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New Years Day
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1967
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Judy Cassab's wins the Archibald Prize
Judy Cassab's portrait of Margo Lewers wins the Archibald Prize, this year, (actual date unknown) -
Apollo 1 fire kills three
Apollo 1: U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test. -
Out Space Treaty
The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty. -
Student in take at Macquarie University
The first student intake at Macquarie University this month, (actual day not given) -
Last man hanged
– Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia, for murdering a guard while escaping from prison in December 1965. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday bushfires in Tasmania -
Lunar Orbiter 3 is launched
NASA launches Lunar Orbiter 3. -
Mazenod College opens
Mazenod College in Victoria, Australia opens -
La Trobe University
La Trobe University officially opens. -
Hydroelectric Tasmania Scheme
Sought fundinf for 100 million dollars to commence improving Gordon Power Scheme. -
1967 Referendum
The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians. It signifies Australia's first step in recognising Indigenous rights. it gave aboriginals the right to be included in the census. -
$5 dollar bill introduced
The Australian five dollar bill went into circulation. -
First colour television program broadcasted
ATV0 (channel 10) broadcasts the first colour television program in Australia when it televises the horse racing from Pakenham, Victoria. -
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The novel Picnic at Hanging Rock was released sometime this year. -
Postcodes
Postcodes introduced throughout Australia -
La Mama Theatre
Melbourne's La Mama Theatre opens -
The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service is established -
The song: Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
The song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" sung by Johnny Farnham was released this month. -
WRESAT Satellite launched
Australia's first satellite, WRESAT, is launched on an American Redstone rocket from Woomera, South Australia.[33] -
Heart Transplant
Christiaan Barnard carries out the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. -
Harold Holt goes missing
Harold Holt, Australian prime minister, disappears when swimming at a beach 60 km from Melbourne, he was never found.
