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The following lists events that happened during1951 in Australia.

1951 in Australia
Monarch	George VI
Governor-General	William McKell
Prime minister	Robert Menzies
Population	8,421,775
Elections	Federal

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Incumbents

Robert Menzies

State Premiers

State Governors

Governor of New South Wales –Sir John Northcott
Governor of Queensland –Sir John Lavarack
Governor of South Australia –Sir Charles Norrie
Governor of Tasmania –Sir Hugh Binney (until 8 May), thenSir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet (from 22 August)
Governor of Victoria –Sir Dallas Brooks
Governor of Western Australia –Sir James Mitchell (until 1 July), thenSir Charles Gairdner (from 6 November)

Events

Womboota Uniting Church, built in 1951

Five Latvian girls in the bush near Brisbane, 1951

1 January – The 50th anniversary ofAustralian federation is celebrated.
19 February –Jean Lee becomes the last woman to behanged in Australia, when she, Robert Clayton and Norman Andrews are executed in Melbourne for the murder of a 73-year-old man.
1 March – TheBank of Australasia merges with theUnion Bank of Australia to form theANZ Bank.
9 March – TheHigh Court of Australia rules in the caseAustralian Communist Party v Commonwealth that theCommunist Party Dissolution Bill 1950, passed by the parliament to ban theCommunist Party of Australia, was unconstitutional.
19 March – The Governor-General,William McKell, issues adouble dissolution of parliament for the second time in its history, citing theSenate's referral of theCommonwealth Bank Bill as a "failure to pass" the bill.
12 April –Conscription begins as the first call-up notice is issued under theNational Service Act (1951), requiring Australian 18-year-old males to undergo compulsory military training.
28 April – Afederal election is held. TheLiberal government ofRobert Menzies retains power.
8 June – The first lessons of theSchool of the Air are broadcast from theRoyal Flying Doctor Service in Adelaide.^[1]
13 June –Labor leader and former Prime MinisterBen Chifley suddenly dies of a heart attack.
20 June –Herbert Vere Evatt succeeds Ben Chifley as leader of the Labor Party.
16 August – TheAustralian Financial Review is first published.
1 September – TheAnzus Treaty, between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, is signed.
9 September – Australia signs theTreaty of San Francisco, formalising peace with Japan.
22 September – Afederal referendum is held, proposing to alter theAustralian Constitution to allow the banning of theCommunist Party. The referendum was not carried.
4 October – Francis McEncroe sells the firstChiko Rolls at theWagga Wagga agricultural show.
15 October – ADe Havilland Dove aircraft crashes nearKalgoorlie killing all 7 on board.^[2]
13 November –William McKell is gazetted aKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, becoming the only Governor-General of Australia to be knighted during their term.

Arts and literature

Main article:1951 in Australian literature

Ivor Hele wins theArchibald Prize with his portrait of Laurie Thomas
Justin O'Brien wins the inauguralBlake Prize for Religious Art with his workThe Virgin Enthroned

Sport

Athletics
- 5 March –Gordon Stanley wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:59:44.6 inHobart.
Cricket
- Victoria wins theSheffield Shield
- Australia defeatsEngland 4–1 inThe Ashes
Football
- The1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand is conducted
- Bledisloe Cup: won by theAll Blacks
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership:Souths defeatedEasts 20-10
- New South Wales Rugby League premiership:South Sydney defeatedManly-Warringah 42-14
- South Australian National Football League premiership: won byPort Adelaide
- Victorian Football League premiership:Geelong defeatedEssendon 81-70
Golf
- Australian Open: won byPeter Thomson
- Australian PGA Championship: won byNorman Von Nida
Horse racing
- Basha Felika wins theCaulfield Cup
- Bronton wins theCox Plate
- Delta wins theMelbourne Cup
Motor racing
- TheAustralian Grand Prix was held atNarrogin and won byWarwick Pratley driving aGeorge Reed Special
Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles:Dick Savitt defeatsKen McGregor 6-3 2–6 6-3 6-1
- Australian Open women's singles:Nancye Wynne Bolton defeatsThelma Coyne Long 6-1 7-5
- Davis Cup:Australia defeats theUnited States 3–2 in the1951 Davis Cup final
- US Open:Frank Sedgman wins theMen's Singles
- Wimbledon:Ken McGregor andFrank Sedgman win theMen's Doubles
Yachting
- Margaret Rintoul takes line honours andStruen Marie wins on handicap in theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Births

19 January –Charles Blunt, politician
20 January –Clyde Sefton, road cyclist
22 January –Steve J. Spears, actor, singer, and playwright (died 2007)
26 February –Wayne Goss, Premier of Queensland (died 2014)
29 April –Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister of the ACT
29 May –Don Baird, pole vaulter
4 July –John Alexander, tennis player and politician
6 July –Geoffrey Rush, actor
31 July –Evonne Goolagong Cawley, tennis player
6 August –Daryl Somers, television personality
30 August –
- Danny Clark, track cyclist and road bicycle racer
- Brad Hazzard, politician
9 September –Alexander Downer, politician
27 September –Geoff Gallop, Premier of Western Australia
9 October –Rod Galt, Australian rules footballer (died 2019)
14 November –Shelley Hancock, politician
1 December –Doug Mulray, radio personality (died 2023)
18 December –Andy Thomas, astronaut
22 December –Jan Stephenson, professional golfer

Deaths

29 January –Frank Tarrant, cricketer (b.1880)^[3]
18 April –Daisy Bates, journalist and anthropologist (born inIreland) (b.1859)
27 May –Sir Thomas Blamey, field marshal (b.1884)
11 June –William Higgs, Queensland politician (b.1862)
13 June –Ben Chifley, 16thPrime Minister of Australia (b.1885)
17 June -Vin Coutie, footballer (b.1881)
3 July –Sydney Jephcott, poet (b.1864)
4 October –Bartlett Adamson, journalist, poet, author and political activist (b.1884)^[4]
10 December –Ernest Edwin Mitchell, composer (b.1865)^[5]

See also

List of Australian films of the 1950s

References

^How It Began Archived 8 April 2011 at theWayback Machine, Alice Springs School of the Air.
^"Seven Dead In W.A. Air Crash"The West Australian – 16 October 1951, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-08-24
^"Frank Tarrant".Cricinfo.Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved20 March 2018.
^Adamson, George Ernest Bartlett (1884–1951)
^"OBITUARY".The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 29, 076. South Australia. 19 December 1951. p. 11. Retrieved23 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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