2000 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Australia.

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2000 in Australia
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Sir William Deane
Prime minister John Howard
Population19,153,000
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2000
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Australia
Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

Sir William Deane William Deane official portrait.jpg
Sir William Deane
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John Howard

State and territory leaders

Governors and administrators

2000 is to date the last time in which no Federal, State or Territory elections were held and the first time that no general election was held for any house of Parliament since 1942. [1]

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Arts and literature

Film

Television

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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