18 January – The
Prime Minister of South VietnamNguyen Cao Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by supporters of
South Vietnam but is then constantly heckled by anti-war protesters, and
Harold Holt is forced to deny that Ky and his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering his predecessor, President
Ngo Dinh Diem.[2]
3 February –
Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965.[4]
4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban the
oral contraceptive pill, maintaining that the risk of
thrombosis is "very slight".[11]
7 April – Australian military adviser Major
Peter Badcoe is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in
Hương Trà District with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.[12]
12 April – Australian
Roman Catholicbishops publicly declare their opposition to the war in Vietnam.[13]
27 May –
Indigenous Australians (technically only the
Aboriginal race – see
Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)) are given the right to be counted in the national census after a national referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus between the sizes of the Senate and the House of Representatives.[16]
20 October – Australia unlinks the
Australian dollar from British currency, when the British government makes a decision to devalue the
pound sterling.[25]
19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed death of Holt,
Country Party leader
John McEwen is sworn in as interim
Prime Minister pending the election of a new government leader by the
Coalition parties.[28]
20 December –
John McEwen announced he will not serve in a government led by
Liberal Party deputy leader
William McMahon, Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition.[28]
Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and prostitution rackets[citation needed]
Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of
Australian passports, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports.[citation needed]
In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only 332.3 millimetres (13.08 in)[30] and Adelaide only 257.8 millimetres (10.15 in),[31] in both cases this being the driest year on record by a substantial margin.
1 November –
National Gallery of Australia established by the Commonwealth Government with an announcement by prime minister Harold Holt that the Government would construct the building
28 August – The popular ABC soap opera Bellbird begins its ten-year run.
11 September – The children's television show Adventure Island begins airing on the
ABC.
16 September – The first live telecast of a football grand final in Australia was the screening of the
1967 NSWRFL season's grand final between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at the
Sydney Cricket Ground.[37]
Sport
Athletics (track and field)
27 March – Bill Howard from
Wodonga won the
Stawell Gift starting from 53⁄4 yards in a time of 11.6 seconds[38]
18 November – Dame Pattie, Australian challenger for the
America's Cup was defeated by the American defender
Intrepid which won the series 4–0.
30 December – Pen Duick III (France) won line honours in the 1967
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in a time of 4:04:10:31. Rainbow II (New Zealand) is the overall winner.
^Walsh, G. P.
"Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
18 January – The
Prime Minister of South VietnamNguyen Cao Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by supporters of
South Vietnam but is then constantly heckled by anti-war protesters, and
Harold Holt is forced to deny that Ky and his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering his predecessor, President
Ngo Dinh Diem.[2]
3 February –
Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19 December 1965.[4]
4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban the
oral contraceptive pill, maintaining that the risk of
thrombosis is "very slight".[11]
7 April – Australian military adviser Major
Peter Badcoe is killed in action in Vietnam during an operation in
Hương Trà District with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.[12]
12 April – Australian
Roman Catholicbishops publicly declare their opposition to the war in Vietnam.[13]
27 May –
Indigenous Australians (technically only the
Aboriginal race – see
Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)) are given the right to be counted in the national census after a national referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus between the sizes of the Senate and the House of Representatives.[16]
20 October – Australia unlinks the
Australian dollar from British currency, when the British government makes a decision to devalue the
pound sterling.[25]
19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed death of Holt,
Country Party leader
John McEwen is sworn in as interim
Prime Minister pending the election of a new government leader by the
Coalition parties.[28]
20 December –
John McEwen announced he will not serve in a government led by
Liberal Party deputy leader
William McMahon, Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis for the Coalition.[28]
Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and prostitution rackets[citation needed]
Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover of
Australian passports, and agrees that it will have to amend the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation 'British subject' on the inside of passports.[citation needed]
In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only 332.3 millimetres (13.08 in)[30] and Adelaide only 257.8 millimetres (10.15 in),[31] in both cases this being the driest year on record by a substantial margin.
1 November –
National Gallery of Australia established by the Commonwealth Government with an announcement by prime minister Harold Holt that the Government would construct the building
28 August – The popular ABC soap opera Bellbird begins its ten-year run.
11 September – The children's television show Adventure Island begins airing on the
ABC.
16 September – The first live telecast of a football grand final in Australia was the screening of the
1967 NSWRFL season's grand final between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at the
Sydney Cricket Ground.[37]
Sport
Athletics (track and field)
27 March – Bill Howard from
Wodonga won the
Stawell Gift starting from 53⁄4 yards in a time of 11.6 seconds[38]
18 November – Dame Pattie, Australian challenger for the
America's Cup was defeated by the American defender
Intrepid which won the series 4–0.
30 December – Pen Duick III (France) won line honours in the 1967
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in a time of 4:04:10:31. Rainbow II (New Zealand) is the overall winner.
^Walsh, G. P.
"Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2018.