1967 in Australia

none February 2012 March 2020 The following lists events that happened during 1967 in Australia. 1967 Australia Elizabeth II Lord Casey Harold Holt, then John McEwen 11,912,253 The Seekers VIC, Referendum, Half-Senate 1967 Incumbents thumb|upright|140px|Lord Casey horizontal right center 280 Harold Holt 1965 01.jpg Harold Holt Sir_John_McEwen.jpg John McEwen Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Lord Casey Prime Minister – Harold Holt (until 17 December), then John McEwen (from 19 December) Opposition Leader – Arthur Calwell (until 9 February), then Gough Whitlam Chief Justice – Sir Garfield Barwick State and territory leaders Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin Opposition Leader – Jack Renshaw Premier of Queensland – Frank Nicklin Opposition Leader – Jack Houston Premier of South Australia – Frank Walsh (until 1 June), then Don Dunstan Opposition Leader – Steele Hall Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece Opposition Leader – Angus Bethune Premier of Victoria – Sir Henry Bolte Opposition Leader – Clive Stoneham (until 15 May), then Clyde Holding Premier of Western Australia – David Brand Opposition Leader – John Tonkin Governors and administrators Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler Governor of Queensland – Sir Alan Mansfield Governor of South Australia – Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan Governor of Tasmania – General Sir Charles Gairdner Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe Governor of Western Australia – Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew Administrator of Nauru – Leslie King Administrator of Norfolk Island – Reginald Marsh Administrator of the Northern Territory – Roger Dean Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – David Hay (from 9 January) Events January 18 January – The Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by supporters of South Vietnam but is then constantly heckled by anti-war protesters, and Harold Holt is forced to deny that Ky and his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering his predecessor, President Ngo Dinh Diem.Australian Visit (1967) https://web.archive.org/web/20240716045530/https://www.leafscreener.com.au/?ref=australianscreen.com.au%2Ftitles%2Faustralian-visit%2F 16 July 2024 ABC News. Retrieved 15 December 2007 February First student intake at Macquarie University.Macquarie University Biological Sciences Museum https://web.archive.org/web/20071202110731/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/centres/museum/ 2 December 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 3 February – Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965. Richards Ryan 2002 A160185b Ryan, Ronald Joseph (1925–1967) 15 December 2007 7 February – Black Tuesday in Tasmania – massive bushfires devastate much of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart and surrounding areas.Natural disasters in Australia – Culture and Recreation Portal (Australian Government) https://web.archive.org/web/20090515040445/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/naturaldisasters/ 15 May 2009 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 8 February – Gough Whitlam defeats Dr Jim Cairns and Frank Crean to replace the retiring Arthur Calwell as leader of the federal Australian Labor Party.Australia's Prime Ministers – National Archives of Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20090515062944/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=before 15 May 2009 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 March 1 March – The Royal Australian Navy replaces the British White Ensign flag on all its ships with the Australian White Ensign.Ausflag – Australian Naval Ensign https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074458/http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/naval1911.html 16 October 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 1 March – The Duke of Edinburgh visits Australia.National Archives of Australia – Royalty and Australian Society: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh https://web.archive.org/web/20080722151257/http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/royalty/chapter09.htm 22 July 2008 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 8 March – La Trobe University is officially opened.History of the University – La Trobe University https://web.archive.org/web/20071217211435/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/history.html 17 December 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 13 March – Bessie Rischbieth protested against the Mounts Bay reclamation project on the Swan River and the building of the Narrows Bridge and dies. Lutton Nancy 1988 A110404b Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (1874–1967) 15 December 2007 April 4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban the oral contraceptive pill, maintaining that the risk of thrombosis is "very slight".'97 Series https://web.archive.org/web/20080102073143/http://www.abc.net.au/time/series.htm 2 January 2008 Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 December 2007 7 April – Australian military adviser Major Peter Badcoe is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in Hương Trà District with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.Maj P.J. BADCOE, VC (Post.) https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102821/http://www.aattv.iinet.net.au/badcoe.htm 29 August 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 12 April – Australian Roman Catholic bishops publicly declare their opposition to the war in Vietnam.Catholic Peace Fellowship Journal of Social History 36 4 FindArticles http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 https://web.archive.org/web/20060101012733/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 1 January 2006 usurped 15 December 2007 29 April – A majority in the New England region of New South Wales voted against the creation of a new state in the referendum.About ABC New England North West NSW https://web.archive.org/web/20071220214846/http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/about.htm 20 December 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 May 25 May – The report by the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission on the Gordon Power scheme was tabled in parliament and the Government of Tasmania sought approval for $100 million funding.Interim Report – The Future of Lake Pedder https://web.archive.org/web/20070830034734/http://lakepedder.org/resources/reports/lpcomenq/future.htm 30 August 2007 , Lake Pedder Committee of Enquiry, 29 September 1997. 27 May – Indigenous Australians (technically only the Aboriginal race – see Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)) are given the right to be counted in the national census after a national referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus between the sizes of the Senate and the House of Representatives.Didj "u" Know – Stories of the 1967 Referendum https://web.archive.org/web/20120720071712/http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s888141.htm 20 July 2012 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 29 May – The new Australian 5-dollar note goes into circulation.THE AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE – Australian Bureau of Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20070919042009/http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/9AC14A2C1A1A1671CA2569DE00296986?OpenDocument 19 September 2007 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 June 1 June – Don Dunstan succeeds Frank Walsh as Premier of South Australia, after Walsh retires under pressure from his party.ABC News Obituary – Don Dunstan https://web.archive.org/web/20090510064507/http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/obits/dunstan/default.htm 10 May 2009 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 7 June – Launceston, Tasmania, records the highest barometric pressure on record for Australia with a reading of 1044.3 millibars or 30.84 inHg.World and US High barometric pressure records https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082056/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records 14 October 2014 25 June – Sydney underworld figure Richard Gabriel Reilly is murdered.MILESAGO 1967 Almanac https://web.archive.org/web/20081120191701/http://milesago.com/Almanac/1967.htm 20 November 2008 . Retrieved 15 December 2007 29 June – The Tasmanian Government passes a Bill revoking the national park status of Lake Pedder, allowing the Hydro Electric Commission to construct a dam flooding the lake. July 1 July – The postcode system of postal address coding is introduced throughout Australia.Australia Post – Our History https://web.archive.org/web/20071221192041/http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2070~MO19,00.html 21 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 August 1 August – Qantas drops the word 'Empire' from its name.About Qantas – Our Company: History https://web.archive.org/web/20061201212133/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details15 1 December 2006 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 September 9 September – Proposed changes to Queensland laws governing public demonstrations results in 3,500 people protesting in the streets of Brisbane. Queensland Police arrest 114 people.The Meagre Harvest: The Australian Women's Movement 1950s–1990s https://web.archive.org/web/20231016043738/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSqDDn5Ws2cC&dq=1967+queensland+public+demonstrations&pg=PA25 16 October 2023 Google Books by Gisela. Retrieved 16 December 2007 16 September – The U.S. Naval Communication Station North West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia is declared operational.103552 Naval Communication Station Harold E Holt ( Area A ) 16 December 2007 28 September – amendments to the South Australian Licensing Act came into effect ending the era of the Six o'clock swill in Australia October 1 October – The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service is established.NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 40th anniversary https://web.archive.org/web/20071211100934/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/npws_40th_anniversary 11 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 20 October – Australia unlinks the Australian dollar from British currency, when the British government makes a decision to devalue the pound sterling.IndexFOREX Australian Dollar currency profile https://web.archive.org/web/20070823011952/http://www.indexfx.com/aud.html 23 August 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 November 10 November – The Nauru Independence Act 1967 received royal assent, allowing the Australian-administered UN Trust Territory of Nauru to proceed to independence on 31 January 1968.https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1967A00103/asmade/text Nauru Independence Act 1967 Federal Register of Legislation 12 November 2024 27 November – Singer John Farnham, then known as Johnny Farnham, releases Sadie (The Cleaning Lady). It was his first Number 1. December 14 December – South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park are proclaimed.Simpson Desert Conservation Park History https://web.archive.org/web/20060830013309/http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/about/index.htm 30 August 2006 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 17 December – Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming in heavy surf at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria.The Harold Holt Murder https://web.archive.org/web/20071223011355/http://www.harold-holt.net/ 23 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed death of Holt, Country Party leader John McEwen is sworn in as interim Prime Minister pending the election of a new government leader by the Coalition parties. Lloyd C. J. 2000 A150245b McEwen, Sir John (1900–1980) 16 December 2007 20 December – John McEwen announced he will not serve in a government led by Liberal Party deputy leader William McMahon, Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition. Unknown and general dates Holden exports its 100,000th car and launches its first compact sedan, the Torana.May 2022 Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and prostitution racketsMay 2022 Bomber aircraft from No. 2 Squadron RAAF Canberra are deployed to Phan Rang airbase in South VietnamMay 2022 Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of Australian passports, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports.May 2022 Australia Square Tower, Australia's first true skyscraper, is completed.Top of the town https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213831/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289865200.html 19 June 2018 , Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 2004. In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only 332.3 mm in 2http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 Melbourne Regional Office (086071) monthly rainfall 17 February 2014 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045349/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 live and Adelaide only 257.8 mm in 2,Adelaide West Terrace (023000) Monthly Rainfall https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045338/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023000 24 September 2015 , Adelaide Kent Town (023090) Monthly Rainfall https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045341/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023090 24 September 2015 in both cases this being the driest year on record by a substantial margin. Acquisition of Land Act 1967 is passed by the Parliament of Queensland Science and technology 17 March – Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is opened near Canberra.Honeysuckle Creek – Epilogue https://web.archive.org/web/20071119005756/http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/space/book/Epilog.htm 19 November 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 April – Dung beetles released between Broome, Western Australia and Townsville, Queensland in the Australian Dung Beetle Project, led by Dr. George BornemisszaBornemissza, G. F. (1976), The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975, Australian Meat Research Committee Review 30:1–30 of the CSIRO in an attempt to control the buffalo fly.Dung Beetle – Part 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20071207232835/http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/dung2.htm 7 December 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2007 1 May – Health authorities begin the first national polio immunisation campaign using the new Sabin oral vaccine developed by Dr Jonas Salk.Polio in Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061141/http://foodsafetymatters.gov.au/polio/gp/acute_poliomyelitis/polio_in_Australia.pdf 28 February 2008 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 29 November – Australia's first satellite, WRESAT, is launched on an American Redstone rocket from Woomera, South Australia.Wresat – Australia's First Satellite https://web.archive.org/web/20071225084001/http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~woomera/wresat.htm 25 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Culture Arts and literature 1967 in Australian literature 26 July – The Groop wins Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds 30 July – Melbourne's La Mama Theatre opens. 1 November – National Gallery of Australia established by the Commonwealth Government with an announcement by prime minister Harold Holt that the Government would construct the building November – The song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" sung by Johnny Farnham is released. December – National Gallery of Victoria building designed by Roy Grounds opens Thomas Keneally's novel Bring Larks and Heroes wins the Miles Franklin Award Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock is published Judy Cassab's portrait of Margo Lewers wins the Archibald Prize Museum of the Riverina established in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Christina Stead's Cotters' England published John Brack's Nude With Dressing Gown is painted Film Interaction: Moving and Painting (dir. Gil Brealy) wins the AFI Award for Best Film Journey Out of Darkness (dir. James Trainor) The Pudding Thieves (dir. Brian Davies) Robbery (dir. Peter Yates) Shades Of Puffing Billy (dir. Antonio Colacino) Wheels Across A Wilderness (dir. Malcolm Leyland) Forgotten Cinema (dir. Anthony Buckley), the influential documentary about the rise and fall of the Australian feature film industry Television 10 April – The ninth Logie Awards are held on board the TSS Fairstar cruise ship. Graham Kennedy wins his third Gold Logie. 10 April – This Day Tonight, Australia's first national nightly TV current affairs program, premieres on ABC-TV, hosted by Bill Peach. 25 June – The ABC participates in the historic Our World broadcast, the world's first live, international, satellite television production. 5 July – The Seven Network premieres a new situation comedy series My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? starring Gordon Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr, and the Nine Network premiered the spy drama Hunter, starring Tony Ward. 15 June – ATV0 broadcasts the first colour television program in Australia when it televises the horse racing from Pakenham, Victoria. 28 August – The popular ABC soap opera Bellbird begins its ten-year run. 11 September – The children's television show Adventure Island begins airing on the ABC. 16 September – The first live telecast of a football grand final in Australia was the screening of the 1967 NSWRFL season's grand final between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Masters Roy Roy Masters (sport) Messenger can watch a better league broadcast in the US than south of the border The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Digital 4 October 2009 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/messenger-can-watch-a-better-league-broadcast-in-the-us-than-south-of-the-border-20091004-ghve.html 10 May 2009 7 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091007142959/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/messenger-can-watch-a-better-league-broadcast-in-the-us-than-south-of-the-border-20091004-ghve.html live Sport Athletics (track and field) 27 March – Bill Howard from Wodonga won the Stawell Gift starting from 53 4 yards in a time of 11.6 secondsAustralia Post Stawell Gift https://web.archive.org/web/20080421085235/http://www.stawellgift.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=42 21 April 2008 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 28 June – Judy Pollock breaks Ann Packer's world record (2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.0 at a meet in Helsinki, Finland.Judy Pollock: Athletics Gold. Retrieved 16 December 2007. Archived 20 October 2009. 9 September – Derek Clayton wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:21:58 in Adelaide.Derek Clayton – Hall of Fame entry https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225405/http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/athletes/clayton.htm 27 September 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Australian rules football 23 September – Richmond defeats Geelong 16.18 (114) to 15.15 (105) in front of 109,396 people to win the 1967 Victorian Football League Grand FinalAFL Tables – 1967 Season Scores https://web.archive.org/web/20161017075050/http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1967.html#fin 17 October 2016 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Ross Smith of St Kilda wins the 1967 Brownlow MedalAFL Tables −1967 Brownlow Medal https://web.archive.org/web/20151125191649/http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1967.html 25 November 2015 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Sturt Football Club won the 1967 South Australian National Football League grand final, defeating Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) to 10.17 (77)1967 – 1971 Full Points Footy. Retrieved 16 December 2007 Perth defeats East Perth 18.12 (120) to 15.12 (102) in front of 42,625 people to win the Western Australian National Football League grand final North Hobart wins the Tasmanian National Football League, defeating Glenorchy 11.12 (78) to 8.16 (64) Cricket The Australian cricket team, captained by Bob Simpson toured South Africa in 1966–67, losing the Test series 3–1Australia in South Africa test series, 1966–1967 https://archive.today/20130119225140/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/engine/series/60417.html 19 January 2013 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Victoria win the 1966–67 Sheffield ShieldA history of the Sheffield Shield – List of Winners https://web.archive.org/web/20071210234439/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/260057.html#champs 10 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007 Golf Peter Thomson won the Australian Open Peter Thomson won the Australian PGA Championship, played at the Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne Motor racing Jack Brabham was named 1966 Australian Man of the Year and the Queen awarded him Order of the British Empire Jackie Stewart driving for the British Racing Motors team won the Australian Grand Prix held at Warwick Farm Racecourse Harry Firth and Fred Gibson won the Bathurst 500 driving a Ford XR Falcon GT. This was Firth's fourth Bathurst victory Rugby league 16 September – South Sydney defeats Canterbury Bankstown 12–10 in front of 56,358 people to win the 1967 New South Wales Rugby League Grand Final. The Penrith Panthers and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are introduced into the New South Wales Rugby League competition. The newly founded Cronulla-Sutherland team finish in last position in the New South Wales Rugby League competition, claiming the wooden spoon. Brothers defeats Northern Suburbs 6–2 to win the 1967 Brisbane Rugby League premiership. Rugby union The All Blacks defeat Australia 29–9 to retain the Bledisloe Cup. Squash The first Squash racquets international championship is held and won by Australia.World Men's Team Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20060311061648/http://www.worldsquash.org/uploads/mens_team_pen.pdf 11 March 2006 – ISRF. Retrieved 15 December 2007 Tennis 8 July – John Newcombe wins the men's singles at Wimbledon, defeating Germany's Wilhelm Bungert 6–3 6–1 6–1. 10 September – John Newcombe wins the men's singles at the US Open, defeating the USA's Clark Graebner 6–4 6–4 8–6. Roy Emerson defeats Arthur Ashe 6–4 6–1 6–4 in the men's singles final at the Australian Open. Nancy Gunter defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–1, 6–4 in the women's singles final at the Australian Open. Yachting 18 November – Dame Pattie, Australian challenger for the America's Cup was defeated by the American defender Intrepid which won the series 4–0. 30 December – Pen Duick III (France) won line honours in the 1967 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in a time of 4:04:10:31. Rainbow II (New Zealand) is the overall winner. Other 3 March – The Duke of Edinburgh laid a foundation stone for a new Western Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was completed in 1968 (known as the Ponsford Stand after 1986). 7 November – Red Handed, ridden by Roy Higgins and trained by Bart Cummings wins the 1967 Melbourne Cup in a time of 3:20:40. 14 November - Australia wins the men's association football South Vietnam Independence Cup in Saigon in the final against South Korea. The Manchester United football team tours Australia. Births 4 January – David Wilson, rugby player 7 January – Ricky Stuart, rugby player, coach, and sportscaster 8 January – Steven Jacobs, television host and actor 13 January – Annie Jones, actress 3 February – Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player 16 February – Paul Paddick, singer and actor (The Wiggles) 3 April – Mark Skaife, racing driver 9 April – Graeme Lloyd, baseball player 11 April – Lachlan Dreher, field hockey goalkeeper 17 April – Barnaby Joyce, politician 23 April – Rob Pyne, politician 2 May Rob J. Hyndman, statistician Kerryn McCann, athlete (d. 2008) 5 May – Danny Kah, ice speed skater 7 May – Martin Bryant, perpetrator of the Port Arthur massacre 14 May – Shaun Creighton, long-distance runner 15 May – James Bradley, author 20 May – Aaron Harper, politician 29 May – Jim McDonald, politician 30 May – Rechelle Hawkes, field hockey player 31 May – Stephen Silvagni, Aussie rules footballer 20 June – Nicole Kidman, American-born actress 24 June – Tracey Belbin, field hockey player and coach 3 July Tony Briggs, actor, writer and producer Michael Bruce McKenzie, freestyle swimmer 5 July – Robert J. Kral, composer 12 July – Martin Lynes, actor 17 July – Peter Lonard, golfer 30 July – Victor Dominello, politician 9 August – Lars Kleppich, sailor 8 September – James Packer, businessman 4 October – Nick Green, rower 5 October – Guy Pearce, actor 13 October – David Gibson, politician 26 October – Keith Urban, New Zealand-born country music singer 28 October – Mark Taylor, politician 1 November – Tina Arena, singer 29 November – Sean Carlin, hammer thrower 16 December – Miranda Otto, actress 22 December – Paul Morris, racing driver and businessman 28 December – Paul Foster, football (soccer) player Undated Mark Salmon, surf lifesaver Deaths 4 January – Ezra Norton (born 1897), newspaper proprietor 22 January – James Alexander Allan (born 1879), poet 3 February Ronald Ryan (born 1925), last person hanged in Australia Eric Edgley (born 1899), theatre performer and impresario 7 February – David Unaipon (born 1872), Aboriginal author and inventor 9 February – Fred Hoysted (born 1883), racehorse trainer 13 March – Bessie Rischbieth (born 1874), feminist and social activist 14 March – Ernest Henry Burgmann (born 1885), Anglican bishop and social critic 29 March – D'Arcy Niland (born 1917), author of The Shiralee 7 April – Peter Badcoe (born 1934), soldier and Victoria Cross winner 24 April – Robert Richards (born 1885), Premier of South Australia 24 April – Eric Baume (born 1900), journalist, author and broadcaster – first "beast" on the talk show Beauty and the Beast 13 May – Lance Sharkey (born 1898), Communist activist 15 May – Jessie Traill (born 1881), artist 13 June – Gerald Patterson (born 1895), tennis player 18 June – Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu (born 1889), Businessman and public servant 2 July – Ivo Whitton (born 1893), golfer 4 July – Ray Parer (born 1894), aviator 6 July – Joseph Maxwell (born 1896), soldier and Victoria Cross winner 26 July – Robert Tudawali (b. c1929), Indigenous actor 30 July – Arthur Stace (born 1885), pavement scribe known as Mr Eternity 15 August – Dave McNamara (born 1887), Australian rules footballer 25 August – Stanley Bruce (born 1883), eighth Prime Minister of Australia 25 August – Robert George (born 1896), Governor of South Australia 13 October – Kerr Grant (born 1878), physicist and education administrator 3 November – Justin Simonds (born 1890), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne 13 November – Helen Mayo (born 1878), pioneer in women's and children's health 16 November – Ernest Durack (born 1882), New South Welsh politician 17 December – Harold Holt (born 1908), seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia 29 December – Eric Woodward (born 1899), Governor of New South Wales 31 December – Arthur Mailey (born 1886), cricketerWalsh G. P. Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 15 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130615050318/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464 live See also List of Australian films of the 1960s References 1967 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 20th century in Australia