1962 in Australia explained
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Australia.
Incumbents
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
- The Australian Ballet is founded.
- 1 March – The final section of the Cahill Expressway opens in Sydney.
- 16 July – The Goulburn School Strike started. This was 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.
- 15 August – The Red Sales aerobatic team, flying Vampire jets, crashes in practice, killing six people.[1]
- 28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are destroyed.
Arts and literature
See main article: 1962 in Australian literature.
Television
- 4 March – NBN Television opens in Newcastle, New South Wales as NBN-3.
- 18 March – WIN Television opens in Wollongong, New South Wales as WIN-4.
- 26 May - Southern Cross Television opens in Launceston, Tasmania as TNT-9
Sport
- General
- Athletics
- 11 August – Keith Ollerenshaw wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:26:24.2 in Perth.
- Cricket
- Football
- Golf
- Horse racing
- Motor racing
- Squash
- Tennis
- Yachting
Births
- 23 January – Richard Roxburgh, actor, writer, producer and director
- 28 January – Barbara Stone, politician
- 14 February – Stephen Robertson, politician
- 17 February – David McComb, musician (d. 1999)
- 22 February – Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and media personality (died 2006)
- 9 March – Jeff Knuth, politician
- 13 April – Andrew Jachno, race walker
- 24 April – Steve "Blocker" Roach, rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- 26 April – Trevor Marmalade, comedian and author
- 6 May – Julieanne Gilbert, politician
- 13 May – Paul McDermott, comedian and singer
- 25 May – Ros Bates, politician
- 28 May – Gary Belcher, rugby league player and commentator
- 24 June – Steve Dickson, politician
- 3 July - Brian Canham, musician and singer Pseudo Echo
- 9 July – Paul Lucas, politician
- 15 July – Michelle Ford, swimmer
- 18 July – Shaun Micallef, comedian
- 31 July – Damien Frawley, rugby union player
- 6 August – Steven Lee, alpine skier
- 15 September – Scott McNeil, voice actor
- 17 September – Baz Luhrmann, film director and producer[2]
- 26 September – Steve Moneghetti, long-distance runner
- 13 October – David Dalgleish, politician
- 26 October – Rob Messenger, politician
- 30 October – Colin Boyce, politician
- 10 November – Bob Lindner, rugby league footballer and coach
- 11 November – James Morrison, jazz musician
- 5 December – Michael Harvey, racewalker
- 8 December
- 12 December – Chris Cummins, politician
- 16 December – John English, politician
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/HistoryRecord/HistoryRecordDetail.aspx?rid=290 Disaster struck RAAF aerobatic team
- Book: LastName, FirstName . Chase's calendar of events. the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months . Rowman & Littlefield . Lanham . 2019 . 9781641433167 . 464.
