- 2005 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
monarch = Elizabeth II
governor-general =Michael Jeffery
pm =John Howard
population = 20,328,609
australian =
elections =WA, NT"See also:"
2004 in Australia ,
other events of 2005,2006 in Australia yearbox
in?= in Australia
cp=20th Century
c=21st century
cf=22nd centuryyp1=2002
yp2=2003
yp3=2004
year=2005
ya1=2006
ya2=2007
ya3=2008
dp3=1970s
dp2=1980s
dp1=1990s
d=2000s
da=0
dn1=2010s
dn2=2020s
dn3=2030sIncumbents
*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General -Michael Jeffery
*Prime Minister -John Howard
*Premier of New South Wales -Bob Carr , thenMorris Iemma
*Premier of South Australia -Mike Rann
*Premier of Queensland -Peter Beattie
*Premier of Tasmania -Paul Lennon
*Premier of Western Australia -Geoffrey Gallop
*Premier of Victoria -Steve Bracks
*Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory -Jon Stanhope
*Chief Minister of the Northern Territory -Clare Martin
*Chief Minister of Norfolk Island -Geoffrey Robert Gardner Events
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January 11 - 9 people are killed inBushfire s inSouth Australia , making them the worst fires seen in Australia sinceAsh Wednesday .
*February 25 - Parts of the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Fields erupt into rioting following the death of a 19 year old in apolice car chase.
*February 26 - The ALP government of Geoff Gallop is re-elected inWestern Australia for a second term.
*April 2 - TheShark 02 Royal Australian Navy Westland Sea King helicopter crashes off the coast ofNias , killing nine people.
*April 17 -Bali Nine are arrested for drug smuggling inIndonesia
*May 2 -Douglas Wood taken hostage inIraq . He was rescued onJune 15 .
*May 6 - The scandal concerning the 2001 deportation ofVivian Solon first came to light.
*May 26 -National Sorry Day renamedNational Day of Healing
*May 27 -Schapelle Corby convicted of drug smuggling by anIndonesia n court & sentenced to 20 years in gaol, later reduced to 15 & then reverted to 20 years.
*June 1 -2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax
*July 27 - After 10 years in power Bob Carr resigns as Premier ofNew South Wales & is replaced by Morris Iemma onAugust 3 .
*August 21 -Michelle Leslie is arrested inBali after being found with two ecstasy pills in her handbag at an open-air dance party just outside ofKuta . She is found guilty & sentenced to three months in prison onNovember 18 , but is released onNovember 20 as she had already served her sentence.
*August 29 - After describing Bob Carr's wife Helena as a "mail-order bride ", NSW Opposition LeaderJohn Brogden resigns. He attempts suicide onAugust 30 .
*October 1 - The2005 Bali bombings take place, killing 23 people (including the 3 suicide bombers) & injuring 129. Of these, 4 of the dead & 19 of the injured are Australian.
*December 2 -Van Tuong Nguyen is hanged inSingapore for drug offences. He is the first Australian to be executed since1993 .
*December 11 &December 12 -2005 Cronulla riots take place, with the rioting centred around Cronulla & other beachside suburbs. There is also rioting in the Greater Western Suburbs area ofSydney & attacks on people ofMiddle Eastern descent are reported in Perth &Adelaide .
*December 31 - Sections of theTrans-Australian Railway near Nurina on theNullarbor Plain were washed away by flooding, halting passenger and freight services for up to five days.Arts and literature
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Andrew McGahan 's novel "The White Earth " wins theMiles Franklin Award Film
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October 13 - TheAustralian government passes a bill granting film directors a share of the copyright in their films.
*November 26 - "Look Both Ways " wins best film at theAustralian Film Institute Awards 2005 .Television
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January 8 - raises $20 million for the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami relief effort. It is also the first time that Australia's three major commercialtelevision stations have co-operated to broadcast such an event.
*May 25 - Graham Kennedy dies at age 71. The network on which most of his shows aired, theNine Network , passes up the offer to broadcast his funeral & the Seven Network arrives, axes Nine's coverage and Seven picks it up and wins it. Nine does eventually show parts of the funeral live.
*June 26 - Douglas Wood is interviewed by Sandra Sully about his time as a captive afterNetwork Ten pays a reported $400,000 for an exclusive interview.
*August 15 : Big Brother:Greg Mathew , along with twin brotherDavid Mathew , also known as "The Logan Twins" is announced the winner of the fifth series.
*November 20 - Madonna'sWarner Bros. single "Hung Up " defeats "Gold Digger " byKanye West andJamie Foxx to be crowned the title of the ARIA single debuting at #1. This was the last Top 50 ARIA charts on ABC TV's "Rage" to be shown on theSeven Network . Only Seven Local TV and ABC TV will continue the "Rage"'s Top 50 Charts until the end ofJuly 2006 , when it launches "jtv ".
*December 16 : "Good Morning Australia " finishes its 12 year run on Network Ten from the studios ofATV-10 . HostBert Newton leaves Ten and signs up and returns the Nine Network to host game show "Bert's Family Feud ".port
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March 4 – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 2004-2005 season, which are held at theSydney Olympic Park inHomebush . The 10,000 metres (men and women) were conducted at the Zatopek Meet inMelbourne, Victoria on SaturdayDecember 4 ,2004 . The relays were conducted atCanberra on SundayFebruary 6 ,2005 .
*March 6 –Giancarlo Fisichella wins the Australian Grand Prix in his first race forRenault F1 atAlbert Park .
*March 19 –Sydney Kings defeatWollongong Hawks 112-85 in Game 3 of a series sweep in the NBL Grand Final series. The win completed the first and only three-peat in league history.
*April 3 –Suzuki riderTroy Corser takes both race victories in front of his home crowd, Phillip Island at the Superbike World Championship round.
*July 3 –Brett Cartwright wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:18:16 inBrisbane , whileJackie Fairweather claims the women's title in 2:34:34.
*August 26 - The inauguralA-League nationalassociation football season begins. In the first game,Adelaide United FC defeat the Newcastle United Jets 1-0 atEnergyAustralia Stadium in front of 13,000 people.
*September 3 - TheMelbourne Phoenix defeat theSydney Swifts 61-44 in theCommonwealth Bank Trophy netball grand final.
*September 12 -Cricket :England winsThe Ashes back from Australia for the first time since1987 inThe 2005 Ashes series
*September 24 - TheSydney Swans (8.10.58) defeat theWest Coast Eagles (7.12.54) to win the 109th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the first flag for the Swans in 72 years.
*October 2 - TheWests Tigers defeat theNorth Queensland Cowboys 30-16 to win the 98th NSWRL/ARL/NRL premiership. It was the first finals series for the Wests Tigers.
*October 2 - With heavy rain cancelling the second race at Imola,Troy Corser secures his secondSuperbike World Championship .
*October 9 -Mark Skaife andTodd Kelly win the Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for theHolden Racing Team . It was Skaife's fifth win, and Kelly's first. It was also a seventh consecutive win forHolden , extending the longest winning streak in the races history.
*October 16 -Valentino Rossi wins his fifth consecutiveAustralian motorcycle Grand Prix on hisYamaha at Phillip Island.
*November 1 -Makybe Diva wins theMelbourne Cup horse racing event for a historic 3rd time in a row and is immediately retired.
*November 13 - French rallyistFrançois Duval and co-driverStephane Prevot take victory for in theirCitroen Xsara at the season endingRally Australia .
*November 16 - The Socceroos qualify for the2006 FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974, by defeating Uruguay in a penalty shootout atTelstra Stadium .Births
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October 15 -Prince Christian of Denmark , the first child ofFrederik, Crown Prince of Denmark &Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark , who was born inHobart ,Tasmania .Deaths
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January 8 -Campbell McComas , 52, impersonator, broadcaster, comedian
*January 11 -Miriam Hyde , composer and pianist
*January 24 -June Bronhill , soprano opera singer
*March 16 -Bob Bellear , first indigenous judge
*March 25 -Davis McCaughey ,Governor of Victoria
*March 26 -Paul Hester , drummer forSplit Enz andCrowded House (suicide)
*April 23 -Joh Bjelke-Petersen , 94, Premier ofQueensland from1968 -1987 .
*April 23 -Al Grassby , politician and minister in the Whitlam government
*April 29 -Sara Henderson , 69, author
*May 1 -René Rivkin , 60, Australian stockbroker
*May 25 -Graham Kennedy , 71, radio and television, performer
*June 9 -Gloria Ida Logan , 78, artist and lecturer
*June 16 -Ross Stretton , ballet dancer and director
*June 25 -Harry Gibbs , Chief Justice of the High Court
*July 3 -W. Rubuntja , Aboriginal artist and activist
*July 15 -Ronald Wilson , Justice of the High Court
*July 17 -Joe Vialls , conspiracy theorist
*July 18 -Amy Gillett , cyclist
*August 29 -Margaret Scott , 70, author and poet
*September 8 -Donald Horne , academic and social critic
*September 9 -John Wayne Glover ,serial killer
*October 12 -Frank Galbally , 82, lawyer, criminal advocate, defender in celebrated murder trials; described as the “father of Australian multiculturalism”.
*October 18 -William Evan Allan ,World War I veteran
*October 24 - Frank Wilson, actor
*November 1 -Michael Thwaites , intelligence officer and participant in thePetrov Affair
*November 5 -Hugh Alexander Dunn , diplomat
*November 10 -Kristian Fredrikson , stage and costume designer
*December 2 -Peter Menegazzo , cattle baron
*December 3 - Peter Cook, Labor senator
*December 3 -Lance Dossor , concert pianist
*December 5 - Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay, entrepreneur
*December 12 -Eric D'Arcy ,Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus
*December 26 -Kerry Packer , Australia's richest man & the major shareholder in PBL, which owns theNine Network ,Crown Casino & a large number of magazines.
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