1962 in Australia
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See also: 1961 in Australia, other events of 1962, 1963 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prime Minister - Robert Menzies
- Governor General - William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
- Premier of New South Wales - Robert Heffron
- Premier of South Australia - Sir Thomas Playford
- Premier of Queensland - Frank Nicklin
- Premier of Tasmania - Eric Reece
- Premier of Western Australia - David Brand
- Premier of Victoria - Henry Bolte
[edit] Events
- The Australian Ballet is founded
- The Cahill Expressway opens in Sydney
- The Red Sales aerobatic team, flying Vampire jets, crashes in practice, killing 6
- 16 July - An education strike in Goulburn, New South Wales, where, in response to a demand for the installation of three extra toilets at a local Catholic Primary 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.
- September 28 - One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are destroyed.
[edit] Science & Technology
[edit] Arts and literature
- 2 November - The first performance of the Australian Ballet Company in Sydney was of Swan Lake.
[edit] Film
[edit] Television
[edit] Sport
- Even Stevens wins the Melbourne Cup
- New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
- Solo wins the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games is held in Perth
- Heather Blundell wins the British Open Squash Championship.
- Gretel makes Australias first challenge for the America's Cup, losing 4-1 to the American opponent Weatherly.
- Australia defeats Mexico 5-0 in the Davis Cup final
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 - Frank Hurley (b.1885), film maker and photographer
- December 3 - Mary Gilmore (b.1865), poet and journalist
