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The following lists events that happened during 1961 in Australia .
List of events
Incumbents
Robert Menzies
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
Arts and literature
Television
19 August –
Four Corners TV current affairs program first screened on
ABC TV
1 December - The first regional television station is launched in Traralgon, Victoria, as GLV-10 Gippsland and Latrobe Valley (Television) Victoria.
Sport
Cricket
Football
Golf
Horse racing
Motor racing
Tennis
Yachting
Births
1 January –
Sam Backo , Indigenous Australian rugby league footballer
7 January –
Andrew Thomson , lawyer and politician
9 February –
Alison Megarrity , politician
12 February –
Di Farmer , politician
25 February –
Trevor Strong , politician
28 February –
Mark Latham , politician
2 March –
Simone Young , conductor
4 March –
Bart Bassett , politician
14 March –
Garry Jack , rugby league footballer and coach
16 March –
Brett Kenny , rugby league footballer
24 March –
Dean Jones , cricketer, coach and commentator (died 2020)
26 March –
Richard Torbay , politician
29 March –
Gary Brabham , racing driver
12 April
20 April –
Frances Adamson , Australian public servant and diplomat,
Australian Ambassador to China
2 May –
Peter Doohan , tennis player
16 May –
Gina Riley , actor and comedian
31 May –
Justin Madden , Australian rules footballer
2 June –
Kerry Saxby-Junna , racewalker
16 June –
Peter Sterling , rugby league footballer
6 July -
Rick Price , singer
18 July –
Stephen Hodge , cyclist
21 July –
Morris Iemma , 40th Premier of New South Wales
1 August –
Peter Evans , swimmer
8 August –
Tim Mander , politician and rugby league referee
12 August –
Peter Dowling , politician
19 August –
Frank Terenzini , politician
20 August –
Greg Egan , science fiction author and mathematician
3 September –
Andy Griffiths , author
15 September
29 September –
Julia Gillard , Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Australia
8 October –
Simon Burke , actor
19 October –
Cliff Lyons , rugby league footballer
23 October –
Brett Dean , composer, conductor and violist
18 November –
Anthony Warlow , entertainer
23 November –
Merv Hughes , cricketer
4 December –
Sonia Hornery , politician
17 December –
Larry Anthony , politician
29 December –
Mal Brough , politician
Deaths
See also
References
1961 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand