- 1969 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
monarch = Elizabeth II
governor-general = Richard Casey, thenPaul Hasluck
pm =John Gorton
population = 12,008,635
australian =
elections =Federal, TAS,QLD "See also:"1968 in Australia ,
other events of 1969,1970 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
*Monarch – Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General – Lord Casey (untilApril 30 ), then Sir Paul Hasluck
*Prime Minister –John Gorton tate premiers
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Premier of New South Wales –Robert Askin
*Premier of Queensland –Joh Bjelke-Petersen
*Premier of South Australia –Don Dunstan
*Premier of Tasmania –Eric Reece (untilMay 26 ), then Angus Bethune
*Premier of Victoria –Henry Bolte
*Premier of Western Australia –David Brand tate governors
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Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler
*Governor of Queensland – Sir Alan Mansfield
*Governor of South Australia – Major-General Sir James William Harrison
*Governor of Tasmania – Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan
*Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe
*Governor of Western Australia – Major General Sir Douglas KendrewEvents
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February 7 – TheViolet Town railway disaster : the passenger train "Southern Aurora" collides head-on with a freight train on the new Melbourne to Sydney train line. Nine people are killed.
*April 30 – Sir Paul Hasluck becomesGovernor-General of Australia after the retirement of Lord Casey.
*May 10 – The 1969 Tasmanian election is held, resulting in ahung parliament with the ALP and Liberals winning 17 seats each. The deadlock is broken whenKevin Lyons of the Centre Party forms acoalition government with the Liberals and becomes Deputy Premier under Angus Bethune.
*May 12 – "The Age " newspaper in Melbourne begins the process of moving from Collins Street to Spencer Street. The move is completed onOctober 6 .
*June 3 –Melbourne-Evans collision - TheRoyal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS "Melbourne" collides with the U.S. Navy destroyer USS "Frank E. Evans" in theSouth China Sea . "Frank E. Evans" is cut in half and sinks, killing 74 crew.
*June 19 – The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules thatequal pay for women doing the same work as men must be phased in by 1972.
*September 26 – ThePoseidon bubble begins when the small mining company Poseidon NL discovers a largenickel deposit in Laverton,Western Australia .
*October 25 – A federal election is held. The incumbent Coalition government led byJohn Gorton defeats theAustralian Labor Party led byGough Whitlam .
*November 29 – The rebuilding of theIndian Pacific rail line between Sydney and Perth tostandard gauge is completed.
*December 16 – Prime MinisterJohn Gorton announces that a withdrawal ofAustralian Army troops from theVietnam War would begin in 1970.cience and technology
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July 20 –NASA switches the main transmission feed of the "Apollo 11 " moon landing toHoneysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Canberra, thenParkes Observatory in New South Wales, which then broadcasts the mission to the world.Arts and literature
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May 4 – An Australian production of the rock musical "Hair" opens in Sydney. Produced byHarry M. Miller , it features the debut of young American singerMarcia Hines .
*George Johnston 's novel "Clean Straw for Nothing " wins theMiles Franklin Award Film
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March 27 – "Two Thousand Weeks " (directed byTim Burstall ) is released. The film was one of the first features of the modern era in Australian cinema, although it was received poorly both critically and commercially. [ [http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/2000-weeks/ 2000 Weeks (1969)] , "Australian Screen".]Television
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March 5 – The last episode of spy series "Hunter" is aired.
*March 11 –Police procedural drama series "Division 4 " makes its debut on theNine Network .
*March 21 –Graham Kennedy wins the Gold Logie for "In Melbourne Tonight ".port
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January 21 – BoxerJohnny Famechon becomes worldfeatherweight champion, when he defeatsCuba n Jose Legra in a bout at theAlbert Hall inLondon .
*September 20 – TheBalmain Tigers defeatedSouth Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Rugby League Grand Final at theSydney Cricket Ground .
*October 2 –Tennis playerRod Laver beats fellow AustralianTony Roche in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open, achieving his second Grand Slam (having also won theAustralian Open , the French Open and Wimbledon in that year).
*October 11 –John Farrington wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:21:02.8 inSydney .
*November 4 –Rain Lover wins theMelbourne Cup .Births
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January 19 —Luc Longley , basketball player
*January 22 —Shelley Sandie , basketball player
*January 23 —Danielle Woodhouse , water polo player
*February 7 —Fiona Robinson , basketball and handball player
*March 3 —Tony Modra , Australian Rules football player
*March 17 —Alison Forman , football (soccer) midfielder
*April 1 —Andrew Vlahov , basketball player
*April 3 —Ben Mendelsohn , actor
*May 14 —Cate Blanchett , actress
*May 31 —Juliet Haslam , field hockey defender
*June 30 —Mark Garner , track and field sprinter
*July 30 —Simon Baker , actor
*August 15 —Bernard Fanning , singer
*September 6 —Michellie Jones , triathlete
*September 9 —Natasha Stott Despoja , politician
*September 13 —Shane Warne , cricketer
*September 19 —Kostya Tszyu , boxer
*November 20 —Laurie Daley , rugby league playerDeaths
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14 May –Frederick Lane (b. 1888), swimmer
*3 August –Alexander Mair (b. 1889), Premier of New South Wales (1939–1941)
*25 August –Robert Cosgrove (b. 1894), Premier of Tasmania (1939–1947, 1948–1958)
*17 November – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (b. 1890), Governor of South Australia (1939–1944)
*21 November –Norman Lindsay (b. 1879), artist
*27 November –May Gibbs , (b. 1877) children's author.ee also
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1969
*1960s References
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