A Look Back At
Born in 1966
What Was Life Like in 1966?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Harold Holt
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.06
Loaf of Bread
$0.15
Average House
$8,000
Weekly Wage
$35.00
Events of 1966 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1966 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 14 January – Ballet dancer and choreographer Robert Helpmann is named as 1965's Australian of the Year.
- 14 February – Decimalisation of the Australian currency; the Australian dollar replaces the Australian pound at the rate of ten shillings to the dollar.
- 10 March – On advice from Immigration Minister Hubert Opperman, federal cabinet reverses a decision of September 1964, agreeing that non-Europeans could be selected on an individual basis to enter as immigrants with permanent resident status and naturalisation on an equal basis with European applicants.
- 7 April – New South Wales repeals the Sunday Observance Act, allowing theatres and cinemas to open, sporting events to charge admission and clubs to sell alcohol on Sundays.
- 12 May – 21-year-old pilot Mary Fergusson on her final test flight to qualify for her full pilot's licence goes missing in Tasmania en route from Cambridge to Flinders Island prompting a widespread search.
- 18 August – Australian forces engage in their first major battle in Vietnam at the Battle of Long Tan, inflicting heavy losses on NLF troops.
- 3 November – The Liberal Reform Group (which later evolves into the Australian Party) is founded.
- 26 November – The Liberal government of Harold Holt scores a massive victory in the 1966 federal election, and is returned to power with the largest majority in the federal parliament's 65-year history.
Popular Toys & Games
- Twister
- Super Ball
- Operation
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1966
The Carnival Is Over
The Seekers
This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.