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1975 in Australia, the Glossary

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Australia.^[1]

193 relations: Administrator of the Northern Territory, Alan Stretton, Albert Field, Andrew Symonds, Annette Kellerman, Anthony Mundine, Archibald Prize, Aubrey Abbott, Australia Post, Australian Labor Party, Australian of the Year, Australian rules football, Australian Workers' Union, Balibo Five, Bert Milliner, Bert Newton, Bill Hayden, Bill Neilson, Bill Scott (athlete), Billie Jean King Cup, Billy Snedden, Brisbane, Bruce Eastick, Bureau of Meteorology, Capital punishment in Australia, Carla Boyd, Central District Football Club, Charles Court, Charles Cutler, Chief Justice of Australia, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Chris Cheney, Cleaver Bunton, Clyde Cameron, Clyde Holding, Colin Hannah, Daniel Kowalski, David Hicks, David Tonkin, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Don Dunstan, Don Hany, Don Lane, Doug Anthony, Elizabeth II, Eric Reece, Fall of Saigon, Frank Crean, Frank Kitto, Fred Phillis, ... Expand index (143 more) »

Administrator of the Northern Territory

The administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the governor-general of Australia to represent the Crown in right of the Northern Territory.

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Alan Stretton

Major General Alan Bishop Stretton, (30 September 1922 – 26 October 2012) was a senior Australian Army officer.

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Albert Field

Albert Patrick Field (11 October 19101 July 1990) was an Australian Labor Party member.

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Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds (9 June 1975 – 14 May 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, who played all three formats as a batting all-rounder.

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Annette Kellerman

Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (6 July 1886 – 6 November 1975) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer, usually known as Annette Kellerman.

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Anthony Mundine

Anthony Steven Mundine is an Australian former professional boxer and rugby league footballer.

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Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia.

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Aubrey Abbott

Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (4 May 1886 – 30 April 1975) was an Australian politician and public servant.

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Australia Post

Australia Post, formally known as the Australian Postal Corporation, is a Commonwealth government-owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia.

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The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.

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Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year is a national award conferred on an Australian citizen by the National Australia Day Council, a not-for-profit Australian Government-owned social enterprise.

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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Australian Workers' Union

The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions.

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Balibo Five

The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian commercial television networks who were murdered in the period leading up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.

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Bert Milliner

Bertie Richard "Bert" Milliner (17 July 1911 – 30 June 1975) was an Australian trade unionist, politician and Senator, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Bert Newton

Albert Watson Newton (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality.

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Bill Hayden

William George Hayden (23 January 1933 – 21 October 2023) was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996.

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Bill Neilson

William Arthur Neilson AC (27 August 1925 – 9 November 1989) was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.

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Bill Scott (athlete)

William Scott (born 8 February 1952) is an Australian long-distance runner.

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Billie Jean King Cup

The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

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Billy Snedden

Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, (31 December 1926 – 27 June 1987) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1975.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Bruce Eastick

Bruce Charles Eastick, (born 25 October 1927) is a former South Australian politician, and was South Australian Leader of the Opposition from 1972 to 1975.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Capital punishment in Australia

Capital punishment in Australia has been abolished in all jurisdictions since 1985.

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Carla Boyd

Carla Boyd (born 31 October 1975) is an Australian former professional basketball player in the WNBA as a forward for the Detroit Shock.

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Central District Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the South Australian National Football League.

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Charles Court

Sir Charles Walter Michael Court (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was an Australian politician who was the 21st premier of Western Australia from 1974 to 1982.

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Charles Cutler

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler KBE, ED (20 April 1918 – 23 September 2006) was an Australian politician, holding office for 28 years as an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange.

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Chief Justice of Australia

The chief justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory.

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Chris Cheney

Christopher John Cheney (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian rock musician, record producer, and studio owner.

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Cleaver Bunton

Cleaver Ernest Bunton (5 May 190220 January 1999) was a long-serving Mayor of Albury, New South Wales, Australia, who came to national prominence in 1975 when he was controversially appointed to the Senate by New South Wales Liberal Party Premier, Tom Lewis, to fill a position vacated by an Australian Labor Party member.

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Clyde Cameron

Clyde Robert Cameron, (11 February 191314 March 2008) was an Australian politician.

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Clyde Holding

Allan Clyde Holding (27 April 193131 July 2011) was an Australian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in Victoria for ten years, and went on to become a federal minister in the Hawke government.

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Colin Hannah

Air Marshal Sir Colin Thomas Hannah, (22 December 1914 – 22 May 1978) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a Governor of Queensland.

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Daniel Kowalski

Daniel Steven Kowalski (born 2 July 1975) is an Australian former middle- and long-distance swimmer specialising in freestyle events.

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David Hicks

David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian who attended al-Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan.

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David Tonkin

David Oliver Tonkin (20 July 1929 – 2 October 2000) was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of South Australia from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982.

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Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

The deputy prime minister of Australia is the deputy chief executive and the second highest ranking officer of the Australian Government.

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Don Dunstan

Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979.

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Don Hany

Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian actor.

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Don Lane

Don Lane (born Morton Donald Isaacson, 13 November 1933 – 22 October 2009) was an American-born talk show host and singer, best known for his television career in Australia, especially for hosting Tonight with Don Lane and The Don Lane Show, which aired on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983, and his appearances with Bert Newton.

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Doug Anthony

John Douglas Anthony (31 December 192920 December 2020) was an Australian politician.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Eric Reece

Eric Elliott Reece, AC (6 July 190923 October 1999) was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975.

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Fall of Saigon

The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.

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Frank Crean

Francis Daniel Crean (28 February 1916 – 2 December 2008) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1951 to 1977, representing the Labor Party.

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Frank Kitto

Sir Frank Walters Kitto, (30 July 1903 – 15 February 1994), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

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Fred Phillis

Dennis Keith "Fred" Phillis (born 9 September 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

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Fuck

Fuck is an English-language profanity which often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain.

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Garfield Barwick

Sir Garfield Edward John Barwick (22 June 190313 July 1997) was an Australian judge who was the seventh and longest serving Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1964 to 1981.

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The Glenelg Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or the Bays, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the South Australian National Football League.

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Goff Letts

Godfrey Alan "Goff" Letts (18 January 1928 – 10 March 2023) was the Majority Leader of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1974 to 1977.

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Gordon Scholes

Gordon Glen Denton Scholes AO (7 June 1931 – 9 December 2018) was an Australian politician.

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.

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Governor of New South Wales

The governor of New South Wales is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales.

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Governor of Queensland

The Governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland.

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Governor of South Australia

The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the monarch, currently King Charles III.

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Governor of Tasmania

The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the monarch, currently King Charles III.

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Governor of Victoria

The governor of Victoria is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Governor of Western Australia

The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch, King Charles III.

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Governor-General of Australia

The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III.

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GTV (Australian TV station)

GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network.

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The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Henry Winneke

Sir Henry Arthur Winneke, (20 October 1908 – 28 December 1985) was a Chief Justice of Victoria and the 21st Governor of Victoria, from 1974 to 1982.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the apex court of the Australian legal system.

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Hobart

Hobart ((palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account.

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Hughie Edwards

Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards, (1 August 1914 – 5 August 1982) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force, Governor of Western Australia, and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.

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Jack Lang (Australian politician)

John Thomas Lang (21 December 1876 – 27 September 1975), usually referred to as J. T. Lang during his career and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella", was an Australian politician, mainly for the New South Wales Branch of the Labor Party.

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Jagan Hames

Jagan Graeme Hames (born 31 October 1975) is a retired decathlete from Australia, who won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, setting a personal best (8,490 points).

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Jane Jamieson

Jane Jamieson (born 23 June 1975) is a track and field athlete from Australia.

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Jason Gillespie

Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game.

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Jim Cairns

James Ford Cairns (4 October 191412 October 2003) was an Australian politician who was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Treasurer and the fourth deputy prime minister of Australia, both in the Whitlam government.

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Jim Cope

James Francis Cope (26 November 19073 February 1999) was an Australian politician.

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Jock Nelson

John Norman Nelson (28 May 1908 – 20 June 1991) was an Australian politician.

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Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (13 January 191123 April 2005) was a conservative Australian politician.

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John Cornforth

Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an AustralianBritish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in New South Wales.

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John Farrington (athlete)

John Allan Farrington (born 2 July 1942) is a former long-distance runner from Australia, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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John Kerr (governor-general)

Sir John Robert Kerr, (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was an Australian barrister and judge who served as the 18th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1974 to 1977.

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John Tonkin

John Trezise Tonkin (2 February 1902 – 20 October 1995) was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974.

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Juanita Nielsen

Juanita Joan Nielsen (22 April 1937 – disappeared 4 July 1975) was an Australian newspaper owner, publisher, journalist, model, urban conservationist, and heiress.

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Kevin Connor (artist)

Kevin Connor (born 1932, Sydney), Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel.

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Kevin Newman (politician)

Kevin Eugene Newman AO (10 October 193317 July 1999) was an Australian soldier and politician.

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Kings Cross, New South Wales

Kings Cross is an inner-eastern locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Kip Gamblin

Kip Gamblin (born 5 July 1975) is an Australian ballet dancer and actor.

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Lance Barnard

Lance Herbert Barnard (1 May 19196 August 1997) was an Australian politician and diplomat.

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Leader of the Opposition (Australia)

In Australian federal politics, the Leader of the Opposition is an elected member of parliament (MP) in the Australian House of Representatives who leads the opposition.

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Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)

The Leader of the Opposition is a title held by the leader of the second-largest party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales.

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Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)

The Leader of the Opposition in Queensland is the title of the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the Opposition, in the Parliament of Queensland.

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Leader of the Opposition (South Australia)

The Leader of the Opposition in South Australia is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the Opposition, in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia.

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Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)

The Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania is the title of the leader of the largest minority party in the state lower house, the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

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Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)

The Leader of His Majesty's Opposition in Victoria is the leader of the largest political party in parliament but not in government.

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Leader of the Opposition (Western Australia)

In the Australian state of Western Australia, the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia.

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Leigh Colbert

Leigh Colbert (born 7 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Leon Dunne

Leon Dunne (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.

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Leon Punch

Leon Ashton Punch (21 April 192828 December 1991) was a New South Wales politician, Deputy Premier, and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin, Tom Lewis and Sir Eric Willis.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.

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Lionel Murphy

Lionel Keith Murphy QC (30 August 1922 – 21 October 1986) was an Australian politician, barrister, and judge.

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List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island

The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of The Crown and of the Government of Australia, as well as carrying out other duties according to the Norfolk Island Amendment Act 2015.

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List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea

This article lists the colonial governors of Papua New Guinea, from the establishment of German New Guinea in 1884 until the independence of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1975.

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List of radio stations in Australia

Stations that are not included in the list are genuine internet radio stations that are not traditional AM, FM or DAB.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least.

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Loretta Harrop

Loretta "Loz" Harrop (born July 17, 1975, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian triathlete.

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Mal Colston

Malcolm Arthur Colston (5 April 1938 – 23 August 2003) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1975 to 1999.

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Malcolm Fraser

John Malcolm Fraser (21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

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Mark Oliphant

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons.

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Mark Viduka

Mark Antony Viduka (born 9 October 1975) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a centre forward.

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Markus Zusak

Markus Zusak (born 23 June 1975) is an Australian writer.

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Matt Sing

Matthew Charles Sing (born 13 March 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Matthew Richardson (born 19 March 1975) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and current media personality who represented Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Max Bingham

Sir Eardley Max Bingham (18 March 1927 – 30 November 2021), was an Australian politician.

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Medicare (Australia)

Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care insurance scheme in Australia operated by the nation's social security agency, Services Australia.

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Megan Gale

Megan Kate Gale (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian model and actress.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.

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Michael Hussey

Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game.

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Michael Voss

Michael Voss (born 7 July 1975) is a former professional Australian rules football player with the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions, and current senior coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Miles Franklin Award

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".

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Monarchy of Australia

The monarchy of Australia is a key component of Australia's form of government, by which a hereditary monarch serves as the country’s sovereign and head of state.

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Moura, Queensland

Moura is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana in Central Queensland, Australia.

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Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Natalie Bassingthwaighte (born 1 September 1975) is an Australian singer, actress and television personality.

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Natalie Cook

Natalie Louise Cook (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.

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Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Jane Imbruglia (born 4 February 1975) is an Australian-British singer-songwriter and actress.

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Nathan Green (golfer)

Nathan Andrew Green (born 13 May 1975) is an Australian professional golfer.

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National Rugby League

The National Rugby League (known as the NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship) is a professional rugby league competition in Australasia which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.

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Neville Wran

Neville Kenneth Wran, (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986.

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.

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The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).

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Percy Cerutty

Percy Wells Cerutty (10 January 189514 August 1975) was an Australian athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Peter Gareth Carey (born 27 January 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1971 to 1988.

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Peter Weir

Peter Lindsay Weir (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired film director.

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Petria Thomas

Petria Ann Thomas, (born 25 August 1975) is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles.

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Phillip Gillespie

Phillip J. Gillespie (born 23 October 1975) is an Australian cricket umpire and former cricketer.

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Phillip Lynch

Sir Phillip Reginald Lynch KCMG (27 July 1933 – 19 June 1984) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1982.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay.

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Point Cook, Victoria

Point Cook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area.

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Poor Fellow My Country

Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert.

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Portuguese Timor

Portuguese Timor (Timor Português) was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975.

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Postmaster-General's Department

The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia.

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Premier of New South Wales

The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Premier of Queensland

The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Premier of South Australia

The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Premier of Tasmania

The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Premier of Victoria

The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Premier of Western Australia

The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rabat

Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.

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Rex Connor

Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (26 January 190722 August 1977) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 until he died in 1977, representing the Labor Party.

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Rob Stokes

Robert Gordon Stokes (born 17 January 1971) is a retired Australian politician.

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Robert Askin

Sir Robert William Askin, GCMG (4 April 1907 – 9 September 1981), was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party.

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Roden Cutler

Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, (24 May 1916 – 21 February 2002) was an Australian diplomat, the longest-serving Governor of New South Wales and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth armed forces.

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Rupert Hamer

Sir Rupert James Hamer, (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004), also known as Dick Hamer, was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, and prior to that, the 18th deputy premier of Victoria from 1971 to 1972.

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Savoy Hotel fire

The Savoy Hotel on Darlinghurst Road in the Kings Cross area of Sydney, Australia burned down on 25 December 1975 with the loss of 15 lives.

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Scott Major

Scott Ian Major (born 4 July 1975) is an Australian actor and TV and film director, known for his roles as Peter Rivers in the 1994 television teen drama series Heartbreak High and Lucas Fitzgerald in soap opera Neighbours.

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Scott Westcott

Scott Westcott (born 25 September 1975) is an Australian runner.

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Shannon Noll

Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of Australian Idol in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG.

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Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.

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Sia

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter.

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Simon Katich

Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer.

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South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Redfern that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.

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SS Lake Illawarra

SS Lake Illawarra was a handysize bulk carrier of 7,274 tons in the service of the Australian National Line.

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St. George Dragons

The St.

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Stanley Burbury

Sir Stanley Charles Burbury, (3 December 1909 – 24 April 1995) was an Australian judge.

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Stuart Clark

Stuart Rupert Clark (born 28 September 1975) is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australian team.

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Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs and parts of inner Sydney including the CBD.

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Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, New South Wales, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

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Take 40 Australia

Take 40 Australia was Australia's first and longest-running radio music countdown.

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Taryn Woods

Taryn Nadine Woods (born 12 August 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian former water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Tasman Bridge

The Tasman Bridge is a prestressed concrete girder bridge connecting the Tasman Highway over the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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Tasman Bridge disaster

The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the Derwent River, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge and caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse onto the ship and into the river below.

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Telstra

Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services.

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The Graham Kennedy Show

The Graham Kennedy Show was an Australian variety and comedy tonight show which debuted on 19 September 1972 on the Nine Network.

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Think Big (horse)

Think Big (1970 – 23 February 1995) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Australia, winning the Melbourne Cup in both 1974 and 1975.

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Tom Burns (Australian politician)

Thomas James Burns AO (27 October 1931 – 4 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996.

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Tom Critchley

Thomas Kingston Critchley, (27 January 1916 – 14 July 2009) was an Australian public servant, diplomat, author and journalist.

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Tom Lewis (Australian politician)

Thomas Lancelot Lewis (23 January 1922 – 25 April 2016) was a New South Wales politician, Premier of New South Wales and minister in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis.

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Triple J

Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station that began broadcasting in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

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Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly.

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Victorian National Party

The National Party of Australia – Victoria is a political party in Victoria, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals.

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Wallace Kyle

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle, (22 January 1910 – 31 January 1988) was an Australian who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a senior commander and later as the 24th Governor of Western Australia.

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Winning streak

A winning streak, also known as a win streak or hot streak, is an uninterrupted sequence of success in games or competitions, commonly measured by at least three wins that are uninterrupted by losses or ties.

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Xavier Herbert

Xavier Herbert (born Alfred Jackson; 15 May 190110 November 1984) was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975).

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1911

A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.

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1975 Australian constitutional crisis

The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who then commissioned the leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_in_Australia

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