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1971 in Australia
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Paul Hasluck
Prime Minister	John Gorton, William McMahon
Population	12,507,349
Elections	NSW, WA

See also: 1970 in Australia, other events of 1971, 1972 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Years in Australia:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 State premiers 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Film 5 Television 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
• Prime Minister - John Gorton (til March 10), then William McMahon
• Governor General - Paul Hasluck

[edit] State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales - Robert Askin
• Premier of South Australia - Don Dunstan
• Premier of Queensland - Joh Bjelke-Petersen
• Premier of Tasmania - Angus Bethune
• Premier of Western Australia - David Brand (til April 3), then John Tonkin
• Premier of Victoria - Henry Bolte

[edit] Events

• Neville Bonner becomes first Indigenous Australian to sit as a member in the Parliament of Australia
• Evonne Goolagong is named Australian of the Year
• December 24 - Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland and surrounding islands, killing 3
• State Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declares a state of emergency in Queensland in response to escalating protest to the 1971 Springbok tour

[edit] Arts and literature

• David Williamson writes The Removalists
• David Ireland's novel The Unknown Industrial Prisoner wins the Miles Franklin Award

[edit] Film

• Walkabout

[edit] Television

• July 28 - Pick-A-Box, hosted by Bob and Dolly Dyer, airs for the final time. It had first been broadcast as a radio program in 1948.

[edit] Sport

• September 18 - South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated St George Dragons in the NSWRL Grand Final at the Sydney Cricket Ground; thus winning four premierships in five years.
• September 25 - Derek Clayton wins his third men's national marathon title, clocking 2:11:08.8 in Hobart.

• Silver Knight wins the Melbourne Cup
• South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
• Kialoa takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Pathfinder takes handicap honours
• 1971 Springbok tour

[edit] Births

• January 26 Lee Naylor, track and field athlete
• February 14 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, discus thrower
• February 19 Lisa McCune, actress
• March 26 Rennae Stubbs, tennis player
• April 2 Todd Woodbridge, tennis player
• April 20 Grant Smith, field hockey player
• September 18 Kate Starre, field hockey midfielder
• October 1 Andrew O'Keefe, highest-rating television personality
• October 6 Dave Campbell, musician
• October 20 Danii Minogue, singer
• October 29 Matthew Hayden, cricket player
• November 14 Adam Gilchrist, cricket player
• November 19 Michelle Andrews, field hockey midfielder
• December 6 Brendan Garard, field hockey player

[edit] Deaths

• May 27 - Chips Rafferty (b.1909), actor
• July 30 - Kenneth Slessor (b.1901), poet

[edit] See also

• 1971
• 1970s