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1963 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1963 in Australia.

1963 in Australia
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralWilliam Sidney
Prime ministerRobert Menzies
Population10,950,379
Australian of the YearJohn Carew Eccles
ElectionsFederal, QLD

1963
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Sir Robert Menzies

State Premiers

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State Governors

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Events

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Science and technology

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Arts and literature

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Careful, He Might Hear You by Sumner Locke Elliott is awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Film

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Short films produced in Australia included the following screened at the Venice Film Festival[1]

  • Adam and Eve – Dusan Marek
  • Along the Sepik – Ian Dunlop
  • Russell Drysdale – Dahl Collings
  • Sidney Nolan – Dahl Collings
  • They Found a Cave – Andrew Steane – XV Int. Festival Films for Young People
  • William Dobell – Dahl Collings

Others:

  • The Queen Returns – The 1963 Australian visit of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was filmed by the Commonwealth Film Unit. Much of the 30-minute film is devoted to Canberra and its history as the Queen's visit coincided with Canberra's Jubilee Celebrations – 50 years since the founding of the city.

Television

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Nine Network founded as the "National Television Network"

The panel show Beauty and the Beast premieres on the Seven Network.

Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Boilermaker Bill's Jakarta jottings; Boilermaker Bill McKell Labor Legend". Crikey. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2006.
  2. ^ Tony Koch (2 November 2010). "Notorious bureaucrat who oppressed Aborigines dies unlamented". The Australian. News Limited. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ Field, Anthony; Truman, Greg (31 July 2018). "How I got my wiggle back : a memoir of healing". Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2018 – via Trove.