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Heat waves kills 11 in Central Australia and 13 in Sydney
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Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia
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Perth: Philip Magalnir becomes the first Australian Aborigine to vote under the new Commonwealth electoral laws granting voting rights to Aborigines
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Wimbledon: Margaret Smith becomes the first Australian woman to win the Women's Singles tennis championship
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The Beatles tour Australia
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London: Prime Minister Menzies declares that Australia is at war with Vietnam
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Long Tan: Australian troops encounter one of the bloodiest episodes yet with the Viet Cong
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90% of white Australians vote in referendum for proposal to count aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them
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Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis title in the first Open Wimbledon
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Artist Norman Lindsay dies at 90
