Milestones
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I Think I Love You 9th
I Think I Love You 23rd
My Sweet Lord |
1 Wearing of seat belts becomes compulsory in Victoria. [-> 8/71] 4
Nic Roeg's film Performance, starring Mick Jagger, premieres in London
5 The
first one-day cricket match is held in Melbourne
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Tennis star Evonne Goolagong
is named Australian of the Year.
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Prophet / Maggie Mine Sweet Girl / I Can't Find A Reason The Hoax Is Over (LP) Wide Open (LP) |
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My Sweet Lord 20th
My Sweet Lord |
5 The market boom in mineral stocks takes a drastic plunge following the crash of prestige mining investment house Mineral Securities Ltd 7 The new national weekly newpaper The National Times is launched in Sydney
28 The first edition of The Sunday Australian appears |
Turn Away/Longest Day Sweet Release (LP) |
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6th My Sweet Lord George Harrison 13th The Pushbike Song The Mixtures 20th The Pushbike Song The Mixtures 27th Knock Three Times Dawn |
6 The Oz Police Ball benefit is held in aid of the Oz Obscenity Trial fund at the Middle Earth club in Covent Garden, London. The line-up includes Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Viv Stanshall, The Pink Fairies, Egg, Roy Harper, and John Peel 8 Malcolm Fraser resigns as Defence Minister, accusing PM John Gorton of disloyalty. 10 John Gorton resigns as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister after a nine-day leadership struggle. The crisis has been sparked by Defence Minister Malcolm Fraser who declares that he can no longer work with Gorton. After a vote of confidence is tied 33-33, Gorton conceded that he had lost the confidence of the party and cast the deciding vote against himself.. Former treasurer William McMahon is elected as the new leader. That night, TDT airs an affectionate farewell tribute to the outgoing PM, featuring scenes from his life shown to a soundtrack of Frank Sinatra's My Way. 22 The last episode of "The Village Glee Club" airs on ABC Radio. The long-running series, featuring old-time music, was first broadcast in 1942 and was hosted throughout by Philip Derbyshire. 30 South Australian Premier Steele Hall temporarily bans all ABC staff from government buildings. The ban is a reaction to alleged "editorialising" by Adelaide TDT host Clive Hale, who had raised an eyebrow when he announced that a government minister has declined to appear on the show. |
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Black & Blue / Lightning Ground Seasons Of Change Sweet Girl / I Can't Find A Reason |
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Rose Garden 17th
Rose Garden 24th
Rose Garden |
14 Sydney's famous Trocadero dance hall closes. The event is later immortalised in Richard Clapton's classic song Deep Water. 27 Justice Blackburn of the Northern Territory Supreme Court rejects a legal challenge by the Yirrikala people of the Gove Peninsula. The landmark two-year case was an attempt to block a massive bauxite mining project on land appropriated from tribal reserves by the Commonwealth government on behalf of the giant Nabalco company. |
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Fools Gold/ Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow At The Mountains of Madness (LP) It Couldn't Happen Here/Somerville Choice Cuts (LP) Evil Child / The Freak |
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Me And Bobby McGee 8th
Me And Bobby McGee 15th
She's A Lady 22nd
She's A Lady |
1 I'll Be Gone, the debut single by Spectrum reaches #1 on Go-Set's national chart. 5 An OZ Obscenity Fund Benefit concert featuring The Soft Machine and Traffic is held at the Polytechnic of Central London. 7 Daddy Cool play Melbourne Town Hall (supported by Tully). Also attending the gig is producer Robie Porter, who signs them to his Sparmac label. By the end of the the month, they have recorded their debut album (cut in two days) and released their classic single Eagle Rock, which is the national #1 for 10 weeks in June/July/August. A cover version of the song Daddy Cool, (also on their debut album) is released by a studio group called Drummond (actually the members of Mississippi) and it replaces Eagle Rock as the #1 single for 7 weeks in September/October. 17 "Monday Conference", a new public affairs discussion forum hosted by ex-Four Corners reporter Robert Moore, premieres on ABC-TV. Early guests include Paul Erlich, Germaine Greer, Bob Hawke, Gustav Nossel and Gough Whitlam. Later in the year Moore changes the format to include a live audience in the discussion. Tragically, most of the tapes of the first two years of the series were later erased, according to writer Bob Ellis. 23 Queenslander Neville Bonner is chosen by the Liberal Party to fill a casual Senate vacancy, becoming the first Aboriginal member of any Australian parliament. 27 An anonymous caller calling himself "Mr Brown" claims that a Qantas 707 bound for Hong Kong is carrying a bomb which will explode if the place descends to 20,000 feet. He demands a ransom of $500,000; the general manager of Qantas pays the money to a man sitting in a hired van outside the Sydney Opera House, as the jet circles over outback NSW, unable to land for fear of triggering the device. The bomb threat is soon proved to be a hoax. - Aussie screen icon Chips Rafferty dies in Sydney of a heart attack, aged 62. In his 34-year career Chips (born William Goffage in Broken Hill) had become one of Australia's best-known and best-loved actors. |
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Seasons Of Change / On This Day That I
Die Eagle Rock /
Bom Bom |
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Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 19th
Too Young To Be Married |
7 Australia becomes a full member of the OECD 13 The Aztecs headline at Melbourne Town Hall, supported by Daddy Cool, Chain, the La De Das, Wild Cherries, Healing Force and Lotus. The stage set includes a 70' high inflatable structure dubbed 'The Starfish', created by Rodney Currie. 14 Jack Lang is re-admitted to the ALP. The controversial former NSW Premier had been expelled from the party in 1943. 18 The first "Green Ban" is imposed by the Builders' Labourers Federation to prevent development at Kelly's Bush in suburban Sydney. 28 Veteran TV and radio quizmaster Bob Dyer retires, ending the 23-year run of BP Pick-A-Box 30 Sir Kenneth Slessor dies aged 70
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Nickelodeon (LP) The Masters Apprentices |
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3rd Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 10th Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 17th Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 24th Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 31st Eagle Rock Daddy Cool |
2 Opposition leader Gough Whitlam leads a political delegation to China, becoming the first Western leader to visit there since the 1949 revolution. - 19-year-old Aboriginal athlete Evonne Goolagong makes tennis history, scoring a surprise win over top seeds Billie Jean King in the semi-final and Margaret Court in the women's singles finals at Wimbledon. 3 Police attack demonstrators at Melbourne's Olympic Park when 3000 people protest against the Springbok Rugby tour. - Singer and poet Jim Morrison dies in Paris. Although no autopsy is performed, the official cause of death is given as heart attack, and he is quickly buried at the famous Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Morrison shot to worldwide fame in 1967 as the lead singer and lyricist with legendary American rock group The Doors. For many years after his death, an urban myth persisted that Morrison had staged his own demise to escape rock stardom. Far more probable was the claim by Danny Sugerman, Morrison's friend and the author of two definitive Doors books. Sugerman asserts that Morrison in fact died from a heroin overdose. In his 1989 book Wonderland Avenue,, Sugerman told of his1973 meeting with Morrison's widow, Pamela Courson. In it he recounts that Courson admitted to using heroin herself, that she introduced Morrison to it and that in fact the very first shot she gave Morrison killed him. Though the claim remains unproven, Courson herself died soon after from a heroin OD. - An OZ Obscenity Fund Benefit concert, featuring Traffic and Alexis Korner is held at the Polytechnic of Central London 6 Demonstrators interrupt play during a Springbok game in Sydney 10 1,000 police clash with anti-apartheid demonstrators protesting against the tour by the South African Springbok Rugby team 14 Queensland premier Joh Bjelke Petersen declares a state of emergency, to ensure that the Springbok tour in Brisbane is not disrupted by demonstrators. 20 While speaking at a social function, former Liberal defence minister Malcolm Fraser makes his infamous statement "Life wasn't meant to be easy". The utterance becomes inextricably linked with Fraser, who draws considerable flak from critics who point to his patrician style and his background from a wealthy Victorian grazing family. |
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1000 Years / One Bad Thing Judgement / Blow In D Daddy Who? Daddy Cool! (LP) |
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Eagle Rock 21st
Eagle Rock 28th
Eagle Rock |
1 Political journalist Alan Reid writes an article critical of former PM John Gorton, claiming that he paid less attention to his ministers and departmental heads than he did to his private secretary Ainsley Gotto (whom the media dubs "the girl with the wiggle").
3 The West Gate Bridge royal commission finds that project designers Freeman Fox and Partners are primarily responsible for the disaster, which killed 35 workers. 5 Bondi taxi driver Peter Macari is charged with extortion over the Qantas "Mr Brown" bomb hoax case. 7 Music program "Sentimental Journey" begins on ABC Radio 12 Prime Minister William McMahon dismisses former PM John Gorton as Minister of Defence, on the grounds that he had breached Cabinet solidarity. In a Sunday newspaper article, Gorton had responded to criticism of his leadership by journalist Alan Reid, complaining of leaks and gossip which undermined the cabinet. 16 The first Qantas Boeing 747 jumbo jet "City of Canberra" makes its maiden flight. 20 Writer Bob Ellis is dismissed from the ABC after breaking staff rules about making public comments on the ABC's activities 30 Members of Women's Liberation march in Melbourne protesting against sexism in the union movement |
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Travelling South
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Daddy Cool 11th
Daddy Cool 25th
Daddy Cool |
18 South Sydney defeats St George in the Rugby League Grand Final 19 The last trams run in the Victorian regional city of Ballarat 25 Hawthorn defeats St Kilda in he VFL Grand Final |
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Toward The Blues (LP) Trixie Stonewall's Wayward Home For Young
Women / It's Up To You Come Back Again / Just As Long As We're
Together Finding My Way / Ballad
Of Sacred Falls Feelings/Young Man's Lament Gonna See My Baby Tonight/Fare Thee Well Looking Through
A Window / We Need A Song |
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2nd Daddy Cool Drummond 9th Daddy Cool Drummond 16th Daddy Cool Drummond 23rd The Banks Of The Ohio Olivia Newton-John 30th The Banks Of The Ohio Olivia Newton-John |
9 "Hey Hey It's Saturday" premieres on the Nine Network. Originally a Saturday morning children's cartoon show, the program gradually develops a unique free-form live comedy format over the next few years, and after shifting to an early evening time slot it becomes one of the longest running and most popular variety shows in Australian television history. Hey Hey runs continuously until 21 November 1999, and host Daryl Somers presents the program for its entire 28 year run. 16 Robin Boyd dies aged 52 30 ABC Radio cancels rebroadcasts of BBC News 31 Daylight saving is introduced on a trial basis throughout Australia, except in WA and NT. |
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I'm Gonna Be Wheel Someday / The Train
Of Love Speak to the Sky / I Didn't
Mean to Love You |
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The Banks Of The Ohio 13th
The Banks Of The Ohio 20th
The Banks Of The Ohio 27th
Maggie May / Reason To Believe |
2 The Operation Earth concert is held at the Myer Music Bowl. Featured acts include Chain, Blackfeather, Captain Matchbox, Bakery, Carson, Indelible Murtceps, Matt Taylor & Friends and The Aztecs. - Silver Knight wins the Melbourne Cup 16 TDT embarrasses the federal government when reporter Gerald Stone conducts a live interview with fugitive draft resister Michael Matteson. Later in the the show, as Matteson eludes Commonwealth police called to the ABC's Gore Hill studios, interviewer Richard Carleton grills federal Attorney General Sen. Ivor Greenwood about why Matteson has been able to evade police for 3 months when TDT was able to locate him within three hours. 18 During the 11am news broadcast on ABC local radio in Sydney, ABC radio newsreader Rod McNeill gets some unexpected "help" from Goon Show creator Spike Milligan. Milligan. Spike, who had just been interviewed live on the morning show, does his best to throw McNeill off with a string of hilarious ad-libbed remarks. When McNeill concludes with "More news in one hour", Milligan retorts: "You'll never make it!" The ABC Chariman calls for a report on Spike's impromptu performance, and later issues a directive that Milligan is never again to be interviewed live on the ABC. 25 Late night shopping is introduced in Victoria 30 The flag is lowered for the last time at the Anzac task Force base at Nui Dat in Vietnam, ending almost ten years of military involvement by Australian and New Zealand troops. |
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Listen to the Children / Last Time Around I Ain't Got The Time / Hello Sunshine Gonna See My Baby Tonight / Fare Thee Well |
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Maggie May / Reason To Believe 11th
Maggie May / Reason To Believe 18th
Maggie May / Reason To Believe 25th
Imagine |
1 Daddy Cool become the first Australian rock band to perform in a live-to-air national broadcast, from Armstrong's Studio in Melbourne. 7 Det. Sgt Philip Arantz is suspended from the NSW Police Force for allegedly leaking crime statistics to the media, and is later dismissed. After almost 15 years' struggle for compensation, he is finally awarded $250,000 in 1985 and his dismissal revoked in 1989. - As part of its The Comedy Game series ABC-TV in Sydney screens Aunty Jack's Travelling Show, the pilot episode for the famous Aunty Jack series. 14 Late night shopping is introduced in NSW 24 Cyclone Althea kills three people and damages hundreds of buildings in Townsville. The TV series Barrier Reef had been filming nearby at the time, and the crew rushed to assist victims, as well as capturing actuality footage of the aftermath of the cyclone, which was later included in one of the episodes. 26 Daddy Cool and La De Das headline an outdoor concert at the 3XY Rosebud Show before an crowd of 50,000 people. 27 The premiere of Tim Burstall's movie STORK, starring Bruce Spence, and featuring an appearance by The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band. 30 Aunty Jack's Travelling Show screens on the ABC in Melbourne. |
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Hi Honey Ho (long
version) / Hi Honey Ho (short version) Daddy Cool |