1982 in Australia

1982 in Australia
Monarchy	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Zelman Cowen, then Ninian Stephen
Prime minister	Malcolm Fraser
Population	15,184,247
Elections	SA, TAS, VIC

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Decades:

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

Incumbents

Queen of Australia – Elizabeth II
Governor General – Sir Zelman Cowen, then Sir Ninian Stephen.
Prime Minister – Malcolm Fraser
Premier of New South Wales – Neville Wran
Premier of South Australia – David Tonkin, then John Bannon
Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Premier of Tasmania – Harry Holgate, then Robin Gray
Premier of Western Australia – Sir Charles Court, then Ray O'Connor
Premier of Victoria – Lindsay Thompson, then John Cain II
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory – Post did not exist in 1982.
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Paul Everingham

Events

3 April – After almost 27 years in power, the Liberal/National coalition government is voted out in Victoria & is replaced by the ALP
11 May – High Court upholds the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 in Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen, effectively extending Commonwealth power.
15 May – In the middle of the Franklin Dam dispute, the Labor government of Harry Holgate is voted out in Tasmania & replaced by the Liberal Party, led by Robin Gray.
12 October – Elizabeth II opens the new building of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
6 November – Elections in South Australia see the voting out of the Liberal/National coalition, led by David Tonkin & the election of the ALP, led by John Bannon
14 December – The Tasmanian Wilderness Society, led by Bob Brown, stages a blockade of the Franklin Dam site in Tasmania which continues into 1983. On the same day, UNESCO agrees to list the Tasmanian Wild Rivers as a World Heritage Site.
17 December - Random Breath Testing is introduced in NSW
One of Australia's worst ever droughts strikes the country.

Arts and literature

Rodney Hall's novel Just Relations wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

Television

18 January – Sons and Daughters premieres on the Seven Network.
28 June – The Nine Network premieres its new breakfast TV show, National News Today, which is later shortened to Today
Nine, Seven & the ABC conduct stereo test transmissions

Sport

The South Melbourne Swans move to Sydney & become the Sydney Swans.
21 March – Robert de Castella represents Australia at the tenth IAAF World Cross Country Championships, staged in Rome, Italy. He finished in tenth place (34:20.5) in the race over 11,978 metres.
28 March – The Newtown Jets & Canterbury Bulldogs fight out the only (to date) scoreless draw in NSWRL first grade history.
24 July – The Swans (13.12.90) defeat the North Melbourne Kangaroos (8.10.58) to win the Australian Football Championships Night Series. It is the first major trophy for the Swans since they moved to Sydney.
25 July – Robert Wallace wins the his second men's national marathon title, clocking 2:16:02 in Brisbane, while Barbara McKerrow claims the women's title in 2:50:28.
25 September – Carlton Blues (14.19.103) defeat the Richmond Tigers (12.13.83) to win the 86th VFL premiership. It is the second consecutive premiership for Carlton & the last grand final appearance to date for Richmond.
26 September – Parramatta Eels defeat the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 21-8^ to win the 75th NSWRL premiership. It is their second consecutive premiership.
30 September – 9 October – The 1982 Commonwealth Games are held in Brisbane, Queensland
2 November - Gurner's Lane wins the Melbourne Cup.
18 December – The Kangaroos complete a tour of Great Britain & France undefeated for the first time.

^-Scored under outdated scoring system.

Births

18 February – Courtney Act, drag queen and singer
25 April – Victoria Mitchell, long-distance runner
25 May – Justin Hodges, rugby league footballer
17 July – Eve van Grafhorst, one of the first Australian children to be infected with HIV via a blood transfusion (died 1993)
21 July – Jason Cram, Australian swimmer
30 July – Yvonne Strahovski, actress
7 August – Abbie Cornish, actress
24 August – Damian Istria, gymnast
25 August – Nick Gill, Australian rules footballer
7 September – George Bailey, cricketer
13 October – Ian Thorpe, swimmer
9 November – Eloise Wellings, long-distance runner
22 November – Xavier Doherty, cricketer
13 December – Anthony Callea, entertainer

Deaths

11 February – Albert Facey, autobiographer (born 1894)
14 June – Arthur Coles, businessman and philanthropist
15 November – Dick Randall, public servant (born 1906)^[1]

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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Timeline of Australian history

1982 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

References

↑ Cornish, Selwyn, "Randall, Sir Richard John (Dick) (1906–1982)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, archived from the original on 19 April 2013

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