- 1977 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
monarch =Elizabeth II
governor-general = John Kerr, thenZelman Cowen
pm =Malcolm Fraser
population = 14,033,083
australian =
elections =Federal,WA ,NT ,SA ,QLD "See also:"1976 in Australia ,
other events of 1977,1978 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
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Queen of Australia -HM Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General - Sir John Kerr up to8 December ,Sir Zelman Cowen from8 December
*Prime Minister -Malcolm Fraser
*Premier of New South Wales -Neville Wran
*Premier of South Australia -Don Dunstan
*Premier of Queensland -Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
*Premier of Tasmania -Bill Neilson toDecember 1 ,Doug Lowe fromDecember 1
*Premier of Western Australia -Sir Charles Court
*Premier of Victoria -Rupert Hamer Events
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January 10 – TheEasey Street murders take place, an unsolved crime in which two women were brutally stabbed to death in their home in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood.
*January 18 – Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, in which 83 people died.
*February 1 – TheFederal Court of Australia opens.
*May 15 – A new political party, theAustralian Democrats is launched by former Liberal MPDon Chipp atMelbourne Town Hall .
*May 21 – A referendum is held. Questions on Senate casual vacancies, referendums and retirement of judges are passed. A question on simultaneous elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate fails. A plebiscite to decide Australia's national song is won by "Advance Australia Fair ".
*July 1 – The Office of theCommonwealth Ombudsman is established.
*July 15 – Anti-drugs campaignerDonald Mackay disappears nearGriffith, New South Wales . He is presumed to have been murdered.
*September 4 – The Queensland government bans street marches and demonstrations.
*September 17 – A state election is held inSouth Australia . The incumbentAustralian Labor Party led byDon Dunstan is returned to power.
*November 12 – A state election is held inQueensland , with theLiberal Party of Australia -National coalition led byJoh Bjelke-Petersen gaining their fourth successive victory.
*November 30 – TheHigh Court of Australia rules in the case ofCridland v Federal Commissioner of Taxation that a group of university students avoiding tax by claiming to be farmers were acting legally under provisions of theIncome Tax Assessment Act 1936 .
*December 1 –Bill Neilson resigns asPremier of Tasmania , and is replaced by Doug Lowe.
*December 10 - A federal election is held, with the incumbent Liberal Party led byMalcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National led byDoug Anthony returned for a second term.cience & Technology
Arts and literature
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Kevin Conno wins theArchibald Prize with "Robert Klippel"
*Ruth Park 's novel "Swords and Crowns and Rings " wins theMiles Franklin Award Film
Television
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soap opera s "Bellbird", "Number 96", and "The Box", are all cancelled.port
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March 20 – Australia is represented by ninelong-distance runners (all men), includingRobert de Castella , at the fifth IAAF World Cross Country Championships inDüsseldorf ,West Germany . Steve Austin is Australia's best finisher, claiming the 15th spot (38:26.0) in the race over 12,3 kilometres.
*April 2 – TheNational Soccer League kicks off, as the first league of any football code to become national. The opening game seesWest Adelaide defeatCanberra City 3-1 atManuka Oval inCanberra .
*August 6 – Robert Wallace wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:20:11.2 inCressy .
*October 2 – In motor racing Ford team-matesAllan Moffat andColin Bond finish side by side to complete a 1-2 Formation Finish at theBathurst 1000 .
* "Gold And Black " wins theMelbourne Cup
* Western Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
* "Kialoa II" wins theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race
* North Melbourne were premiers of theVictorian Football League
*March 12 - TheCentenary Test commences between England and Australia at theMelbourne Cricket Ground
* England 3-0 Australia inThe Ashes test series
* TheSt George Dragons were premiers of the New South Wales Rugby LeagueBirths
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February 14 –Cadel Evans , cyclist
*February 24 –Jason Akermanis , Australian Rules footballer
*March 24 –Darren Lockyer , Rugby league footballer
*March 31 –Garth Tander , racing driver
*May 10 –Chas Licciardello , comedian
*May 14 –Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress
*June 11 –Geoff Ogilvy , golfer
*July 10 –Schapelle Corby
*August 11 –Byron Pickett , Australian Rules footballer
*August 13 –Michael Klim , swimmer
*August 15 –Anthony Rocca , Australian Rules footballer
*September 1 – Henry Collins, boxer
*October 30 - Charmian Faulkner, missing toddler
*November 16 –Gigi Edgley , actressDeaths
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January 14 -Peter Finch (b. 1916), actoree also
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1977
*1970s
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