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1974 in Australia
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Everything about 1974 In Australia totally explainedSee also:
1973 in Australia,
other events of 1974,
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Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
Events
January - Cyclone Wanda makes landfall near Double Island Point. Large parts of south east Queensland, including Brisbane, and northern New South Wales are flooded.
February 26 - Mungo Man, a human skeleton estimated to be 40,000 years old, uncovered at Lake Mungo
May 18 - John Howard enters Parliament as an Opposition backbencher for the electorate of Bennelong
October - The first Australian credit card, Bankcard, is introduced
December 24 - Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of Darwin. The official death toll was 71
Arts and Literature
Conductor Bernard Heinze is announced as Australian of the Year
Film
The Cars That Ate Paris, directed by Peter Weir, is released
Television
The long running popular music program Countdown first screens
Soap operas The Box and Class of '74 begin
Sport
September 14 - John Farrington wins his third men's national marathon title, clocking 2:17:23 in Gawler.
Think Big wins the Melbourne Cup
Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
Apollo takes line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Love and War is the handicap winner
Australia defeats the USA 2-1 in the Federation Cup
The Australian team makes its first World Cup appearance when it competes in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Eastern Suburbs wins the NSW Rugby League Premiership
Rothmans medal awarded to Graham Eadie
Richmond wins the 78th VFL Premiership (Richmond 18.20 (128) d North Melbourne 13.9 (87))
Brownlow Medal awarded to Keith Greig (North Melbourne)
Births
April 5 – Deborah Sosimenko, hammer thrower
June 12 – Scott Ferrier, decathlete
June 13 – Tristram Woodhouse, field hockey forward
July 2 – Matthew Reilly, writer
July 6 – James Swan, boxer
November 1 – Emma George, pole vaulter
Deaths
April 6 - Hudson Fysh (b.1895), co founder of Qantas
May 1 - Frank Packer (b.1906), publisher
June 10 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b.1900), former Governor General of Australia
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