1974 in Australia

1974 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
monarch = Elizabeth II
governor-general = Paul Hasluck, then John Kerr
pm =Gough Whitlam
population = 13,504,538
australian =
elections = Federal, WA, NT, QLD"See also:"
1973 in Australia,
other events of 1974,
1975 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General - Sir Paul Hasluck (til July 11), then Sir John Kerr
*Prime Minister - Gough Whitlam
*Premier of New South Wales - Sir Robert Askin
*Premier of South Australia - Don Dunstan
*Premier of Queensland - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
*Premier of Tasmania - Eric Reece
*Premier of Western Australia - John Tonkin (til April 8), then Charles Court
*Premier of Victoria - Rupert Hamer

Events

* January - Cyclone Wanda makes landfall near Double Island Point. Large parts of south east Queensland, including Brisbane, and northern New South Wales are flooded.
* February 26 - Mungo Man, a human skeleton estimated to be 40,000 years old, uncovered at Lake Mungo
* May 18 - John Howard enters Parliament as an Opposition backbencher for the electorate of Bennelong
* October - The first Australian credit card, Bankcard, is introduced
* December 24 - Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of Darwin. The official death toll was 71

Arts and Literature

* Conductor Bernard Heinze is announced as Australian of the Year
* Ronald McKie's novel "The Mango Tree" wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

* The Cars That Ate Paris, directed by Peter Weir, is released

Television

* The long running popular music program "Countdown" first screens
* Soap operas "The Box" and "Class of '74" begin

port

*September 14 - John Farrington wins his third men's national marathon title, clocking 2:17:23 in Gawler.
* Think Big wins the Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
* "Apollo" takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. "Love and War" is the handicap winner
* Australia defeats the USA 2-1 in the Federation Cup
* The Australian team makes its first World Cup appearance when it competes in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
* Eastern Suburbs wins the NSW Rugby League Premiership
* Rothmans medal awarded to Graham Eadie
* Richmond wins the 78th VFL Premiership (Richmond 18.20 (128) d North Melbourne 13.9 (87))
* Brownlow Medal awarded to Keith Greig (North Melbourne)

Births

* April 5 - Deborah Sosimenko, hammer thrower
* June 12 - Scott Ferrier, decathlete
* June 13 - Tristram Woodhouse, field hockey forward
* July 2 - Matthew Reilly, writer
* July 6 - James Swan, boxer
* July 15 - Chris Taylor, comedian
* July 16 - Michelle Chandler, basketball player
* September 4 - Andrew Hansen, comedian and musician
* November 1 - Emma George, pole vaulter

Deaths

* April 6 - Hudson Fysh (b.1895), co founder of Qantas
* May 1 - Frank Packer (b.1906), publisher
* June 10 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b.1900), former Governor General of Australia


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