1965

  • hydrofoil ferry

    The first hydrofoil ferry service begins in sydney
  • Dawn Fraser

    Dawn Fraser becomes youngest person to be named Australian of the Year
  • Freedom Rides

    Grafton: Freedom Rides - A bus carrying 30 students, including Charles Perkins, has to be escorted from Moree after a demonstration against discrimination at the town's swimming pool
  • Australian combat force will be sent to South Vietnam

    Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that an Australian combat force will be sent to South Vietnam in response to a request for military aid from the South Vietnamese government.
  • 1st Battalion

    The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, is deployed in Operation Hump in Vietnam.