The following lists events that happened during 1966 in Australia.
1966 in Australia | |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Lord Casey |
Prime minister | Sir Robert Menzies, then Harold Holt |
Population | 11,599,498 |
Australian of the Year | Jack Brabham |
Elections | QLD, Federal |
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The Company began diamond drilling in the area in December 1965, and at 10 a.m. on 28 January, 1966, a drill operating near the old Red Hill gold mine intersected a 9 ft. wide bank of iron and nickel sulphides assaying 8.3 per cent nickel.
was also a suspect in the murders of Wollongong woman Wilhelmina Kruger in 1966...
He was elected by an absolute majority after midnight last night.
The first factory-fitted seatbelts were not fitted as standard equipment until 1st Sept 1966, as part of the HR 'safety upgrade'. From then onwards they were fitted as standard equipment to all models.
In 1966, the Holden HR was introduced, including changes in the form of new front and rear styling and higher-capacity engines. The HR was the first Australian car fitted with standard front seat belts.
...the Pine Gap facility, brought into existence when the Minister for External Affairs Mr P M C Hasluck signed a treaty with the US Charge d'Affaires on December 9, 1966
Japan became Australia's leading export destination in 1966 and remained so until 2010.
...Edwards Laurel Award for 1966 for designing the Kreisler Mini 41-47
...Play School with Dianne Dorgan and Alister Smart began last Monday on ABN-2