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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Ben Chifley

Governor General - William McKell

Premier Of New South Wales - James McGirr

Premier Of South Australia - Thomas Playford IV

Premier Of Queensland - Ned Hanlon

Premier Of Tasmania - Edward Brooker (until December 25) then Robert Cosgrove

Premier Of Western Australia - Ross McLarty

Premier Of Victoria - Thomas Hollway

EVENTS

January 23 - De Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its 3 engined ''Drover'' transport aircraft at Bankstown Airport

May 8 - Margaret McIntyre becomes the first woman elected to the Parliament Of Tasmania . She is killed in a plane crash later in the year

September 2 - Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 VH-ANK ''Lutana'' crashes near Quirindi, New South Wales , killing 13

November 29 - The first Holden car, the model 48-215, popularly known as the FX, rolls off the assembly line. The on road cost was approximately £760

December 16 - HMAS Sydney is commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as its first Aircraft Carrier

Rear Admiral John Collins becomes the first Australian to hold the position of Chief of Naval Staff in the Royal Australian Navy

H.V. Evatt becomes President Of The United Nations General Assembly

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

William Dobell wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Margaret Olley

FILM

SPORT

''Morna'' takes line honours and ''Westward'' wins on handicap in the Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race

''Rimfire'' wins the Melbourne Cup

BIRTHS

March 2 - Jeff Kennett , Premier of Victoria

June 21 - Lionel Rose , boxer

September 22 - Denis Burke , Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

December 5 - Cheryl Kernot , politician

December 12 - Kim Beazley , politician

DEATHS

February 12 - Isaac Isaacs (b. 1855), Governor General of Australia

September 2 - Margaret McIntyre (b. 1886), politician

SEE ALSO

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