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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
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The following lists events that happened during '''1967 in Australia'''.

{{Infobox year in country
| year = 1967
| country = [[Australia]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor-general = [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Lord Casey]]
| pm = [[Harold Holt]], then [[John McEwen]]
| population = 11,912,253<ref name="almanacmilesago" />
| australian = [[The Seekers]]
| elections = [[1967 Victorian state election|VIC]], [[1967 Australian referendum|Referendum]], [[1967 Australian Senate election|Half-Senate]]
}}
{{Year in Australia|1967}}

==Incumbents==
[[File:Richard Casey 1965.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|[[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Lord Casey]]]]
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* [[Monarchy in Australia|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]
* [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] – [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Lord Casey]]
* [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] –  [[Harold Holt]] (until 17 December), then [[John McEwen]] (from 19 December)
**[[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Opposition Leader]] – [[Arthur Calwell]] (until 9 February), then [[Gough Whitlam]]
* [[Chief Justice of Australia|Chief Justice]] – [[Garfield Barwick|Sir Garfield Barwick]]

===State and territory leaders===
* [[Premier of New South Wales]] – [[Robert Askin]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Jack Renshaw]]
* [[Premier of Queensland]] – [[Frank Nicklin]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Jack Houston]]
* [[Premier of South Australia]] – [[Frank Walsh]] (until 1 June), then [[Don Dunstan]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (South Australia)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Steele Hall]]
* [[Premier of Tasmania]] – [[Eric Reece]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Angus Bethune (politician)|Angus Bethune]]
* [[Premier of Victoria]] – [[Henry Bolte|Sir Henry Bolte]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)|Opposition Leader]] – [[Clive Stoneham]] (until 15 May), then [[Clyde Holding]]
* [[Premier of Western Australia]] – [[David Brand]]
**[[Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)|Opposition Leader]] – [[John Tonkin]]

===Governors and administrators===
* [[Governor of New South Wales]] – [[Arthur Roden Cutler|Sir Roden Cutler]]
* [[Governor of Queensland]] – [[Alan Mansfield|Sir Alan Mansfield]]
* [[Governor of South Australia]] – [[Edric Bastyan|Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan]]
* [[Governor of Tasmania]] – [[Charles Gairdner|General Sir Charles Gairdner]]
* [[Governor of Victoria]] – [[Rohan Delacombe|Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe]]
* [[Governor of Western Australia]] – [[Douglas Kendrew|Major General Sir Douglas Kendrew]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Nauru|Administrator of Nauru]] – Leslie King
* [[List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island|Administrator of Norfolk Island]] – Reginald Marsh
* [[Administrator of the Northern Territory]] – [[Roger Dean (Australian politician)|Roger Dean]]
* [[List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea|Administrator of Papua and New Guinea]] – [[David Hay (diplomat)|David Hay]] (from 9 January)

==Events==

===January===
*18 January – The [[Leaders of South Vietnam|Prime Minister of South Vietnam]] [[Nguyen Cao Ky]] begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by supporters of [[South Vietnam]] but is then constantly heckled by anti-war protesters, and [[Harold Holt]] is forced to deny that Ky and his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering his predecessor, President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]].<ref name="vietnamesenguyen">[http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/australian-visit/ Australian Visit (1967)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716045530/https://www.leafscreener.com.au/?ref=australianscreen.com.au%2Ftitles%2Faustralian-visit%2F |date=16 July 2024 }} [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>

===February===
*First student intake at [[Macquarie University]].<ref name="macq">[http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/centres/museum/ Macquarie University Biological Sciences Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202110731/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/centres/museum/ |date=2 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*3 February – [[Ronald Ryan]] becomes the last man hanged in Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965.<ref name="adbryan">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Richards |first= Ryan |year= 2002 |id= A160185b |title= Ryan, Ronald Joseph (1925–1967)  |access-date=15 December 2007}}</ref>
*7 February – [[1967 Tasmanian fires|Black Tuesday in Tasmania]] – massive bushfires devastate much of the [[Tasmania]]n capital of [[Hobart]] and surrounding areas.<ref name="natdis">[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/naturaldisasters/ Natural disasters in Australia – Culture and Recreation Portal (Australian Government)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515040445/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/naturaldisasters/ |date=15 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*8 February – [[Gough Whitlam]] defeats Dr [[Jim Cairns]] and [[Frank Crean]] to replace the retiring [[Arthur Calwell]] as leader of the federal [[Australian Labor Party]].<ref name="whitlam">[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=before#5 Australia's Prime Ministers – National Archives of Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515062944/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21&pageName=before |date=15 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>

===March===
*1 March – The [[Royal Australian Navy]] replaces the [[White Ensign|British White Ensign]] flag on all its ships with the [[Australian White Ensign]].<ref name="ausflagnaval">[http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/naval1911.html Ausflag – Australian Naval Ensign] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016074458/http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/naval1911.html |date=16 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*1 March – [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] visits Australia.<ref name="naaphilip">[http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/royalty/chapter09.htm National Archives of Australia – Royalty and Australian Society: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722151257/http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/royalty/chapter09.htm |date=22 July 2008 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*8 March – [[La Trobe University]] is officially opened.<ref name="latrobeuni">[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/history.html History of the University – La Trobe University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217211435/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/history.html |date=17 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*13 March – [[Bessie Rischbieth]] protested against the Mounts Bay reclamation project on the [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]] and the building of the [[Narrows Bridge, Perth|Narrows Bridge]] and dies.<ref name="adbrischbieth">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Lutton |first= Nancy |year= 1988|id= A110404b |title= Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel (1874–1967) |access-date=15 December 2007}}</ref>

===April===
*4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|oral contraceptive pill]], maintaining that the risk of [[thrombosis]] is "very slight".<ref name="oralcontraceptive">[http://www.abc.net.au/time/series.htm '97 Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102073143/http://www.abc.net.au/time/series.htm |date=2 January 2008 }} [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*7 April – Australian military adviser Major [[Peter Badcoe]] is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in [[Hương Trà District]] with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.<ref name="badcoe">[http://www.aattv.iinet.net.au/badcoe.htm Maj P.J. BADCOE, VC (Post.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829102821/http://www.aattv.iinet.net.au/badcoe.htm |date=29 August 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*12 April – Australian [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s publicly declare their opposition to the war in Vietnam.<ref name="cpf">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 Catholic Peace Fellowship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101012733/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_4_36/ai_104635097 |date=1 January 2006 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*29 April – A majority in the [[New England (Australia)|New England region]] of [[New South Wales]] voted against the creation of a new state in the referendum.<ref name="aboutnewengland">[http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/about.htm About ABC New England North West NSW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220214846/http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/about.htm |date=20 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>

===May===
*25 May – The report by the [[Hydro Tasmania|Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission]] on the [[Gordon Power Station, Tasmania|Gordon Power scheme]] was tabled in parliament and the [[Government of Tasmania]] sought approval for $100 million funding.<ref name="pedder">[http://lakepedder.org/resources/reports/lpcomenq/future.htm Interim Report – The Future of Lake Pedder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830034734/http://lakepedder.org/resources/reports/lpcomenq/future.htm |date=30 August 2007 }}, Lake Pedder Committee of Enquiry, 29 September 1997.</ref>
*27 May – [[Indigenous Australians]] (technically only the [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal race]] – see [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)]]) are given the right to be counted in the national census after a national referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus between the sizes of the Senate and the House of Representatives.<ref name="aboriginalvote">[http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s888141.htm Didj "u" Know – Stories of the 1967 Referendum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720071712/http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s888141.htm |date=20 July 2012 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*29 May – The new [[Banknotes of the Australian dollar|Australian 5-dollar note]] goes into circulation.<ref name="abs5dollar">[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/9AC14A2C1A1A1671CA2569DE00296986?OpenDocument THE AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE – Australian Bureau of Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919042009/http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyCatalogue/9AC14A2C1A1A1671CA2569DE00296986?OpenDocument |date=19 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>

===June===
*1 June – [[Don Dunstan]] succeeds [[Frank Walsh]] as [[Premier of South Australia]], after Walsh retires under pressure from his party.<ref name="dunstan">[http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/obits/dunstan/default.htm ABC News Obituary – Don Dunstan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510064507/http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/obits/dunstan/default.htm |date=10 May 2009 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*7 June – [[Launceston, Tasmania]], records the highest barometric pressure on record for Australia with a reading of 1044.3 millibars or 30.84 [[inch of mercury|inHg]].<ref>[http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records World and US High barometric pressure records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082056/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records |date=14 October 2014 }}</ref>
*25 June – Sydney underworld figure [[Richard Gabriel Reilly]] is murdered.<ref name="almanacmilesago">[http://www.milesago.com/Almanac/1967.htm MILESAGO 1967 Almanac] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120191701/http://milesago.com/Almanac/1967.htm |date=20 November 2008 }}. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>
*29 June – The [[Government of Tasmania|Tasmanian Government]] passes a Bill revoking the national park status of [[Lake Pedder]], allowing the [[Hydro Tasmania|Hydro Electric Commission]] to construct a dam flooding the lake.<ref name="pedder"/>

===July===
*1 July – The [[Postcodes in Australia|postcode]] system of postal address coding is introduced throughout Australia.<ref name="auspost">[http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2070%257EMO19,00.html Australia Post – Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221192041/http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2070~MO19,00.html |date=21 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

===August===
*1 August – [[Qantas]] drops the word 'Empire' from its name.<ref name="qjumbo">[http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details15 About Qantas – Our Company: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201212133/http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/history/details15 |date=1 December 2006 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

===September===
*9 September – Proposed changes to [[Queensland]] laws governing [[Demonstration (people)|public demonstrations]] results in 3,500 people protesting in the streets of [[Brisbane, Queensland|Brisbane]]. [[Queensland Police Service|Queensland Police]] arrest 114 people.<ref name="mharvest">[https://books.google.com/books?id=FSqDDn5Ws2cC&dq=1967+queensland+public+demonstrations&pg=PA25 The Meagre Harvest: The Australian Women's Movement 1950s–1990s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016043738/https://books.google.com/books?id=FSqDDn5Ws2cC&dq=1967+queensland+public+demonstrations&pg=PA25 |date=16 October 2023 }} ''Google Books'' by Gisela. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*16 September – The [[Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt|U.S. Naval Communication Station North West Cape]] near [[Exmouth, Western Australia]] is declared operational.<ref name="heritageholt">{{cite AHD|103552|Naval Communication Station Harold E Holt ( Area A )|access-date=16 December 2007}}</ref>
*28 September – amendments to the South Australian Licensing Act came into effect ending the era of the [[Six o'clock swill]] in Australia

===October===
*1 October – The [[NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service]] is established.<ref name="npws">[http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/npws_40th_anniversary NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 40th anniversary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211100934/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/npws_40th_anniversary |date=11 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*20 October – Australia unlinks the [[Australian dollar]] from British currency, when the British government makes a decision to devalue the [[pound sterling]].<ref name="indexforex">[http://www.indexfx.com/aud.html IndexFOREX Australian Dollar currency profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823011952/http://www.indexfx.com/aud.html |date=23 August 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

===November===
*10 November – The ''[[Nauru Independence Act 1967]]'' received royal assent, allowing the Australian-administered UN Trust Territory of [[Nauru]] to proceed to independence on 31 January 1968.<ref name=frl>{{cite news|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1967A00103/asmade/text|title=Nauru Independence Act 1967|publisher=Federal Register of Legislation|access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref>
*27 November – Singer [[John Farnham]], then known as Johnny Farnham, releases [[Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)]]. It was his first Number 1.

===December===
*14 December – South Australia's [[Simpson Desert]] Conservation Park and Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park are proclaimed.<ref name="desertproc">[http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/about/index.htm Simpson Desert Conservation Park History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830013309/http://www.parks.sa.gov.au/simpson_cp/about/index.htm |date=30 August 2006 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*17 December – Prime Minister [[Harold Holt]] [[Disappearance of Harold Holt|disappears while swimming]] in heavy surf at [[Cheviot Beach]], near [[Portsea, Victoria]].<ref name="hholtdisappear">[http://www.harold-holt.net/ The Harold Holt Murder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223011355/http://www.harold-holt.net/ |date=23 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed death of Holt, [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] leader [[John McEwen]] is sworn in as interim [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] pending the election of a new government leader by the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] parties.<ref name="mcewensworn">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Lloyd |first= C. J. |year= 2000|id= A150245b |title= McEwen, Sir John (1900–1980)  |access-date=16 December 2007}}</ref>
*20 December – [[John McEwen]] announced he will not serve in a government led by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] deputy leader [[William McMahon]], Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition.<ref name="mcewensworn" />

===Unknown and general dates===
* [[Holden]] exports its 100,000th car and launches its first compact sedan, the [[Holden Torana|Torana]].{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[Sydney]] is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and prostitution rackets{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* Bomber aircraft from No. 2 Squadron [[Royal Australian Air Force|RAAF]] Canberra are deployed to [[Phan Rang]] airbase in [[South Vietnam]]{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[Government of Australia|Federal Cabinet]] decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of [[Australian passport]]s, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[Australia Square#The Tower|Australia Square Tower]], Australia's first true [[skyscraper]], is completed.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289865200.html Top of the town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213831/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289865200.html |date=19 June 2018 }}, ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 15 May 2004.</ref>
*In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only {{convert|332.3|mm|in|2}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 |title=Melbourne Regional Office (086071) monthly rainfall |access-date=17 February 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045349/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=086071 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Adelaide only {{convert|257.8|mm|in|2}},<ref>[http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023000 Adelaide West Terrace (023000) Monthly Rainfall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045338/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023000 |date=24 September 2015 }}, [http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023090 Adelaide Kent Town (023090) Monthly Rainfall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045341/http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=139&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=-1771196780&p_stn_num=023090 |date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> in both cases this being the driest year on record by a substantial margin.
*[[Acquisition of Land Act 1967]] is passed by the [[Parliament of Queensland]]

==Science and technology==
*17 March – [[Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station]] is opened near [[Canberra]].<ref name="hscreek">[http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/space/book/Epilog.htm Honeysuckle Creek – Epilogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119005756/http://members.pcug.org.au/~jsaxon/space/book/Epilog.htm |date=19 November 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*April – [[Dung beetle]]s released between [[Broome, Western Australia]] and [[Townsville, Queensland]] in the [[Australian Dung Beetle Project]], led by Dr. [[George Bornemissza]]<ref name="adbp">Bornemissza, G. F. (1976), The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975, ''Australian Meat Research Committee Review'' 30:1–30</ref><!---Missylisa153, August 2009---><!---added by Missylisa153, August 2009---> of the [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation|CSIRO]] in an attempt to control the [[Haematobia exigua|buffalo fly]].<ref name="dbeetle">[http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/dung2.htm Dung Beetle – Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207232835/http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/dung2.htm |date=7 December 2007 }} [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*1 May – Health authorities begin the first national [[polio]] [[immunisation]] campaign using the new [[Polio vaccine|Sabin oral vaccine]] developed by Dr [[Jonas Salk]].<ref name="polio">[http://foodsafetymatters.gov.au/polio/gp/acute_poliomyelitis/polio_in_Australia.pdf Polio in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061141/http://foodsafetymatters.gov.au/polio/gp/acute_poliomyelitis/polio_in_Australia.pdf |date=28 February 2008 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*29 November – Australia's first satellite, [[WRESAT]], is launched on an American [[Redstone (rocket)|Redstone]] rocket from [[Woomera, South Australia]].<ref name="wresat">[http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~woomera/wresat.htm Wresat – Australia's First Satellite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225084001/http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~woomera/wresat.htm |date=25 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

==Culture==

===Arts and literature===
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* 26 July – [[The Groop]] wins [[Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds]]<ref name="almanacmilesago" />
* 30 July – Melbourne's [[La Mama Theatre (Melbourne)|La Mama Theatre]] opens.
* 1 November – [[National Gallery of Australia]] established by the Commonwealth Government with an announcement by prime minister Harold Holt that the Government would construct the building
* November – The song "[[Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)]]" sung by [[John Farnham|Johnny Farnham]] is released.
* December – [[National Gallery of Victoria]] building designed by [[Roy Grounds]] opens
* [[Thomas Keneally]]'s novel ''[[Bring Larks and Heroes]]'' wins the [[Miles Franklin Award]]
* [[Joan Lindsay]]'s ''[[Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)|Picnic at Hanging Rock]]'' is published
* [[Judy Cassab]]'s portrait of [[Margo Lewers]] wins the [[Archibald Prize]]
* [[Museum of the Riverina]] established in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
* [[Christina Stead]]'s ''Cotters' England'' published
* [[John Brack]]'s ''[[Nude With Dressing Gown]]'' is painted

===Film===

* ''Interaction: Moving and Painting'' (dir. [[Gil Brealy]]) wins the [[AACTA Awards|AFI Award]] for Best Film
* ''[[Journey Out of Darkness]]'' (dir. [[James Trainor]])
* ''[[The Pudding Thieves]]'' (dir. Brian Davies)
* ''Robbery'' (dir. Peter Yates)
* ''Shades Of Puffing Billy'' (dir. [[Antonio Colacino]])
* ''Wheels Across A Wilderness'' (dir. [[Malcolm Leyland]])
* ''Forgotten Cinema'' (dir. [[Anthony Buckley]]), the influential documentary about the rise and fall of the Australian feature film industry

===Television===
*10 April – The ninth [[Logie Awards]] are held on board the [[TSS Fairstar|TSS ''Fairstar'']] cruise ship. [[Graham Kennedy]] wins his third Gold Logie.
*10 April – ''[[This Day Tonight]]'', Australia's first national nightly TV current affairs program, premieres on ABC-TV, hosted by [[Bill Peach]].
*25 June – The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] participates in the historic ''[[Our World (International TV special)|Our World]]'' broadcast, the world's first live, international, satellite television production.
*5 July – The [[Seven Network]] premieres a new situation comedy series ''[[My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?]]'' starring [[Gordon Chater]], [[John Meillon]] and [[Judi Farr]], and the [[Nine Network]] premiered the spy drama [[Hunter (Australian Crawfords TV series)|''Hunter'']], starring [[Tony Ward (Australian actor)|Tony Ward]].
*15 June – [[ATV (Australia)|ATV0]] broadcasts the first colour television program in Australia when it televises the [[horse racing]] from [[Pakenham, Victoria]].
*28 August – The popular ABC soap opera ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]'' begins its ten-year run.
*11 September – The children's television show ''[[Adventure Island (TV series)|Adventure Island]]'' begins airing on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]].
*16 September – The first live telecast of a football grand final in Australia was the screening of the [[1967 NSWRFL season]]'s grand final between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]].<ref>{{cite web
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==Sport==

===Athletics (track and field)===
*27 March – Bill Howard from [[Wodonga, Victoria|Wodonga]] won the [[Stawell Gift]] starting from 5{{fraction|3|4}} yards in a time of 11.6 seconds<ref name="stawell">[http://www.stawellgift.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=42 Australia Post Stawell Gift] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421085235/http://www.stawellgift.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=42 |date=21 April 2008 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
*28 June – [[Judy Amoore|Judy Pollock]] breaks [[Ann Packer]]'s [[world record]] (2:04.3) in the women's [[800 metres]], clocking 2:01.0 at a meet in [[Helsinki, Finland]].<ref name="pollock">[http://www.geocities.com/geetee/bios/pollock.html Judy Pollock: Athletics Gold]. Retrieved 16 December 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091022020543/http://geocities.com/geetee/bios/pollock.html Archived] 20 October 2009.</ref>
*9 September – [[Derek Clayton]] wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:21:58 in [[Adelaide]].<ref name="clayton">[http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/athletes/clayton.htm Derek Clayton – Hall of Fame entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225405/http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/athletes/clayton.htm |date=27 September 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

===Australian rules football===
*23 September – [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] defeats [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] 16.18 (114) to 15.15 (105) in front of 109,396 people to win the [[1967 VFL season|1967 Victorian Football League]] Grand Final<ref name="vflfinal">[http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1967.html#fin AFL Tables – 1967 Season Scores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017075050/http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1967.html#fin |date=17 October 2016 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
* [[Ross G. Smith|Ross Smith]] of [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] wins the 1967 [[Brownlow Medal]]<ref name="vflbm">[http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1967.html AFL Tables −1967 Brownlow Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125191649/http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1967.html |date=25 November 2015 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
* [[Sturt Football Club]] won the 1967 [[South Australian National Football League]] grand final, defeating Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) to 10.17 (77)<ref name="sanfl">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516205819/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1967_to_1971.htm 1967 – 1971 Full Points Footy]}}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
* [[Perth Football Club|Perth]] defeats [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] 18.12 (120) to 15.12 (102) in front of 42,625 people to win the [[West Australian Football League|Western Australian National Football League]] grand final<ref name="sanfl" />
*North Hobart wins the [[Tasmanian Football League|Tasmanian National Football League]], defeating Glenorchy 11.12 (78) to 8.16 (64)<ref name="sanfl" />

===Cricket===
*The [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]], captained by [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] toured [[South African national cricket team|South Africa]] in 1966–67, losing the Test series 3–1<ref name="testcricket">[http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/engine/series/60417.html Australia in South Africa test series, 1966–1967] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130119225140/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/baggygreen/engine/series/60417.html |date=19 January 2013 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>
* [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] win the 1966–67 [[Pura Cup|Sheffield Shield]]<ref name="puracup">[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/260057.html#champs A history of the Sheffield Shield – List of Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210234439/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/260057.html#champs |date=10 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 16 December 2007</ref>

===Golf===
* [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] won the [[Australian Open (golf)|Australian Open]]
* [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] won the [[Australian PGA Championship]], played at the Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne

===Motor racing===
* [[Jack Brabham]] was named 1966 [[Australian of the Year|Australian Man of the Year]] and the Queen awarded him [[Order of the British Empire]]
* [[Jackie Stewart]] driving for the [[British Racing Motors]] team won the [[Australian Grand Prix]] held at [[Warwick Farm Racecourse]]
* [[Harry Firth]] and [[Fred Gibson (motor racing)|Fred Gibson]] won the [[Bathurst 1000|Bathurst 500]] driving a [[Ford XR Falcon]] GT.  This was Firth's fourth Bathurst victory

===Rugby league===
*16 September – [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]] defeats [[Bulldogs (NRL team)|Canterbury Bankstown]] 12–10 in front of 56,358 people to win the [[New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1967|1967 New South Wales Rugby League]] Grand Final.
*The [[Penrith Panthers]] and the [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] are introduced into the New South Wales Rugby League competition.
* The newly founded [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks|Cronulla-Sutherland]] team finish in last position in the New South Wales Rugby League competition, claiming the wooden spoon.
* [[Past Brothers|Brothers]] defeats [[Norths Devils|Northern Suburbs]] 6–2 to win the 1967 [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership]].

===Rugby union===
*The [[All Blacks]] defeat Australia 29–9 to retain the [[Bledisloe Cup]].

=== Squash ===
*The first [[Squash (sport)|Squash racquets]] international championship is held and won by Australia.<ref name="squash">[http://www.worldsquash.org/uploads/mens_team_pen.pdf World Men's Team Championship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311061648/http://www.worldsquash.org/uploads/mens_team_pen.pdf |date=11 March 2006 }} – ISRF. Retrieved 15 December 2007</ref>

===Tennis===
*8 July – [[John Newcombe]] wins the [[1967 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|men's singles]] at [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], defeating Germany's [[Wilhelm Bungert]] 6–3 6–1 6–1.
*10 September – [[John Newcombe]] wins the [[List of U.S. Open Men's Singles champions|men's singles]] at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], defeating the USA's [[Clark Graebner]] 6–4 6–4 8–6.
* [[Roy Emerson]] defeats [[Arthur Ashe]] 6–4 6–1 6–4 in the men's singles final at the [[Australian Open]].
* [[Nancy Gunter]] defeats [[Lesley Turner Bowrey]] 6–1, 6–4 in the women's singles final at the [[Australian Open]].

===Yachting===
*18 November – ''[[Dame Pattie]]'', Australian challenger for the [[America's Cup]] was defeated by the American defender [[Intrepid (yacht)|''Intrepid'']] which won the series 4–0.
*30 December – ''Pen Duick III'' (France) won line honours in the 1967 [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]] in a time of 4:04:10:31. ''Rainbow II'' (New Zealand) is the overall winner.

===Other===
* 3 March – [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] laid a foundation stone for a new Western Stand at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], which was completed in 1968 (known as the [[Bill Ponsford|Ponsford]] Stand after 1986).
* 7 November – [[Red Handed]], ridden by [[Roy Higgins (jockey)|Roy Higgins]] and trained by [[Bart Cummings]] wins the 1967 [[Melbourne Cup]] in a time of 3:20:40.
* 14 November - Australia wins the men's association football [[1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup|South Vietnam Independence Cup]] in Saigon in the final against South Korea.
* The [[Manchester United]] football team tours Australia.

==Births==
* 4 January – [[David Wilson (rugby union, born 1967)|David Wilson]], rugby player
* 7 January – [[Ricky Stuart]], rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
* 8 January – [[Steven Jacobs (television presenter)|Steven Jacobs]], television host and actor
* 13 January – [[Annie Jones (actress)|Annie Jones]], actress
* 3 February – [[Aurelio Vidmar]], soccer player
* 16 February – [[Paul Paddick]], singer and actor ([[The Wiggles]])
* 3 April – [[Mark Skaife]], racing driver
* 9 April – [[Graeme Lloyd]], baseball player
* 11 April – [[Lachlan Dreher]], field hockey goalkeeper
* 17 April – [[Barnaby Joyce]], politician
* 23 April – [[Rob Pyne]], politician
* 2 May
** [[Rob J. Hyndman]], statistician
** [[Kerryn McCann]], athlete (d. 2008)
* 5 May – [[Danny Kah]], ice speed skater
* 7 May – [[Martin Bryant]], perpetrator of the [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur massacre]]
* 14 May – [[Shaun Creighton]], long-distance runner
* 15 May – [[James Bradley (Australian writer)|James Bradley]], author
* 20 May – [[Aaron Harper (politician)|Aaron Harper]], politician
* 29 May – [[Jim McDonald (Australian politician)|Jim McDonald]], politician
* 30 May – [[Rechelle Hawkes]], field hockey player
* 31 May – [[Stephen Silvagni]], Aussie rules footballer
* 20 June – [[Nicole Kidman]], American-born actress
* 24 June – [[Tracey Belbin]], field hockey player and coach
* 3 July
** [[Tony Briggs]], actor, writer and producer 
** [[Michael Bruce McKenzie]], freestyle swimmer
* 5 July – [[Robert J. Kral]], composer
* 12 July – [[Martin Lynes]], actor
* 17 July – [[Peter Lonard]], golfer
* 30 July – [[Victor Dominello]], politician
* 9 August – [[Lars Kleppich]], sailor
* 8 September – [[James Packer]], businessman
* 4 October – [[Nick Green (rower)|Nick Green]], rower
* 5 October – [[Guy Pearce]], actor
* 13 October – [[David Gibson (Australian politician)|David Gibson]], politician
* 26 October – [[Keith Urban]], New Zealand-born country music singer
* 28 October – [[Mark Taylor (Australian politician)|Mark Taylor]], politician
* 1 November – [[Tina Arena]], singer
* 29 November – [[Sean Carlin]], hammer thrower
* 16 December – [[Miranda Otto]], actress
* 22 December – [[Paul Morris (racing driver)|Paul Morris]], racing driver and businessman
* 28 December – [[Paul Foster (footballer)|Paul Foster]], football (soccer) player

===Undated===
*[[Mark Salmon (surf lifesaver)|Mark Salmon]], surf lifesaver

==Deaths==
* 4 January – [[Ezra Norton]] (born 1897), newspaper proprietor
* 22 January – [[James Alexander Allan]] (born 1879), poet
* 3 February
** [[Ronald Ryan]] (born 1925), last person hanged in Australia
** [[Eric Edgley]] (born 1899), theatre performer and impresario
* 7 February – [[David Unaipon]] (born 1872), Aboriginal author and inventor
* 9 February – [[Fred Hoysted]] (born 1883), racehorse trainer
* 13 March – [[Bessie Rischbieth]] (born 1874), feminist and social activist
* 14 March – [[Ernest Henry Burgmann]] (born 1885), Anglican bishop and social critic
* 29 March – [[D'Arcy Niland]] (born 1917), author of ''The Shiralee''
* 7 April – [[Peter Badcoe]] (born 1934), soldier and [[Victoria Cross]] winner
* 24 April – [[Robert Richards (Australian politician)|Robert Richards]] (born 1885), Premier of South Australia
* 24 April – [[Eric Baume]] (born 1900), journalist, author and broadcaster – first "beast" on the talk show ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
* 13 May – [[Lance Sharkey]] (born 1898), Communist activist
* 15 May – [[Jessie Traill]] (born 1881), artist
* 13 June – [[Gerald Patterson]] (born 1895), tennis player
* 18 June – [[Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu]] (born 1889), Businessman and public servant
* 2 July – [[Ivo Whitton]] (born 1893), golfer
* 4 July – [[Ray Parer]] (born 1894), aviator
* 6 July – [[Joseph Maxwell]] (born 1896), soldier and [[Victoria Cross]] winner
* 26 July – [[Robert Tudawali]] (b. c1929), Indigenous actor
* 30 July – [[Arthur Stace]] (born 1885), pavement scribe known as Mr Eternity
* 15 August – [[Dave McNamara]] (born 1887), Australian rules footballer
* 25 August – [[Stanley Bruce]] (born 1883), eighth Prime Minister of Australia
* 25 August – [[Robert George (RAF officer)|Robert George]] (born 1896), Governor of South Australia
* 13 October – [[Kerr Grant]] (born 1878), physicist and education administrator
* 3 November – [[Justin Simonds]] (born 1890), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
* 13 November – [[Helen Mayo]] (born 1878), pioneer in women's and children's health
* 16 November – [[Ernest Durack]] (born 1882), New South Welsh politician
* 17 December – [[Harold Holt]] (born 1908), seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia
* 29 December – [[Eric Woodward]] (born 1899), Governor of New South Wales
* 31 December – [[Arthur Mailey]] (born 1886), cricketer<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walsh|first1=G. P.|title=Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615050318/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464|url-status=live}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Australian films of the 1960s]]

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