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Australia had only one prime minister (Menzies) from 1949 to 1965, but six prime ministers from 1966 to 1975. [48] Peter Bowers said that Holt's death ended Australia's "age of innocence", as it meant national leaders could no longer keep their private lives completely away from public scrutiny. [49]
Australia Square Tower, Australia's first true skyscraper, is completed. [ 30 ] In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only 332.3 millimetres (13.08 in) [ 31 ] and Adelaide only 257.8 millimetres (10.15 in), [ 32 ] in both cases this being the driest year on record by a ...
Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967.
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 967th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade.
1967 Australian novels (7 P) S. 1967 in Australian sport (14 C, 2 P) T. 1967 in Australian television (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "1967 in Australia"
The total damage amounted to $40,000,000 in 1967 Australian dollar values. [5] The resulting insurance payout was the then largest in Australian history. [6] In 2017 2 more people that had died were officially recognised as victims of the bushfires, they had previously been excluded as the deaths had not been investigated by the coroner at the ...
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Died: Ronald Ryan, 41, Australian convicted murderer, was hanged at Pentridge Prison in Melbourne, becoming the last man executed in Australia. On December 19, 1965, Ryan had killed George Hodson, a guard at the same prison, during an escape.