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The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who then commissioned the leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister to hold a new election.
Five members of an Indian-Australian family killed in car accident while travelling between Delhi and Agra, sixth member later died in hospital. [454] [455] Massacre: Balibo, East Timor: 5: 1975 Oct 16: Balibo Five. Five Australian journalists murdered by Indonesian troops.
View of the bridge as it stood in 2006 The Tasman Bridge after the collision. The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge and caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse ...
Brent has remained in Australia with their two sons while Biggs is now living in Brazil with his girlfriend and their seven-month-old son. [61] 21 March – The 1975 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill occurs which sees Malcolm Fraser replace Billy Snedden as the leader of the Liberal Party, winning the party room ballot 37:27. [62]
Pages in category "1975 disasters in Australia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
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SS Lake Illawarra was a handysize bulk carrier of 7,274 tons in the service of the Australian National Line.This ship is known for causing the Tasman Bridge disaster when she collided with pylon 19 of Hobart's giant high concrete arch style Tasman Bridge on the evening of 5 January 1975 at 9.27 pm, [1] [2] [3] resulting in the deaths of 12 people.
Cyclone Tracy devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974.It is the most compact cyclone or equivalent-strength hurricane on record in the Australian basin, with gale-force winds extending only 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the centre and was the most compact system worldwide until Tropical Storm Marco of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane ...