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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Sir John Kerr, then Sir Zelman Cowen |
Prime minister | Malcolm Fraser |
Population | 14,033,083 |
Australian of the Year | Raigh Roe and Murray Tyrrell |
Elections | WA, Referendum, NT, SA, QLD, Federal |
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