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major event in 1960
in 1960 st george continue there streak and made it 5 grandfinals in a arrow by defeationg it was 31 to 6 reg gasnier played a big robe by scoring 2 tries
Also a big event in 1960 was the opening of theThe Warragamba Dam it was opened by Premier of New South Wales on October 14 -
major event in 1961
23 June Australia signed the antartic treaty and on the 20 of january there was a big bushfire that took away alot of homes and citys -
world event in 1962
st george continued there streak and again faced off again western suburbs in the grandfinal they look good throughout the whole season it was a grueling battle but at the end of the game the more dominant side won
st george 9_ western suburbs 6
in other news The Australian Ballet is founded.
and there was a education strike in gourbon -
world events in 1963
again st george had continued there dominance and had vs western suburbs again for the third concective years
it was a thriler with over 69 thousand watching in the crowd
st george had prevailed over western suburbs 8 3
also John Carew Eccles was announced as the Australian of the Year -
event in australia 1964
everyone thought it was time for st george to finnaly lose against a willing balmain side that wouldnt back down but st george had to much experience and were the more domminant side on the night earliar in the year they had mad The first double-decker carriages begin trial runs on the Sydney rail network on febuary 4 -
event in australia 1965
st george vs south sydney
this was there 12 concective grandfinal win and they had beet them 12 8 and it was a thrilling season but it was st george who came away with the priemiership
the first hydrofoil service begins on Sydney Harbour on january 3 -
australia in 1966
balmain vs st george
balmain looked like they were going to win this premiership because they had already won against them twice in the season
st george came with the better preparation and had won 23 4
this was one of the biggest event when Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, retires and is succeeded by Harold Holt -
australia in 1967
history was mad st georges streak was finnally over although it looked like they were going to win another one after becoming minor premiers but canteburry had beaten the in the preliminary final 12 10
but it was south sydney who won the premiership against cantebery on the 1st of October The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service was first established -
australia in 1968
as more teams enter the competition it was harder for st george to win back the priemership
although they made the top 4
they didnt make the grandfinal and south sydney won starting there streak a big event in australia was when the called off the search for the past primeminister who drowned was now called off -
australian event in 1969
the 1960 was filled with history as st georges streak was over a new streak began
the 1960 was filled lots of sporting events and was a good decade for sport
and in news there was a lot of disaster but there was a bigger one on the 7 February when the passenger train Southern Aurora crashed head-on with a train on the new Melbourne to Sydney train line. sadly Nine people were killed