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HOW IT WORKS
1956 in Australia
Summary
The following lists events that happened during
1956 in Australia
.
1956 in Australia
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
William Slim
Prime minister
Robert Menzies
Population
9,425,563
Elections
WA
,
SA
,
NSW
,
TAS
,
QLD
←
1955
1954
1953
1956
in
Australia
→
1957
1958
1959
Decades:
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
See also:
Other events of 1956
Timeline of Australian history
Incumbents
edit
Robert Menzies
Monarch
–
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
–
Sir William Slim
Prime Minister
–
Robert Menzies
Chief Justice
–
Sir Owen Dixon
State Premiers
edit
Premier of New South Wales
–
Joseph Cahill
Premier of Queensland
–
Vince Gair
Premier of South Australia
–
Thomas Playford IV
Premier of Tasmania
–
Robert Cosgrove
Premier of Victoria
–
Henry Bolte
Premier of Western Australia
–
Albert Hawke
State Governors
edit
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 Victoria
–
Sir Dallas Brooks
Governor of Western Australia
–
Sir Charles Gairdner
Events
edit
August - The
Murray River
flooded (the biggest flood in recorded history), affecting many towns near the river.
22 November – The
1956 Summer Olympics
opened in
Melbourne
. The opening ceremony was held at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
with 107,700 people watching.
Arts and literature
edit
William Dargie
wins the
Archibald Prize
for his portrait of
Albert Namatjira
Quadrant
literary magazine is founded, edited by
James McAuley
Television
edit
16 September – Australia's first TV station
TCN-9
begins regular transmission in
Sydney
4 November -
HSV-7
begins as Melbourne's first TV Station.
5 November – The first TV station of the
Australian Broadcasting Commission
is launched;
ABN-2
Sydney.
Sport
edit
8 September –
John Russell
wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:26:37.8 in
Melbourne
.
Melbourne Cup
winner in 1956 was Evening Peal, ridden by George Podmore Trained by E.D.Lawson
New South Wales
wins the
Sheffield Shield
Kurrewa IV
takes line honours and
Solo
wins on handicap in the
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
New South Wales Rugby League premiership
:
St George
defeated
Balmain
Victorian Football League premiership
:
Melbourne
defeated
Collingwood
Australian Men's Tennis Championship
was won by
Lew Hoad
from NSW aged 22
Australian Women's Tennis Championship
was won by
Miss Mary Carter
Births
edit
9 January –
Bill Leak
, editorial cartoonist (d.
2017
)
20 January –
Richard Morecroft
, English-Australian journalist
29 January –
Ian Davies
, basketball player (d.
2013
)
6 February –
Ken Lorraway
, triple jumper (d.
2007
)
27 February –
Andrea Mitchell
, Western Australian politician and sports administrator (d.
2020
)
7 March –
David Koch
, television personality
9 March –
Steve Vizard
, actor
9 May –
Jana Wendt
, journalist
22 May –
Peter Ali
, basketball player
15 July –
Steve Mortimer
, rugby league footballer
21 July –
Andy Campbell
, basketball player
31 July –
Ernie Dingo
, actor
12 August –
Suzanne Twelftree
, Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (d.
2019
)
17 August –
John Kosmina
, soccer player and manager
17 September –
Ross Glendinning
, Australian Rules footballer
17 September –
Yunupingu
, musician (Yothu Yindi) and community leader (d.
2013
)
2 October ~ Peter Evans
16 October –
Martin Sacks
, actor
7 November
Michael Wooldridge
, politician
Gordon McLeod
, basketball player and assistant coach.
14 November –
John Anderson
, politician
23 November –
Shane Gould
, swimmer
Deaths
edit
20 March –
Fanny Durack
, (b.
1889
), swimmer
[1]
29 May –
Frank Beaurepaire
, (b.
1891
), swimmer and politician
12 July –
John Hayes
, (b.
1868
), Premier of Tasmania
9 August –
Archie Cameron
, politician (b.
1895
)
[2]
See also
edit
List of Australian films of the 1950s
References
edit
^
Helen King (1981). Bede Nairn; Geoff Serle (eds.).
Durack, Sarah (Fanny) (1889–1956)
. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Melbourne University Press
. Retrieved
4 January
2022
.
^
Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895–1956)