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Australia's population passes 12,000,000
Australia had became home to over 12,000,000 people. This made sparks as more housing was a demand to familys. -
John Gorton Becomes Prime Minister
John Gorton took over Prime Minister after the shocking death of Harold Holt, he created many problems on in his time in Parliament. -
Australian Boxer Wins.
Lionel Rose defeats Harada In the Tokyo World Championchip this was a surprise. -
NSW introduced the Breathalizer to combat drink-driving.
This was introduced to make the roads safer for everyone on the roads. It helped police stopping people from killing them selves behind a wheel. -
Fluoridation of Sydney's water supply begins.
The Sydneys water supply started rolling in for the nation to use the water as supply's that they needed. This Made life a whole lot easy as they could stya home and receive water. -
The Warringah Expressway opens in Sydney
This made the traffic a whole lot better for people to use, it made traffic go away and people could spread out on the road. This made it safer in a way. -
Australian Wins Wimbledon
Australia Tennis player Rod Laver wins Men's Singles Title in the first open Wimbledon -
Brisbane: Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Joh Bjelke-Petersen becomes Premier and leader of the Country Party after the death of Pizzey. This changed the role of him becasue he was different to Pizzey. -
WA: Earthquake
The town of Meckering destroyed by biggest earthquake yet recorded in Australia. The quake measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale -
Melbourne
Melbourne: Texas oil troubleshooter Paul Red Adair arrives to put out massive gas leak and fire on Esso-BHP's gas and oil platform off Lakes Entrance
Lake Mungo: Ancient remains of a woman cremated around 26,000 years ago discovered -
MacRobision Miller Plane crash
A MacRobinsion Viscount plane crash, Chashed South of Port Hedland, Western Australia. This killed 26 people.
