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460 Moments
1967
Tragic Bushfires Claim 64 Lives in Hobart and Southeastern Tasmania
Last Legal Execution in Australia
1966
Currency Change: Australian dollar replaces pound in decimalization shift.
Tragic disappearance of Beaumont Children at Glenelg Beach
Robert Menzies: Retirement and Succession to Harold Holt
1965
1964
The Beatles' 1964 World Tour Arrival
Tragic sinking: HMAS Voyager disaster leaves 82 sailors dead
1963
Charges of Obscenity: ''Oz'' Magazine Editors
1962
Troops Sent to Vietnam War
Sydney-Melbourne Railway Link by Spirit of Progress
1960
End of the First Phase of the Malayan Insurgency
1959
Sydney Opera House Construction: $102 Million Cost
1958
"Wild One" makes Johnny O'Keefe the First Australian Rock'n'Roller to Reach the National Charts.
1957
Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit "A Pub with No Beer" becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
1956
16th Summer Olympics Held in Melbourne
Television launch in Australia.
1955
1954
Royal Visit and Petrov Affair: Political Division in Australian Labor Party
1952
First nuclear test in Australian zone: Operation Hurricane by UK off Western Australia.
1951
Referendum on Banning Communist Party Fails
Australia signs ANZUS treaty alongside US and New Zealand
1950
Australian Enters the Korean War: Assisting South Korea.
1949
Robert Menzies: Return to Power as Liberal Party Leader