A Look Back At
Born in 1974
What Was Life Like in 1974?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Petrol (per litre)
$0.09
Loaf of Bread
$0.31
Average House
$22,000
Weekly Wage
$110.00
Events of 1974 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1974 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 24 January – Cyclone Wanda makes landfall near Double Island Point. Large parts of South East Queensland, particularly Brisbane, and northern New South Wales are flooded.
- 26 February – Mungo Man, a human skeleton estimated to be 40,000 years old, uncovered at Lake Mungo
- 25 March – The Liberal Party led by Charles Court wins the 1974 Western Australian state election.
- 12 April – Tasmanian Attorney-General and Deputy Premier Merv Everett resigns to contest the Senate. He is replaced by W.A. Neilson.
- 18 May – The 1974 Australian federal election is held. Labor retains with 66 of the 127 seats, compared with 67 of 125 in the old House.
- 18 May – The 1974 Australian referendum is held simultaneously with the federal election.
- 6–7 August – Australia's first and only joint-sitting of the two houses of Federal Parliament takes place in Canberra.
- 7 December – The 1974 Queensland state election is held. Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen had campaigned on "the alien, stagnating, centralist, socialist, communist-inspired policies of the federal Labor government".
Popular Toys & Games
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
- Connect Four
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1974
Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)
Helen Reddy
This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.