1971 in Australia

1971 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
monarch = Elizabeth II
governor-general = Paul Hasluck
pm =John Gorton, William McMahon
population = 12,507,349
australian =
elections =NSW, WA"See also:"
1970 in Australia,
other events of 1971,
1972 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
*Prime Minister - John Gorton (til March 10), then William McMahon
*Governor General - Paul Hasluck

tate premiers

*Premier of New South Wales - Robert Askin
*Premier of South Australia - Don Dunstan
*Premier of Queensland - Joh Bjelke-Petersen
*Premier of Tasmania - Angus Bethune
*Premier of Western Australia - David Brand (til April 3), then John Tonkin
*Premier of Victoria - Henry Bolte

Events

* Neville Bonner becomes first Indigenous Australian to sit as a member in the Parliament of Australia
* Evonne Goolagong is named Australian of the Year
* December 24 - Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland and surrounding islands, killing 3
* State Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in Queensland in response to escalating protest to the 1971 Springbok tour

Arts and Literature

* David Williamson writes The Removalists
* David Ireland's novel "The Unknown Industrial Prisoner" wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

* Walkabout

Television

* July 28 - Pick-A-Box, hosted by Bob and Dolly Dyer, airs for the final time. It had first been broadcast as a radio program in 1948.

port

*September 18 - South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated St George Dragons in the NSWRL Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground; thus winning four premierships in five years.
*September 25 - Derek Clayton wins his third men's national marathon title, clocking 2:11:08.8 in Hobart.
* "Silver Knight" wins the Melbourne Cup
* South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
* "Kialoa" takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. "Pathfinder" takes handicap honours
* 1971 Springbok tour

Births

* January 26 — Lee Naylor, track and field athlete
* February 7 — Andrew Currey, javelin thrower
* February 19 — Lisa McCune, actress
* March 26 — Rennae Stubbs, tennis player
* April 2 — Todd Woodbridge, tennis player
* April 20 — Grant Smith, field hockey player
* September 18 — Kate Starre, field hockey midfielder
* October 1 — Andrew O'Keefe, highest-rating television personality
* October 6 — Dave Campbell, musician
* October 20 — Danii Minogue, singer
* October 29 — Matthew Hayden, cricket player
* November 19 — Michelle Andrews, field hockey midfielder
* December 6 — Brendan Garard, field hockey player

Deaths

* May 27 - Chips Rafferty (b.1909), actor
* July 30 - Kenneth Slessor (b.1901), poet

ee also

*1971
*1970s


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