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Ronald Ryan is the last person hanged in Australia.
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Referendum to include Aboriginal People in census is passed with a large amount of support.
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The Australian Five dollar note starts circulating.
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Colour television is broadcast on ATV0 (Channel Ten Melbourne). It shows a race.
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The postcode system is introduced in Australia.
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Australian Prime Minister of the time Harold Holt disappears swimming at a beach out of Melbourne. He is never found and presumed dead.
