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The first hydrofoil ferry service begins in sydney
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Dawn Fraser becomes youngest person to be named Australian of the Year
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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
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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.
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The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, is deployed in Operation Hump in Vietnam.