A Look Back At
Born in 1943
What Was Life Like in 1943?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
John Curtin
Monarch
King George VI
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.01
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Average House
$1,350
Weekly Wage
$3.60
Events of 1943 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1943 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 3 March – A Soviet embassy is established in Canberra, and an Australian diplomat is posted to Moscow as ambassador.
- 4 March – Damien Parer wins Australia's first Academy Award (Best Documentary Feature) for the film Kokoda Front Line.
- 12 June – A general election is held in Victoria.
- 21 August – A federal election is held. The incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by John Curtin is returned to power.
- 23 September – Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney become the first women to win seats in the Parliament of Australia. Lyons represents the Tasmanian electorate of Darwin in the House of Representatives, and Tangney is a Senator for Western Australia.
- 27 December – 7 people are injured in Seaspray, Victoria after a wire on an RAAF plane fails to retract.