1951 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1951 in Australia.

1951 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralWilliam McKell
Prime ministerRobert Menzies
Population8,421,775
ElectionsFederal

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1951
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Australia

Decades:
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Incumbents

State Premiers

State Governors

Events

Womboota Uniting Church, built in 1951
Five Latvian girls in the bush near Brisbane, 1951

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

  • 29 January – Frank Tarrant (born 1880), cricketer[3]
  • 18 April – Daisy Bates (born 1863), journalist and social worker
  • 27 May – Thomas Blamey (born 1884), soldier
  • 13 June – Ben Chifley (born 1885), Prime Minister of Australia
  • December – Ernest Edwin Mitchell (born 1864) composer [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ How It Began Archived 8 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Alice Springs School of the Air.
  2. ^ "Seven Dead In W.A. Air Crash" The West Australian - 16 October 1951, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-08-24
  3. ^ "Frank Tarrant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "OBITUARY". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 94 (29, 076). South Australia. 19 December 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 23 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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