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Decade of the 60's

By poklie
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    1960's

  • Crown-of-thorns starfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Reef

    Crown-of-thorns starfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Reef

    Crown-of-thorns starfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Reef
  • The halogan lamp invented

    The halogan lamp invented

    The halogan lamp invented
  • Stephen Leslie Bradley sentenced to life imprisonment

    Stephen Leslie Bradley sentenced to life imprisonment

    Sydney: Stephen Leslie Bradley sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of kidnap victim Graeme Thorne July 1960
  • Youri Gargarine, first men to be in space

    Youri Gargarine, first men to be in space

  • Australia wins 38 gold medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Perth31 Jan 1962

    Australia wins 38 gold medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Perth31 Jan 1962

  • Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.31 Jan 1963

    Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.31 Jan 1963

    Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.
  • Martin Luther King his "I have a dream" speech

    Martin Luther King his "I have a dream" speech

  • Lyndon Johnson becomes President

    Lyndon Johnson becomes President

  • he aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS

    he aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS

    Jervis Bay: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager, cutting it in half and killing 82 of the Voyager's officers and crew in the worst peacetime naval disaster in Australian history

  • convention on equal pay for women

    udy Hanrahan becomes the first woman teller appointed by the Bank of NSW since the warDr Hanna Neumann is named Professor of the Department of Pure Mathematics at the ANUCanberra: Federal Government fails to ratify the ILO convention on equal pay for women

  • Roma Mitchell is Australia's first woman judge, after her appointment to the South Australian Supreme Court Bench

    Roma Mitchell is Australia's first woman judge, after her appointment to the South Australian Supreme Court Bench

  • The ALP deletes "White Australia" from its immigration policy

    The ALP deletes "White Australia" from its immigration policy
  • Australia changes over to decimal currency.

    Australia changes over to decimal currency.

    Australia changes over to decimal currency.
  • Sydney: The first Australian conscripts fly out for Vietnam. Anti-conscription and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators could not get near the RAAF base at Richmond

    Sydney: The first Australian conscripts fly out for Vietnam. Anti-conscription and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators could not get near the RAAF base at Richmond

    Sydney: The first Australian conscripts fly out for Vietnam. Anti-conscription and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators could not get near the RAAF base at Richmond
  • Gough Whitlam succeeds Arthur Calwell to become new Leader of the Labor Party

    Gough Whitlam succeeds Arthur Calwell to become new Leader of the Labor Party

    Gough Whitlam succeeds Arthur Calwell to become new Leader of the Labor Party
  • Martin Luther King got assassinated

    Martin Luther King got assassinated

  • The town of Meckering destroyed by biggest earthquake

    The town of Meckering destroyed by biggest earthquake

    WA: The town of Meckering destroyed by biggest earthquake yet recorded in Australia. The quake measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale
  • Hong Kong: Ill-fated aircraft carrier HMAS

    Hong Kong: Ill-fated aircraft carrier HMAS

    Hong Kong: Ill-fated aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts an American destroyer in half in the South China Sea, killing at least 56 American sailors
  • 1969 man walks on moon

    1969 man walks on moon