The following lists events that happened during 1954 in Australia.
1954 in Australia | |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | William Slim |
Prime minister | Robert Menzies |
Population | 8,986,530 |
Elections | Federal |
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Incumbents
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- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Governor-General – Sir William Slim
- Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
- Chief Justice – Sir Owen Dixon
State Premiers
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 26[1]
- 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.[2]
Science and technology
- The Australian Academy of Science is established.
Arts and literature
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- 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
- 13 April - Elizabeth Love, nurse, shoe collector,
- 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
- 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 shooter[3]
- 26 November – Jacki MacDonald, media personality
- 28 November – John McMartin, Pastor, ACC State President NSW, National Executive
- 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
References
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology
- ^ "Viscount Crashes" The Argus - 1 November 1954, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-07-01
- ^ "Carol TOMCALA - Olympic Shooting | Australia". International Olympic Committee. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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