1966 In Australia ,
Other Events Of 1967 ,
1968 In Australia and the
Timeline Of Australian History .
- Indigenous Australians are given the right to be counted as Australian citizens 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 ( May 27 ).
- The new Australian 5-dollar note goes into circulation ( May 27 )
- Harry Chan MLC becomes the Mayor of Darwin , becoming the first Australian of Asian descent to hold such an office
- Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia, executed for the murder of a prison guard, which he committed while escaping from prison in December 1965. He was hanged on February 3 , 1967.
- The government decides to abolish the right to make appeals from the High Court to the Privy Council in London in matters of federal jurisdiction (May)
- The Postcode system of postal address coding is introduced throughout Australia (July)
- Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of Australian passports, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports (August)
- folk-pop group The Seekers are named Australians Of The Year
- massive bushfires devastate much of the Tasmania n capital of Hobart and surrounding areas
- QANTAS Airways drops the word 'Empire' from its name
- South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park are proclaimed
- 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
- Australian military adviser Major Peter Badcoe is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in Huong Tra District with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company
- ''Interaction: Moving and Painting'' (dir. Gil Brealy ) wins the 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
South Sydney defeats Canterbury Bankstown 12-10 in the Grand Final of the NSWRL competition
- February 3 - Aurelio Vidmar , soccer player
- April 3 - Mark Skaife , racing driver
- April 17 - Barnaby Joyce , politician
- May 2 - Kerryn McCann , athlete
- May 31 - Stephen Silvagni , Australian Rules footballer
- June 20 - Nicole Kidman , actress
- July 17 - Peter Lonard , golfer
- September 8 - James Packer , businessman
- November 1 - Tina Arena , singer
- December 16 - Miranda Otto , actress
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