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Reserve bank of Australia is established
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Contraceptive pill become available to all Australian women
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Small Australian Army sent to Vietnam to operate with the United States
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated
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The Beatles tour Australia
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Prime Minister Menzies commits the first regular military forces to serve in combat in Vietnam
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Menzies retires as Prime Minister after 16 years
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Japan becomes Australia's largest export market
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John Gorton became the 19th Australian Prime Minister in unusual circumstances
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A peak force of more than a third of Australia's combat streangth is deployed in Vietnam