1950 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Australia.

1950 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralWilliam McKell
Prime ministerRobert Menzies
Population8,178,696
ElectionsNSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS

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Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
  • Other events of 1950
  • Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents[]

Robert Menzies
  • Monarch – George VI
  • Governor-General – William McKell
  • Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
  • Chief Justice – Sir John Latham

State Premiers[]

State Governors[]

Events[]

  • 25 January – The Tank Landing Ship HMAS Tarakan explodes at Garden Island in Sydney, killing 8 people.
  • 8 February – Petrol rationing ends, nearly ten years after it was introduced during World War II.
  • 6 May – A state election is held in Tasmania. The result is a hung parliament, but Robert Cosgrove's Labor Party remains in power with independent support.
  • 13 May – A state election is held in Victoria.
  • 23 June – The Parliament of Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, effectively banning the operation of the Communist Party of Australia.
  • 26 June – Douglas DC-4 Amana crashes near Perth, Western Australia, killing 28. One passenger survived the crash.
  • 26 July – The government announces that Australia will send troops to fight in the Korean War. The first Australian forces land in Korea on 17 September.
  • 28 October – The Smith's Weekly newspaper, founded in 1919, is published for the last time.
  • New South Wales and Queensland receive extraordinary annual rainfall.

Arts and literature[]

Main article: 1950 in Australian literature
  • 11 December – A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is published.

Unknown dates[]

  • William Dargie wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Sir Leslie McConnan
  • The novel Power Without Glory by Frank Hardy is published.
  • The Ballet Corroboree, by John Antill, is first performed

Sport[]

  • Cricket
  • Cycling
    • Sid Patterson wins the world amateur pursuit cycling title in Belgium
  • Football
    • Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Easts defeated Wests 14-10
    • New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated Western Suburbs 21-15
    • South Australian National Football League premiership: won by Norwood
    • Victorian Football League premiership: Essendon defeated North Melbourne 92-54
  • Golf
  • Horse Racing
    • Grey Boots wins the Caulfield Cup
    • Alister wins the Cox Plate
    • Comic Court wins the Melbourne Cup
  • Motor Racing
    • The Australian Grand Prix was held at Nuriootpa and won by Doug Whiteford driving a Ford
  • Tennis
  • Yachting
    • Margaret Rintoul takes line honours and Nerida wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Births[]

  • 1 January – Wayne Bennett, rugby league footballer and coach
  • 11 February – John Cobb, politician
  • 14 February – Phil Dent, tennis player
  • 16 February – Malcolm Blight, Australian Rules football player
  • 20 February – Gary Manuel, football (soccer) player
  • 1 March – Estelle Blackburn, journalist
  • 11 March – Sam Kekovich, Australian Rules football player
  • 18 March – Larry Perkins, ATCC/V8 Supercars racing driver
  • 30 March – Warren Snowdon, politician
  • 10 April – Mick Dodson, indigenous leader
  • 13 April – Tommy Raudonikis, rugby league player and coach (died 2021)
  • 15 April – Peter Cochrane, historian
  • 21 April – Bruce Duperouzel, footballer and cricketer
  • 29 April – Phillip Noyce, film director
  • 11 May – Gary Foley, indigenous activist
  • 15 May – Jim Bacon, Premier of Tasmania (2001–2004, died 2004)
  • 26 May – Paul Omodei, WA politician
  • 29 May – Lesley Hunt, tennis player
  • 31 May – Warren Entsch, politician
  • 13 June - Belinda Bauer, actress
  • 13 July – Kevin McQuay, businessman (died 2005)
  • 15 July – Colin Barnett, WA politician
  • 15 July – Alan Hurst, cricketer
  • 15 July – Peter Reith, politician
  • 17 July – Nick Bolkus, politician
  • 21 July – Allan Maher, football (soccer) goalkeeper
  • 8 August – Philip Salom, poet and novelist
  • 16 August – Jeff Thomson, cricketer
  • 19 August – Graeme Beard, cricketer
  • 6 September – Robyn Davidson, writer
  • 11 September – Bruce Doull, Australian Rules football player
  • 27 September – John Marsden, writer
  • 14 October – Kate Grenville, novelist
  • 30 October - Tim Sheens, rugby league footballer and coach
  • 2 November – Graeme Murphy, choreographer
  • 7 November – John Lang, rugby league footballer and coach
  • 25 November – Alexis Wright, writer
  • 1 December – Ross Hannaford, guitarist (Daddy Cool) (died 2016)
  • 10 December – Robert Cusack, swimmer
  • 12 December
    • Louis Nowra, writer and playwright
    • Judy Wajcman, sociologist
  • 18 December – Gillian Armstrong, film director
  • 22 December – Nick Enright, playwright, director (died 2003)

Deaths[]

  • 2 January – James Dooley (born 1877), Premier of New South Wales (1921–1922)
  • 2 January – Beaumont Smith (born 1885), film director and producer
  • 20 January – Ray Duggan (born 1913), speedway motorcycle racer
  • 25 January – Chummy Fleming (born 1863), trade unionist
  • 23 February – Henry Willis (born 1860), politician
  • 28 February – Ted Theodore (born 1884), Premier of Queensland (1919–1925)
  • 19 March – Harry Wright (born 1870), Australian rules footballer (Essendon)
  • 14 April – Sir Albert Dunstan (born 1882), Premier of Victoria (1935–1943, 1943–1945)
  • 6 May – Lancelot De Mole (born 1880), engineer and inventor
  • 15 May – Jack Hickey (born 1887), dual-code rugby international
  • 11 June – Ernest Henshaw (born 1870), WA politician
  • 20 June – Claude Jennings (born 1884), cricketer
  • 14 July – Bill Howell (born 1869), cricketer
  • 31 July – George Wise (born 1853), politician and solicitor
  • 6 August – Edwin Corboy (born 1896), politician
  • 8 August – Fergus McMaster (born 1879), co-founder of Qantas
  • 3 September – Michael Durack (born 1865), pastoralist and WA pioneer
  • 22 September – Edward Fowell Martin (born 1875), soldier
  • 24 September – Dame Mary Turner Cook (born 1863), wife of Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook
  • 6 November – Frank Brennan (born 1873), politician
  • 20 November – Erle Cox (born 1873), journalist and science fiction author
  • 16 December – James Fenton (born 1864), politician
  • 29 December – Albert Lane (born 1873), politician

See also[]

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