A Look Back At
Born in 1950
What Was Life Like in 1950?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
King George VI
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.03
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Average House
$3,000
Weekly Wage
$8.00
Events of 1950 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 8 February – Petrol rationing ends, nearly ten years after it was introduced during World War II.
- 6 May – A state election is held in Tasmania. The result is a hung parliament, but Robert Cosgrove's Labor Party remains in power with independent support.
- 13 May – A state election is held in Victoria.
- 23 June – The Parliament of Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, effectively banning the operation of the Communist Party of Australia.
- 26 July – The government announces that Australia will send troops to fight in the Korean War. The first Australian forces land in Korea on 17 September.
- 28 October – The Smith's Weekly newspaper, founded in 1919, is published for the last time.
- 11 December – A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is published.
Popular Toys & Games
- Silly Putty
- Colorforms
- Mr. Potato Head
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1950
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)
Recorded by Burl Ives and Dinah Shore
This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.