Australia1970s

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    1970s Australia

  • Point Danger lighthouse first lazer beam light

  • 200,000 Australians participate in anti-war demonstrations

  • The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer is published

  • The first one-day cricket match is held in Melbourne.

  • Springboks tour sparks anti-apartheid protests

  • Evonne Goolagong wins Wimbledon

  • Terrorists Attack at Munich Olympic Games

  • M*A*S*H TV Show Premiers

  • Australia recognises the People's Republic of China

  • 15 people killed in Whisky A Go Go nightclub fire-bomb attack

  • Patrick White wins Nobel Prize for Literature

  • "Green Bans' are introduced to protect heritage sites by Builder's Laborer's Federation

  • Cyclone Tracy destroys Darwin killing 65 people

  • Sir John Kerr chosen as next Governer General

  • $1.7 million settlement for victims of Thalidomide

  • First Colour Broadcast ABC TV

  • Family Law Court Established

  • Juanita Nielsen, Kings Cross publisher, disappears

  • 1000 divorces on the first day of the New Faily Law Court

  • Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls is appointed Governor of SA

  • Cigarette and Tabacco advertising banned on Radio and TV

  • The first 'Boat People' arrive in Australia

  • Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive for Royal Visit.

  • National Opinion Poll finds Advance Australia Fair popular option for National Anthem.

  • 'Star Wars' movie released

  • Elvis found dead

  • Keyy Packer's World Series Cricket is launched

  • Inaugural Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras

  • Northern Territory achieves self-government

  • First Bionic ear implant operation

  • 18 yr old Ukrainian woman jumps ship in Sydney Harbour seeking asylum

  • Maternity Leave granted for all women in private industry

  • A fire on the ghost train at Luna Park claims 7 lives

  • Mel Gibson stars in "Mad Max"