Born in 1979

A selection from Wikipedia's '1979 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

• 9 January – Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony signs a pact to allow uranium mining to begin at the Ranger Uranium Mine in the Northern Territory.
• 9 February – Associated Securities Limited, Australia's fourth-largest finance company, is placed into receivership.
• 9 March – The Arbitration Commission awards Australian women the right to six weeks' compulsory unpaid maternity leave with the option of extending the leave to one year.
• 11 April – The Razorback Blockade, a truck drivers' blockade, which had disrupted the eastern states for 10 days, ends. The truck drivers had been protesting against state road taxes and low cartage rates.
• 9 June – Australia's first modern uranium mine opens at Nabarlek in Arnhem Land. A $25,000 party is held to celebrate the launch of the mine, which is also the first to open on Aboriginal tribal land.
• 19 July – The Miss Universe final is celebrated in Perth.
• 29 August – Sydney's new heliport at Darling Harbour is officially opened by Neville Wran.
• 19 October – The Australian Federal Police is established under the command of Colin Woods.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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