- 1978 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
monarch =Elizabeth II
governor-general =Sir Zelman Cowen
pm =Malcolm Fraser
population = 14,192,234
australian =
elections =NSW "See also:"1977 in Australia ,
other events of 1978,1979 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
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Queen of Australia -HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General -Sir Zelman Cowen
*Prime Minister -Malcolm Fraser
*Premier of New South Wales -Neville Wran
*Premier of South Australia -Don Dunstan
*Premier of Queensland -Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
*Premier of Tasmania -Doug Lowe
*Premier of Western Australia -Sir Charles Court
*Premier of Victoria -Rupert Hamer Events
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February 13 -Sydney Hilton bombing killing 3 people and injuring 11 others.
*March 14 - Stephen Matthews, aged 20, swept from the Natural Bridge off Albany, Western Australia, by a King Wave. Rescued by whale ship, the Cheynes II. First recorded survival of someone swept into the sea at The Gap and Natural Bridge.
*April 4 -Cyclone Alby kills 5 people in Western Australia
*October 7 - The ALP government of Neville Wran is re-elected with a massively increased majority, leading to his win being dubbed as a "Wranslide".
*October 8 - Australia'sKen Warby sets the current world water speed record of 510 km/h (317.60 mph) atBlowering Dam ,New South Wales .
*November 21 - Last day of commercial whaling in Australia. No sperm whales caught that day by the chaser ships (Cheynes II, III and IV) operated by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company at Albany, Western Australia. The last whale caught by an Australian whaling company was the day before, November 20.cience & Technology
Arts and literature
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Brett Whiteley wins theArchibald Prize with Art, Life and the other thing
*Jessica Anderson 's novel "Tirra Lirra By the River " wins theMiles Franklin Award Film
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Blue Fin
*Little Boy LostTelevision
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August 6 -James Langford wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:19:29 inCaboolture .
* "Arwon " wins theMelbourne Cup
* Western Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
* "Apollo" wins theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race
* "Hawthorn" are premiers of theVictorian Football League Births
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January 25 — Jason Johnson, player withEssendon Football Club
*March 1 —Gavin Woods , water polo player
*March 18 —Brooke Hanson , swimmer
*June 30 —Ben Cousins , Captain of theWest Coast Eagles
*August 8 —Kate Ritchie , actress, radio & television personality
*September 22 —Harry Kewell , soccer player
*October 25 —Matt Shirvington , track and field athlete
*November 22 — Steven King, plays withGeelong Football Club Deaths
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January 9 - Eddie Gilbert, (b. 1905), Queensland cricketer
*May 14 -Robert Menzies (b. 1894), Prime Minister of Australia
*July 27 -Robert Heffron (b. 1890), Premier of New South Wales
*October 6 -Johnny O'Keefe , (b. 1935), Australian rock and roll singeree also
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1978
*1970s
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