1953 in Australia Totally Explained

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Incumbents

Prime Minister - Robert Menzies
Governor General - William McKell (until May 8), then William Slim
Premier of New South Wales - Joseph Cahill
Premier of South Australia - Thomas Playford IV
Premier of Queensland - Vince Gair
Premier of Tasmania - Robert Cosgrove
Premier of Western Australia - Ross McLarty (until February 23), then Albert Hawke
Premier of Victoria - John Cain I

Events

March 20 - The Television Act is passed by parliament, setting regulations for the broadcast of television in Australia

October 15 - Operation Totem, a pair British atomic tests, commences at Emu Field, South Australia. Totem 1 is detonated with a yield of 10 kilotons

October 27 - Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, with a yield of 8 kilotons

October 29 - British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Douglas DC-6, registration VH-BPE, en route from Sydney, crashes on approach to San Francisco, killing 19 (External Link

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Science & Technology

The first town to fluoridate the water supply in Australia was Beaconsfield, Tasmania.

Arts and literature

Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Sir Henry Simpson Newland

Michael Kmit wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work The Evangelist John Mark

Film

Sport

Athletics

September 26 - Roland Guy wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:24:48 in Sydney.

Cricket

South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

Football

Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Souths defeated Easts 21-4
New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated St. George 31-12
South Australian National Football League premiership: won by West Torrens
Victorian Football League premiership: Collingwood defeated Geelong 77-65

Golf

Australian Open: won by Norman Von Nida
Australian PGA Championship: won by Ossie Pickworth

Horse Racing

My Hero wins the Caulfield Cup
Hydrogen wins the Cox Plate
Wodalla wins the Melbourne Cup

Motor Racing

The Australian Grand Prix was held at Albert Park and won by Doug Whiteford driving a Talbot-Lago

Tennis

Australian Open men's singles: Ken Rosewall defeats Mervyn Rose 6-0 6-3 6-4
Australian Open women's singles: Maureen Connolly defeats Julie Sampson Haywood 6-3 6-2
Davis Cup: Australia defeats the United States 3-2 in the 1953 Davis Cup final
Wimbledon: Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall win the Men's Doubles

Yachting

Solveig IV takes line honours and Ripple wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Births

January 6 — Ian Frazer, immunologist

February 14 — Greg Browning, field hockey player

March 4 — Ray Price, rugby league football player

March 15 — Randall Goff, water polo player

March 17 — Margaret Jackson, businesswoman

April 16 — Peter Garrett, singer and politician

April 21 — John Brumby, politician

May 20 — Robert Doyle, politician

June 24 — Michael Tuck, Australian Rules football player

July 1 — David Gulpilil, actor

July 23 — Marcia Hines, singer

August 17 — Noni Hazelhurst, actress

September 11 — Renée Geyer, singer

November 25 — Graham Eadie, rugby league footballer

December 12 — Martin Ferguson, politician

Deaths

January 28 – James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)

February 12 – Hal Colebatch, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1872)

December 2 – Reginald Baker (69), athlete, sports promoter and film actor (b. 1884)Further Information

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