Born in 1946

A selection from Wikipedia's '1946 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

• 26 January – Foundation Day is renamed Australia Day.
• 18 February – The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Norman Gilroy, becomes Cardinal Gilroy, the first Australian born member of the College of Cardinals
• 1 May – At least 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia.
• 6 June – The ABC makes the first national broadcast of a federal parliamentary debate.
• 19 July – Orange, New South Wales is proclaimed a city.
• 9 September – Trans Australia Airlines makes its first flight.
• 28 September – A federal election is held. The Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister Ben Chifley are returned to power. A three-question referendum is also held: the question on Social Services is carried; questions on Marketing and Industrial Employment are not.
• 23 November – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor Party led by Robert Cosgrove is returned to power with a reduced majority.

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