A Look Back At

Born in 1969

What Was Life Like in 1969?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

John Gorton

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$0.06

Loaf of Bread

$0.18

Average House

$10,000

Weekly Wage

$44.00

Events of 1969 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1969 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 April – Trams in Brisbane (Queensland) end service after 84 years of operation.
  • 10 May – The 1969 Tasmanian election is held, resulting in a hung parliament with the Australian Labor Party and Liberals winning 17 seats each.
  • 19 June – The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rules that equal pay for women doing the same work as men must be phased in by 1972.
  • 26 September – The Poseidon bubble begins when the small mining company Poseidon NL discovers a large nickel deposit in Laverton, Western Australia.
  • 25 October – 1969 Australian federal election: The Coalition Gorton government is narrowly re-elected with a sharply reduced majority, defeating a resurgent Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam.
  • 7 November – A Liberal Party leadership spill is held, with Prime Minister Gorton re-elected as party leader over challengers William McMahon and David Fairbairn.
  • 11 November – Prime Minister Gorton makes the most sweeping changes to the Federal Ministry since the Liberal-Country Party Coalition took office in 1949. Seven back-benchers are promoted to the junior ministry, four junior ministers promoted to cabinet, and three ministers dropped altogether.
  • 16 December – Prime Minister John Gorton announces that a withdrawal of Australian Army troops from the Vietnam War would begin in 1970.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Hot Wheels
  • Nerf Ball
  • Snoopy Astronaut

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1969

Hey Jude / Revolution

The Beatles

This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.