1954 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 The following lists events that happened during 1954 in Australia. Elizabeth II William Slim Robert Menzies 8,986,530 Federal 1954 Incumbents thumb|upright|140px|Robert Menzies Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Sir William Slim Prime Minister – Robert Menzies Chief Justice – Sir Owen Dixon State Premiers Premier of New South Wales – Joseph Cahill Premier of Queensland – Vince Gair State Governors Governor of New South Wales – Sir John Northcott Governor of Queensland – Sir John Lavarack Governor of South Australia – Sir Robert George Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner Events 3 February – Elizabeth II arrives in Sydney on her first visit as monarch 13 February – Mawson Station in the Australian Antarctic Territory is established During February, a cyclone hits the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales, killing 26Bureau of Meteorologymedic 1 March - Adelaide and large parts of southern South Australia are shaken by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, resulting in the injuries of 16 people, and a damage bill of £17 million (2017: $578 million). 3 April – Vladimir Petrov, a Soviet diplomat, defects to Australia, sparking the Petrov Affair Shirley Bliss wins the Miss Australia Quest On 31 October, the first Vickers Viscount aircraft delivered to Australia crashed at Mangalore Airport while on a training flight only days after its arrival in Australia, killing 3 of the 7 people on board."Viscount Crashes" https://web.archive.org/web/20240716065618/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23458910 16 July 2024 The Argus - 1 November 1954, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-07-01 Science and technology The Australian Academy of Science is established. Arts and literature 1954 in Australian literature Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP Charles Bannon wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work Judas Iscariot Overland literary magazine is founded, edited by Stephen Murray-Smith Sport Cricket New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield Football Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Wests defeated Brothers 35-18 New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated Newtown 23-15 South Australian National Football League premiership: won by Port Adelaide Victorian Football League premiership: Footscray defeated Melbourne 102-51 Golf Australian Open: won by Ossie Pickworth Australian PGA Championship: won by Kel Nagle Horse racing Rising Fast wins the Caulfield Cup Rising Fast wins the Cox Plate Rising Fast wins the Melbourne Cup Motor racing The Australian Grand Prix was held at Southport and won by Lex Davison driving a HWM Jaguar Tennis Australian Open men's singles: Mervyn Rose defeats Rex Hartwig 6-2 0–6 6-4 6-2 Australian Open women's singles: Thelma Coyne Long defeats Jenny Staley Hoad 6-3 6-4 Davis Cup: Australia is defeated by the United States 2–3 in the 1954 Davis Cup final Wimbledon: Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose win the Gentlemen's Pairs Wimbledon: Jaroslav Drobný defeats Ken Rosewall 13–11 4–6 6–2 9–7 in the Gentlemen's Singles Yachting Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Solveig IV wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Births 10 January – Greg Towns, footballer 25 January – Kay Cottee, sailor 26 January – Kim Hughes, cricketer 26 March - Clive Palmer, businessman and politician 27 April – Mark Holden, singer and media personality 1 May – Garry Who, actor and comedian 2 May – Don Cameron, water polo player and coach 19 May – Phil Rudd, musician 27 May – Pauline Hanson, politician 17 June – Kerry Greenwood, novelist and lawyer (died 2025)Kerry Greenwood https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22250 2025-04-07 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 30 June – Wayne Swan, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 2 July – Scott W. Sloan, professor of civil engineering (died 2019) 11 July – Paul Blackwell, actor (died 2019) 11 August – Wally Carr, boxer (died 2019) 12 August – Rob Borbidge, Premier of Queensland 2 September – Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer 13 September – Steve Kilbey, musician 20 September – James Moloney, author 27 September – Ray Hadley, 2GB radio announcer 13 October – Banduk Marika, Indigenous artist and printmaker (died 2021) 15 October – Steve Bracks, 44th Premier of Victoria 24 October – Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia 12 November – Paul McNamee, tennis player 22 November – Carol Tomcala, sports shooterCarol TOMCALA - Olympic Shooting Australia https://www.olympic.org/carol-tomcala International Olympic Committee 27 February 2020 en 17 June 2016 2 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201202004715/https://www.olympic.org/carol-tomcala live 26 November – Jacki MacDonald, media personality 29 November – Steve Rogers (died 2006), Rugby league footballer Deaths 10 January – Chester Wilmot, war correspondent (b. 1911) 19 September – Miles Franklin, writer and feminist (b. 1879) 14 November – Inigo Owen Jones, meteorologist and farmer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1872) 22 November – Roy Rene, comedian (b. 1891) See also List of Australian films of the 1950s References 1954 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 20th century in Australia