The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Australia.
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- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
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Events
The toilets of St Brigid's; the reason for the 1962 School Strike and the beginning of State Aid to non-Government schools
- 16 July – An education strike in Goulburn, New South Wales, where, in response to a demand for the installation of three extra toilets at a local Catholic Primary School, the local community closed down these schools and sent the children to the Government schools. The Catholic Church declared they had no money to install the extra toilets. Nearly 1,000 children turned up to be enrolled locally and the state schools were unable to accommodate them. In 1963, Menzies made State aid for science blocks part of his party's platform in response to the public debate engendered by the Goulburn strike.
- 15 August – The Red Sales aerobatic team, flying Vampire jets, crashes in practice, killing six people.[1]
- 28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are destroyed.
Sport
- General
- Athletics
- Cricket
- Football
- Golf
- Horse Racing
- Motor Racing
- Squash
- Tennis
- Yachting
Births
- 28 January – Barbara Stone, politician
- 14 February – Stephen Robertson, politician
- 22 February – Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and media personality (died 2006)
- 9 March – Jeff Knuth, politician
- 13 April – Andrew Jachno, race walker
- 24 April – Steve "Blocker" Roach, rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- 26 April – Trevor Marmalade, comedian and author
- 6 May – Julieanne Gilbert, politician
- 13 May – Paul McDermott, comedian and singer
- 25 May – Ros Bates, politician
- 24 June – Steve Dickson, politician
- 9 July – Paul Lucas, politician
- 15 July – Michelle Ford, swimmer
- 18 July – Shaun Micallef, comedian
- 6 August – Steven Lee, alpine skier
- 17 September – Baz Luhrmann, film director and producer
- 26 September – Steve Moneghetti, long distance runner
- 13 October – David Dalgleish, politician
- 26 October – Rob Messenger, politician
- 30 October – Colin Boyce, politician
- 10 November – Bob Lindner, rugby league footballer and coach
- 11 November – James Morrison – jazz musician
- 5 December – Michael Harvey, racewalker
- 8 December
- 12 December – Chris Cummins, politician
- 16 December – John English, politician
Deaths
- 17 January – Frank Hurley (born 1885), film maker and photographer
- 3 December – Mary Gilmore (born 1865), poet and journalist
References
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1962 in Oceania |
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Sovereign states |
- Australia
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
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