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This is the timeline of events that occured in the 1960's
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A heat wave destroys 11 people lives in central Australia and 13 lives in Sydney
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Theodore H Maiman operatined the first funcitoning laser.
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Crown of Thorns startfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Rief Brisbane first tied cricket test Australia v West Indies at The Gabba
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The Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia
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Australia selling wheat to Coummunist China
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Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis final
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The Berlin Wall was created
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Woman got fined for being "unsuitably dressed" wearing a bikini at Bondi Beach
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Might bushfires rages through the Great Divide and the Dandenong Ranges on the edge of Melbourne, killing 8 people and destorying hundreds of houses.
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Australia becomes the first nation to endorse Nuclear test ban treaty
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The well known band in the 1960's, The Beatles started touring in Australia
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The orginal currency was, pounds, pennies, and etc but now the currency has changed into cents and dollars because its easier to count and manage then the older currencies.
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Bushfires
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Opening of musical Hair with controversial 30 second nudity scene
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Police battle 3,000 Vietnam war protesters outside the US Consulate