A Look Back At
Born in 1962
What Was Life Like in 1962?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.05
Loaf of Bread
$0.13
Average House
$6,500
Weekly Wage
$18.00
Events of 1962 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1962 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 1 March – The final section of the Cahill Expressway opens in Sydney.
- 4 March – NBN Television opens in Newcastle, New South Wales as NBN-3.
- 18 March – WIN Television opens in Wollongong, New South Wales as WIN-4.
- 26 May – Southern Cross Television opens in Launceston, Tasmania as TNT-9
- 28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are destroyed.
- 2 November – The first performance of the Australian Ballet Company in Sydney was of Swan Lake.
Popular Toys & Games
- Easy-Bake Oven
- Troll Dolls
- Spirograph
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1962
My Boomerang Won't Come Back
Charlie Drake
This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.