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The following lists events that happened during 1948 in Australia .
List of events
Incumbents
Ben Chifley
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
Launch of the first Holden
23 January –
De Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its 3 engined Drover transport aircraft at
Bankstown Airport .
19 February – An
Avro Lincoln bomber crashes at
RAAF Base Amberley in
Queensland , killing 16
Royal Australian Air Force personnel.
25 February –
Robert Cosgrove is reinstated as
Premier of Tasmania after being cleared of corruption charges on 22 February.
8 May –
Margaret McIntyre becomes the first woman elected to the
Parliament of Tasmania . She is killed in a plane crash later in the year.
29 May – A
federal referendum is held, asking one question on Rents and Prices. It is not carried.
1 July – The
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced.
21 August – A
state election is held in
Tasmania . The result is a
hung parliament , but
Robert Cosgrove and
Labor retain power with the support of an independent, William Wedd.
2 September – The
Douglas DC-3 Lutana crashes near
Nundle, New South Wales , killing all 13 on board.
21 September –
H.V. Evatt becomes
President of the United Nations General Assembly .
29 November – The first
Holden car, the model 48-215, popularly known as the FX, rolls off the assembly line. The on-road cost was approximately £760.
1 December – The body of an unidentified man is found on a beach in
Adelaide , becoming known as the
Somerton Man .
16 December –
HMAS Sydney is commissioned into the
Royal Australian Navy as its first
aircraft carrier .
Arts and literature
One of the few Australian songs to top the Australian charts "Good-Night Mister Moon" by Allan Ryan and William Flynn
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Sport
Births
5 January –
Wally Foreman , football commentator (died 2006)
23 January –
Glenn Wheatley , musician and talent manager (died 2022)
24 January –
Brian Langton , NSW politician (died 2023)
[4]
25 January –
Ros Kelly , politician
3 February –
Les Twentyman , social campaigner (died 2024)
[5]
10 February –
Mike Pratt , politician
16 February –
Jeff Guess , poet
2 March –
Jeff Kennett , Premier of Victoria (1992–1999)
13 March –
Rick Amor , artist
19 March –
Vince Lovegrove , singer, journalist and band manager (died 2012)
27 March –
Rosemary Follett , Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (1989, 1991–1995)
31 March –
Graham Cornes , Australian rules footballer
2 April –
Jennifer Rowe , children's author
29 April –
Leslie Howard , musician
15 May –
Muriel Porter , Anglican laywoman
28 May –
Michael Field , Premier of Tasmania (1989–1992)
11 June –
Pat Wilson , singer and journalist
21 June –
Lionel Rose , boxer (died 2011)
30 June –
Galarrwuy Yunupingu , Aboriginal leader (died 2023)
15 July –
Richard Franklin , film director (died 2007)
24 July –
Joan London , writer
7 August –
Greg Chappell , cricketer
18 August –
Richard Tracey , Australian military and civil judge and barrister (died 2019)
19 August –
Robert Hughes , actor
20 August –
John Noble , actor
12 September –
Max Walker , cricketer and VFL footballer (died 2016)
18 September –
Christopher Skase , fugitive businessman (died 2001)
22 September –
Denis Burke , Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (1999–2001)
25 September –
Vicki Viidikas , poet (died 1998)
26 September –
Olivia Newton-John , entertainer (died 2022)
3 October –
Rob Langer , cricketer
4 October –
Bob Morris , racing driver
5 October –
Jim Waley , journalist
8 October –
Warren Truss , leader of the National Party
19 October –
Meg Lees , Democrat senator for South Australia
30 October –
Garry McDonald , actor
5 November –
Malcolm Milne , Olympic skier
6 November –
Geoff Prosser , politician
14 November –
Ian Stanley , golfer (died 2018)
15 November –
James Kemsley , cartoonist (died 2007)
22 November –
Gary Dempsey , Australian rules footballer
1 December –
John Quigley , WA politician
2 December –
Patricia Hewitt , British Labour Party politician
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5 December –
Cheryl Kernot , politician
12 December –
Kim Beazley , politician
15 December –
Cassandra Harris , actor (died 1991)
29 December –
Michael White , psychotherapist (died 2008)
Deaths
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Philip Collier
12 February –
Sir Isaac Isaacs , 9th
Governor-General of Australia and 3rd
Chief Justice of Australia (b.
1855 )
23 March –
Lou Cunningham , New South Wales politician (b.
1889 )
24 March –
Sydney Sampson , Victorian politician and newspaper proprietor (b.
1863 )
9 April –
George Carpenter , 5th
General of The Salvation Army (b.
1872 )
15 April –
Eric Fairweather Harrison , Victorian politician and soldier (b.
1880 )
20 May –
Marie Pitt , poet and journalist (b.
1869 )
8 June –
Thomas Crawford , Queensland politician (b.
1865 )
18 June –
Edward Brooker , 31st
Premier of Tasmania (born in the
United Kingdom ) (b.
1891 )
18 July –
May Moss , welfare worker and suffragette (b.
1869 )
21 July –
Francis Joseph Bayldon , master mariner and nautical instructor (born in the
United Kingdom ) (b.
1872 )
24 July –
Stanley Goble , 2nd
Chief of the Air Staff (b.
1891 )
31 July –
Nigel Barker , Olympic track and field athlete (b.
1883 )
28 August –
Jack Lumsdaine , singer, songwriter and soldier (b.
1895 )
2 September –
Margaret McIntyre , Tasmanian politician (b.
1886 )
9 September –
Frank Foster , New South Wales politician (b.
1872 )
18 October
8 December –
Matthew Charlton , 7th
Federal Leader of the Opposition (b.
1866 )
See also
References
1948 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand