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1967 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Australia.

{{Infobox year in country

| year = 1967

| country = Australia

| monarch = Elizabeth II

| governor-general = Lord Casey

| pm = Harold Holt, then John McEwen

| population = 11,912,253

| australian = The Seekers

| elections = VIC, Referendum, Half-Senate

}}

{{Year in Australia|1967}}

Incumbents

File:Richard Casey 1965.jpg]]

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=State and territory leaders=

=Governors and administrators=

Events

=January=

  • 18 January – The Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by supporters of South Vietnam but is then constantly heckled by anti-war protesters, and Harold Holt is forced to deny that Ky and his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering his predecessor, President Ngo Dinh Diem.[http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/australian-visit/ Australian Visit (1967)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716045530/https://www.leafscreener.com.au/?ref=australianscreen.com.au%2Ftitles%2Faustralian-visit%2F |date=16 July 2024 }} ABC News. Retrieved 15 December 2007

=February=

  • First student intake at Macquarie University.[http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/centres/museum/ Macquarie University Biological Sciences Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202110731/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/centres/museum/ |date=2 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 3 February – Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Richards |first= Ryan |year= 2002 |id= A160185b |title= Ryan, Ronald Joseph (1925–1967) |access-date=15 December 2007}}
  • 7 February – Black Tuesday in Tasmania – massive bushfires devastate much of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart and surrounding areas.[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/naturaldisasters/ Natural disasters in Australia – Culture and Recreation Portal (Australian Government)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515040445/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/naturaldisasters/ |date=15 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 8 February – Gough Whitlam defeats Dr Jim Cairns and Frank Crean to replace the retiring Arthur Calwell as leader of the federal Australian Labor Party.[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=before#5 Australia's Prime Ministers – National Archives of Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515062944/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=before |date=15 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007

=March=

  • 1 March – The Royal Australian Navy replaces the British White Ensign flag on all its ships with the Australian White Ensign.[http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/naval1911.html Ausflag – Australian Naval Ensign] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074458/http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/naval1911.html |date=16 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 1 March – The Duke of Edinburgh visits Australia.[http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/royalty/chapter09.htm National Archives of Australia – Royalty and Australian Society: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722151257/http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/royalty/chapter09.htm |date=22 July 2008 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 8 March – La Trobe University is officially opened.[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/history.html History of the University – La Trobe University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217211435/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/history.html |date=17 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 13 March – Bessie Rischbieth protested against the Mounts Bay reclamation project on the Swan River and the building of the Narrows Bridge and dies.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Lutton |first= Nancy |year= 1988|id= A110404b |title= Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (1874–1967) |access-date=15 December 2007}}

=April=

  • 4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban the oral contraceptive pill, maintaining that the risk of thrombosis is "very slight".[http://www.abc.net.au/time/series.htm '97 Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102073143/http://www.abc.net.au/time/series.htm |date=2 January 2008 }} Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 7 April – Australian military adviser Major Peter Badcoe is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in Hương Trà District with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.[http://www.aattv.iinet.net.au/badcoe.htm Maj P.J. BADCOE, VC (Post.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102821/http://www.aattv.iinet.net.au/badcoe.htm |date=29 August 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 12 April – Australian Roman Catholic bishops publicly declare their opposition to the war in Vietnam.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 Catholic Peace Fellowship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101012733/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 |date=1 January 2006 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 29 April – A majority in the New England region of New South Wales voted against the creation of a new state in the referendum.[http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/about.htm About ABC New England North West NSW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220214846/http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/about.htm |date=20 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007

=May=

  • 25 May – The report by the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission on the Gordon Power scheme was tabled in parliament and the Government of Tasmania sought approval for $100 million funding.[http://lakepedder.org/resources/reports/lpcomenq/future.htm Interim Report – The Future of Lake Pedder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830034734/http://lakepedder.org/resources/reports/lpcomenq/future.htm |date=30 August 2007 }}, Lake Pedder Committee of Enquiry, 29 September 1997.
  • 27 May – Indigenous Australians (technically only the Aboriginal race – see Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)) are given the right to be counted in the national census after a national referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus between the sizes of the Senate and the House of Representatives.[http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s888141.htm Didj "u" Know – Stories of the 1967 Referendum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720071712/http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s888141.htm |date=20 July 2012 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 29 May – The new Australian 5-dollar note goes into circulation.[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/9AC14A2C1A1A1671CA2569DE00296986?OpenDocument THE AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE – Australian Bureau of Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919042009/http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/9AC14A2C1A1A1671CA2569DE00296986?OpenDocument |date=19 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007

=June=

  • 1 June – Don Dunstan succeeds Frank Walsh as Premier of South Australia, after Walsh retires under pressure from his party.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/obits/dunstan/default.htm ABC News Obituary – Don Dunstan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510064507/http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/obits/dunstan/default.htm |date=10 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 7 June – Launceston, Tasmania, records the highest barometric pressure on record for Australia with a reading of 1044.3 millibars or 30.84 inHg.[http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records World and US High barometric pressure records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082056/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records |date=14 October 2014 }}
  • 25 June – Sydney underworld figure Richard Gabriel Reilly is murdered.[http://www.milesago.com/Almanac/1967.htm MILESAGO 1967 Almanac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120191701/http://milesago.com/Almanac/1967.htm |date=20 November 2008 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007
  • 29 June – The Tasmanian Government passes a Bill revoking the national park status of Lake Pedder, allowing the Hydro Electric Commission to construct a dam flooding the lake.

=July=

  • 1 July – The postcode system of postal address coding is introduced throughout Australia.[http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2070%257EMO19,00.html Australia Post – Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221192041/http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2070~MO19,00.html |date=21 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

=August=

  • 1 August – Qantas drops the word 'Empire' from its name.[http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details15 About Qantas – Our Company: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201212133/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details15 |date=1 December 2006 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

=September=

  • 9 September – Proposed changes to Queensland laws governing public demonstrations results in 3,500 people protesting in the streets of Brisbane. Queensland Police arrest 114 people.[https://books.google.com/books?id=FSqDDn5Ws2cC&dq=1967+queensland+public+demonstrations&pg=PA25 The Meagre Harvest: The Australian Women's Movement 1950s–1990s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016043738/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSqDDn5Ws2cC&dq=1967+queensland+public+demonstrations&pg=PA25 |date=16 October 2023 }} Google Books by Gisela. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 16 September – The U.S. Naval Communication Station North West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia is declared operational.{{cite AHD|103552|Naval Communication Station Harold E Holt ( Area A )|access-date=16 December 2007}}
  • 28 September – amendments to the South Australian Licensing Act came into effect ending the era of the Six o'clock swill in Australia

=October=

  • 1 October – The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service is established.[http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/npws_40th_anniversary NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 40th anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211100934/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/npws_40th_anniversary |date=11 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 20 October – Australia unlinks the Australian dollar from British currency, when the British government makes a decision to devalue the pound sterling.[http://www.indexfx.com/aud.html IndexFOREX Australian Dollar currency profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823011952/http://www.indexfx.com/aud.html |date=23 August 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

=November=

  • 10 November – The Nauru Independence Act 1967 received royal assent, allowing the Australian-administered UN Trust Territory of Nauru to proceed to independence on 31 January 1968.{{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1967A00103/asmade/text|title=Nauru Independence Act 1967|publisher=Federal Register of Legislation|access-date=12 November 2024}}
  • 27 November – Singer John Farnham, then known as Johnny Farnham, releases Sadie (The Cleaning Lady). It was his first Number 1.

=December=

  • 14 December – South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park are proclaimed.[http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/about/index.htm Simpson Desert Conservation Park History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830013309/http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/about/index.htm |date=30 August 2006 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 17 December – Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming in heavy surf at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria.[http://www.harold-holt.net/ The Harold Holt Murder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223011355/http://www.harold-holt.net/ |date=23 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed death of Holt, Country Party leader John McEwen is sworn in as interim Prime Minister pending the election of a new government leader by the Coalition parties.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Lloyd |first= C. J. |year= 2000|id= A150245b |title= McEwen, Sir John (1900–1980) |access-date=16 December 2007}}
  • 20 December – John McEwen announced he will not serve in a government led by Liberal Party deputy leader William McMahon, Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition.

=Unknown and general dates=

  • Holden exports its 100,000th car and launches its first compact sedan, the Torana.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
  • Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and prostitution rackets{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
  • Bomber aircraft from No. 2 Squadron RAAF Canberra are deployed to Phan Rang airbase in South Vietnam{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
  • Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of Australian passports, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
  • Australia Square Tower, Australia's first true skyscraper, is completed.[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289865200.html Top of the town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213831/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289865200.html |date=19 June 2018 }}, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 2004.
  • In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only {{convert|332.3|mm|in|2}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 |title=Melbourne Regional Office (086071) monthly rainfall |access-date=17 February 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045349/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 |url-status=live }} and Adelaide only {{convert|257.8|mm|in|2}},[http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023000 Adelaide West Terrace (023000) Monthly Rainfall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045338/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023000 |date=24 September 2015 }}, [http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023090 Adelaide Kent Town (023090) Monthly Rainfall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045341/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023090 |date=24 September 2015 }} in both cases this being the driest year on record by a substantial margin.
  • Acquisition of Land Act 1967 is passed by the Parliament of Queensland

Science and technology

  • 17 March – Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is opened near Canberra.[http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/space/book/Epilog.htm Honeysuckle Creek – Epilogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119005756/http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/space/book/Epilog.htm |date=19 November 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • April – Dung beetles released between Broome, Western Australia and Townsville, Queensland in the Australian Dung Beetle Project, led by Dr. George BornemisszaBornemissza, G. F. (1976), The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975, Australian Meat Research Committee Review 30:1–30 of the CSIRO in an attempt to control the buffalo fly.[http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/dung2.htm Dung Beetle – Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207232835/http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/dung2.htm |date=7 December 2007 }} Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 1 May – Health authorities begin the first national polio immunisation campaign using the new Sabin oral vaccine developed by Dr Jonas Salk.[http://foodsafetymatters.gov.au/polio/gp/acute_poliomyelitis/polio_in_Australia.pdf Polio in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061141/http://foodsafetymatters.gov.au/polio/gp/acute_poliomyelitis/polio_in_Australia.pdf |date=28 February 2008 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 29 November – Australia's first satellite, WRESAT, is launched on an American Redstone rocket from Woomera, South Australia.[http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~woomera/wresat.htm Wresat – Australia's First Satellite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225084001/http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~woomera/wresat.htm |date=25 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

Culture

=Arts and literature=

{{main|1967 in Australian literature}}

=Film=

=Television=

| last = Masters

| first = Roy

| author-link = Roy Masters (sport)

| title = Messenger can watch a better league broadcast in the US than south of the border

| work = The Sydney Morning Herald

| publisher = Fairfax Digital

| date = 4 October 2009

| url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/messenger-can-watch-a-better-league-broadcast-in-the-us-than-south-of-the-border-20091004-ghve.html

| access-date = 10 May 2009

| archive-date = 7 October 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091007142959/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/messenger-can-watch-a-better-league-broadcast-in-the-us-than-south-of-the-border-20091004-ghve.html

| url-status = live

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Sport

=Athletics (track and field)=

  • 27 March – Bill Howard from Wodonga won the Stawell Gift starting from 5{{fraction|3|4}} yards in a time of 11.6 seconds[http://www.stawellgift.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=42 Australia Post Stawell Gift] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421085235/http://www.stawellgift.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=42 |date=21 April 2008 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • 28 June – Judy Pollock breaks Ann Packer's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.0 at a meet in Helsinki, Finland.[http://www.geocities.com/geetee/bios/pollock.html Judy Pollock: Athletics Gold]. Retrieved 16 December 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022020543/http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/pollock.html Archived] 20 October 2009.
  • 9 September – Derek Clayton wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:21:58 in Adelaide.[http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/athletes/clayton.htm Derek Clayton – Hall of Fame entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225405/http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/athletes/clayton.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

=Australian rules football=

  • 23 September – Richmond defeats Geelong 16.18 (114) to 15.15 (105) in front of 109,396 people to win the 1967 Victorian Football League Grand Final[http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1967.html#fin AFL Tables – 1967 Season Scores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017075050/http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1967.html#fin |date=17 October 2016 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • Ross Smith of St Kilda wins the 1967 Brownlow Medal[http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1967.html AFL Tables −1967 Brownlow Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125191649/http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1967.html |date=25 November 2015 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • Sturt Football Club won the 1967 South Australian National Football League grand final, defeating Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) to 10.17 (77){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205819/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1967_to_1971.htm 1967 – 1971 Full Points Footy]}}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • Perth defeats East Perth 18.12 (120) to 15.12 (102) in front of 42,625 people to win the Western Australian National Football League grand final
  • North Hobart wins the Tasmanian National Football League, defeating Glenorchy 11.12 (78) to 8.16 (64)

=Cricket=

  • The Australian cricket team, captained by Bob Simpson toured South Africa in 1966–67, losing the Test series 3–1[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/engine/series/60417.html Australia in South Africa test series, 1966–1967] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130119225140/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/engine/series/60417.html |date=19 January 2013 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007
  • Victoria win the 1966–67 Sheffield Shield[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/260057.html#champs A history of the Sheffield Shield – List of Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210234439/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/260057.html#champs |date=10 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007

=Golf=

=Motor racing=

=Rugby league=

=Rugby union=

= Squash =

  • The first Squash racquets international championship is held and won by Australia.[http://www.worldsquash.org/uploads/mens_team_pen.pdf World Men's Team Championship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311061648/http://www.worldsquash.org/uploads/mens_team_pen.pdf |date=11 March 2006 }} – ISRF. Retrieved 15 December 2007

=Tennis=

=Yachting=

  • 18 November – Dame Pattie, Australian challenger for the America's Cup was defeated by the American defender Intrepid which won the series 4–0.
  • 30 December – Pen Duick III (France) won line honours in the 1967 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in a time of 4:04:10:31. Rainbow II (New Zealand) is the overall winner.

=Other=

Births

=Undated=

Deaths

  • 4 January – Ezra Norton (born 1897), newspaper proprietor
  • 22 January – James Alexander Allan (born 1879), poet
  • 3 February
  • Ronald Ryan (born 1925), last person hanged in Australia
  • Eric Edgley (born 1899), theatre performer and impresario
  • 7 February – David Unaipon (born 1872), Aboriginal author and inventor
  • 9 February – Fred Hoysted (born 1883), racehorse trainer
  • 13 March – Bessie Rischbieth (born 1874), feminist and social activist
  • 14 March – Ernest Henry Burgmann (born 1885), Anglican bishop and social critic
  • 29 March – D'Arcy Niland (born 1917), author of The Shiralee
  • 7 April – Peter Badcoe (born 1934), soldier and Victoria Cross winner
  • 24 April – Robert Richards (born 1885), Premier of South Australia
  • 24 April – Eric Baume (born 1900), journalist, author and broadcaster – first "beast" on the talk show Beauty and the Beast
  • 13 May – Lance Sharkey (born 1898), Communist activist
  • 15 May – Jessie Traill (born 1881), artist
  • 13 June – Gerald Patterson (born 1895), tennis player
  • 18 June – Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu (born 1889), Businessman and public servant
  • 2 July – Ivo Whitton (born 1893), golfer
  • 4 July – Ray Parer (born 1894), aviator
  • 6 July – Joseph Maxwell (born 1896), soldier and Victoria Cross winner
  • 26 July – Robert Tudawali (b. c1929), Indigenous actor
  • 30 July – Arthur Stace (born 1885), pavement scribe known as Mr Eternity
  • 15 August – Dave McNamara (born 1887), Australian rules footballer
  • 25 August – Stanley Bruce (born 1883), eighth Prime Minister of Australia
  • 25 August – Robert George (born 1896), Governor of South Australia
  • 13 October – Kerr Grant (born 1878), physicist and education administrator
  • 3 November – Justin Simonds (born 1890), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
  • 13 November – Helen Mayo (born 1878), pioneer in women's and children's health
  • 16 November – Ernest Durack (born 1882), New South Welsh politician
  • 17 December – Harold Holt (born 1908), seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia
  • 29 December – Eric Woodward (born 1899), Governor of New South Wales
  • 31 December – Arthur Mailey (born 1886), cricketer{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=G. P.|title=Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615050318/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464|url-status=live}}

See also

References

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