1978 in Australia

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See also: 1977 in Australia, other events of 1978, 1979 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

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  • February 13 - Sydney Hilton bombing killing 3 people and injuring 11 others.
  • March 14 - Stephen Matthews, aged 20, swept from the Natural Bridge off Albany, Western Australia, by a King Wave. Rescued by whale ship, the Cheynes II. First recorded survival of someone swept into the sea at The Gap and Natural Bridge.
  • April 4 - Cyclone Alby kills 5 people in Western Australia
  • October 8 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 510 km/h (317.60 mph) at Blowering Dam, New South Wales.
  • November 22 - Last day of commercial whaling in Australia. No sperm whales caught that day by the chaser ships (Cheynes II, III and IV) operated by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company at Albany, Western Australia. The last whale caught by an Australian whaling company was the day before, November 21.

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