1971 in Australia

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See also: 1970 in Australia, other events of 1971, 1972 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Film 4 Television 5 Sport 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Incumbents

• Prime Minister - John Gorton (til March 10), then William McMahon
• Governor General - Paul Hasluck
• Premier of New South Wales - Robert Askin
• Premier of South Australia - Don Dunstan
• Premier of Queensland - Joh Bjelke-Petersen
• Premier of Tasmania - Angus Bethune
• Premier of Western Australia - David Brand (til April 3), then John Tonkin
• Premier of Victoria - Henry Bolte

[edit] Events

• Neville Bonner becomes first Indigenous Australian to sit as a member in the Parliament of Australia
• Evonne Goolagong is named Australian of the Year
• December 24 - Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland and surrounding islands, killing 3
• Bjelk-Petersen declares a state of emeregency in Queensland in response to escalating protest to the 1971 Springbok tour

theatre/arts

The New Wave theatre movement is emerging. Austrlia searchs for identity and rejects cultural imperialism. The Removalist written (David Williamson)

[edit] Film

• Walkabout

[edit] Television

• July 28 - Pick A Box, hosted by Bob and Dolly Dyer, airs for the final time. It had first been broadcast as a radio program in 1948.

[edit] Sport

• Silver Knight wins the Melbourne Cup
• South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
• Kialoa takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Pathfinder takes handicap honours
• 1971 Springbok tour

[edit] Births

• February 19 - Lisa McCune, actress
• April 2 - Todd Woodbridge, tennis player
• October 20 - Danii Minogue, singer
• October 29 - Matthew Hayden, cricket player

[edit] Deaths

• May 27 - Chips Rafferty (b.1909), actor
• July 30 - Kenneth Slessor (b.1901), poet

[edit] See also

• 1971
• 1970s