Here’s a neat site (thanks to Resourceshelf.com) from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis that will help you make sense of the Global Financial Crisis:
The Financial Crisis : a timeline of events and policy actions
Of course if you are a West Australian you can put flesh on the timeline’s bones with further research using the State Library’s business databases, including some you can access from home.
More databases from home (Business and other topics) are now available for SLWA members, see: http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/eresources