016 – Donald Trump wins election
2018 – SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy which will one day bring men to Mars
The Elms have stood here since 1900 as the world moved on.
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