1963 in Australia

1963 in Australia
Monarchy Elizabeth II
Governor-General William Sidney
Prime minister Robert Menzies
Population 10,950,379
Australian of the Year John Carew Eccles
Elections Federal, QLD
1963
in
Australia
Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

Science and technology

Arts and literature

Careful, He Might Hear You by Sumner Locke Elliott is awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Film

Short films produced in Australia included the following screened at the Venice Film Festival

Others:

Television

Nine Network founded as the "National Television Network"

The panel show Beauty and the Beast premieres on the Seven Network.

Sport

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "Boilermaker Bill's Jakarta jottings; Boilermaker Bill McKell Labor Legend". Crikey. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  2. Tony Koch (2 November 2010). "Notorious bureaucrat who oppressed Aborigines dies unlamented". The Australian (News Limited). Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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