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Frank Sedgman retains Australian Tennis title, defeating Ken McGregor
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Prostitute Jean Lee to hang at Pentridge with 2 of her pimps after being convicted of the killing of SP bookmaker William Kent.
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Communist Party ban declared unconstitutional
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The latest women's fashions are short dresses with full skirts over stiff petticoats
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The start of the national service
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Korean War ended after 3 years
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Britan explodes the first of 2 atomic bombs at Woomera
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England lets off another atomic bomb know as Operation Totem
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Australian flag was rased on new land,in Antacrtica, making it the worlds most southern settlement.
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George Howard, a welfare officer brakes the 'white man's law' which prohibited aborigines from being on hotel premises.
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NSW hotels stay open late, until 10:00pm.
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'Edna Everage' played by Barry Humpheries, makes her official stage debut
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NSW cabinet decide to make it legal to have pokoer machines in clubs
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16th Modern Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
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Woman's Day, the magazine was launched by the Fairfax group.
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Joern Utzon wins the competition for designing the Sydney Opera House
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Severe drought occuring in Australia and need to import goods to meet shortfalls
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international airlines for QANTAS commence
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2UE publishes the first Australian Tup 40's Chart
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Darwin officially becomes a city
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Australia's population reaches 10 million