1969 in Australia

Film

• 27 March – 2000 Weeks (directed by Tim 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.^[4]

Television

• 5 March – The last episode of spy series
  Hunter
  is aired.
• 11 March – Police procedural drama series Division 4 makes its debut on the Nine Network.
• 21 March – Graham Kennedy wins the Gold Logie for In Melbourne Tonight.

Sport

• 21 January – Boxer
  Albert Hall in London
  .
• 12 April – Carlton achieve the first double-century VFL score when they kick 30.30 (210) against Hawthorn, beating a previous record from 1931.
• 6 September – Richmond sets a new record VFL finals winning margin when it beats Geelong by 118 points. it is the first century winning margin in a finals match and beats the previous record margin of 88 points by Melbourne against Collingwood in the 1964 Second Semi.
• 20 September – Balmain defeated South Sydney 11–2 in the NSWRL Rugby League Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It is Balmain's first premiership win since 1947, and would become their final win as the Balmain Tigers; they would later win in 2005 after their merger with the Western Suburbs Magpies to form the Wests Tigers. Cronulla-Sutherland finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon.
• 27 September – Richmond 12.13 (85) beats Carlton 8.12 (60) for its seventh premiership.
• 2 October –
  Wimbledon
  in that year).
• 11 October – John Farrington wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:21:02.8 in Sydney.
• 4 November – Rain Lover wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

• 19 January – Luc Longley, basketball player
• 22 January – Shelley Sandie, basketball player
• 23 January – Danielle Woodhouse, water polo player
• 7 February – Fiona Robinson, basketball and handball player
• 3 March – Tony Modra, Australian Rules football player
• 13 March – Jamie Cox, cricketer
• 15 March – Matthew Morris, politician
• 17 March – Alison Forman, football (soccer) midfielder
• 28 March – John Brogden, politician
• 1 April – Andrew Vlahov, basketball player
• 3 April – Ben Mendelsohn, actor
• 7 May – Rachael Robertson (writer), speaker, author and mentor
• 14 May – Cate Blanchett, actress^[5]
• 17 May – Liesl Tesch, wheelchair basketball player, sailor and politician
• 31 May – Juliet Haslam, field hockey defender
• 3 June – Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player
• 30 June – Mark Garner, track and field sprinter
• 7 July – Rina Bradshaw-Hill, triathlete
• 17 July – Jason Clarke, Australian actor
• 30 July – Simon Baker, actor
• 9 August – Ricky Cooke, racewalker
• 15 August – Bernard Fanning, singer
• 16 August – Jodi McKay, politician
• 29 August – Bill Granger, restaurateur (d. 2023)
• 6 September – Michellie Jones, triathlete
• 7 September – David Borger, politician
• 9 September – Natasha Stott Despoja, politician
• 13 September – Shane Warne, cricketer (d. 2022)
• 18 September – Brad Beven, triathlete
• 19 September – Kostya Tszyu, boxer
• 20 October – Laurie Daley, rugby league football commentator and former player
• 31 October – Kylie Kwong, chef and television presenter
• 14 December – Dave Nilsson, baseball player
• 14 December – Rob Oakeshott, politician
• 29 December – Andrew Cornwell, politician

Deaths

• 29 January – Alfred McClelland (born 1886), politician
• 31 March – Ernest Wetherell, politician
• 14 May – Frederick Lane (born 1888), swimmer
• 3 August – Alexander Mair (born 1889), 26th Premier of New South Wales (1939–1941)
• 25 August – Robert Cosgrove (born 1894), 30th Premier of Tasmania (1939–1947, 1948–1958)
• 17 November – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (born 1890), 22nd Governor of South Australia (1939–1944)
• 21 November – Norman Lindsay (born 1879), artist
• 27 November – May Gibbs, (born 1877) children's author.
• 20 December – Sir Giles Chippindall, (born 1893), public servant

See also

• List of Australian films of the 1960s

References