1962 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Australia.
1962 in Australia | |
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Governor-General | William Sidney |
Prime minister | Robert Menzies |
Population | 10,742,291 |
Australian of the Year | Jock Sturrock |
Elections | SA, NSW, WA |
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See also: |
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
- Governor General – William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
- Sir Owen Dixon
State Premiers
- Robert Heffron
- Premier of Queensland – Frank Nicklin
- Premier of South Australia – Sir Thomas Playford
- Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece
- Premier of Western Australia – David Brand
- Premier of Victoria – Henry Bolte
State Governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Eric Woodward
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Henry Abel Smith
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Edric Bastyan
- Governor of Tasmania – Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner
- Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooksis
Events
- The Australian Balletis founded.
- 1 March – The final section of the Cahill Expressway opens in Sydney.
- 16 July – The CatholicPrimary School, the local community closed down these schools and sent the children to the Government schools. The Catholic Church declared they had no money to install the extra toilets. Nearly 1,000 children turned up to be enrolled locally and the state schools were unable to accommodate them. In 1963, Menzies made State aid for science blocks part of his party's platform in response to the public debate engendered by the Goulburn strike.
- 15 August – The Red Sales aerobatic team, flying Vampire jets, crashes in practice, killing six people.[1]
- 28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are destroyed.
Arts and literature
- 2 November – The first performance of the Australian Ballet Company in Sydney was of Swan Lake.
- Miles Franklin Literary Award
Television
- 4 March – NBN Television opens in Newcastle, New South Walesas NBN-3.
- 18 March – Wollongong, New South Walesas WIN-4.
- 26 May - Southern Cross Television opens in Launceston, Tasmania as TNT-9
Sport
- General
- Australia wins 38 gold medals at the Perth
- Australia wins 38 gold medals at the
- Athletics
- 11 August – Perth.
- 11 August –
- Cricket
- Sheffield Shield
- Football
- All Blacks
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Norths defeated Valleys 22–0
- Port Adelaide
- 90–58
- Golf
- Australian Open: won by Gary Player
- Australian PGA Championship: won by Bill Dunk
- Horse racing
- Indian Summer wins the AJC Oaks
- Even Stevens wins the Caulfield Cup
- Aquanita wins the Cox Plate
- Birthday Card wins the Golden Slipper
- Even Stevens wins the Melbourne Cup
- Indian Summer wins the
- Motor racing
- The Australian Grand Prix was held at Caversham and won by Bruce McLaren driving a Cooper-Climax
- The Armstrong 500 was held at Phillip Island, and was won by Harry Firth and Bob Jane driving an XL Falcon
- Squash
- Heather Blundell wins the Women's Championship at the British Open Squash Championships
- Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles: Rod Laver defeats Roy Emerson8–6 0–6 6–4 6-4
- Jan Lehane O'Neill6–0 6-2
- Davis Cup: Australia defeats Mexico 5–0 in the 1962 Davis Cup final
- Men's Singles
- French Open: Margaret Court wins the Women's Singles
- French Open: Roy Emerson and Men's Doubles
- Men's Singles
- US Open: Margaret Court wins the Women's Singles
- Men's Singles
- Wimbledon: Men's Doubles
- Yachting
- Gretel makes Australias first challenge for the America's Cup, losing 4–1 to the American opponent Weatherly
- Ondine takes line honours and Solo wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Births
- 23 January – Richard Roxburgh, actor, writer, producer and director
- 28 January – Barbara Stone, politician
- 14 February – Stephen Robertson, politician
- 17 February – David McComb, musician (d. 1999)
- 22 February – Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and media personality (died 2006)
- 9 March – Jeff Knuth, politician
- 13 April – Andrew Jachno, race walker
- 24 April – Steve "Blocker" Roach, rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- 26 April – Trevor Marmalade, comedian and author
- 6 May – Julieanne Gilbert, politician
- 13 May – Paul McDermott, comedian and singer
- 25 May – Ros Bates, politician
- 28 May – Gary Belcher, rugby league player and commentator
- 24 June – Steve Dickson, politician
- 9 July – Paul Lucas, politician
- 15 July – Michelle Ford, swimmer
- 18 July – Shaun Micallef, comedian
- 31 July – Damien Frawley, rugby union player
- 6 August – Steven Lee, alpine skier
- 15 September – Scott McNeil, voice actor
- 17 September – Baz Luhrmann, film director and producer[2]
- 26 September – Steve Moneghetti, long-distance runner
- 13 October – David Dalgleish, politician
- 26 October – Rob Messenger, politician
- 30 October – Colin Boyce, politician
- 10 November – Bob Lindner, rugby league footballer and coach
- 11 November – James Morrison, jazz musician
- 5 December – Michael Harvey, racewalker
- 8 December
- Steve Elkington, golfer
- Tracy Davis, politician
- 12 December – Chris Cummins, politician
- 16 December – John English, politician
Deaths
- 17 January – Frank Hurley, film maker and photographer (b. 1885)
- 3 December – Dame Mary Gilmore, socialist poet and journalist (b. 1865)
See also
References
- ^ Disaster struck RAAF aerobatic team, Royal Australian Air Force Air Power Development Centre.
- ISBN 9781641433167.