• Source: 1955 in Australia

      • The following lists events that happened during 1955 in Australia.


      Incumbents



      Monarch – Elizabeth II
      Governor-General – Sir William Slim
      Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
      Chief Justice – Sir Owen Dixon


      = State Premiers

      =
      Premier of New South Wales – Joseph Cahill
      Premier of Queensland – Vince Gair
      Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford IV
      Premier of Tasmania – Robert Cosgrove
      Premier of Victoria – John Cain I (until 7 June), then Henry Bolte
      Premier of Western Australia – Albert Hawke


      = State Governors

      =
      Governor of New South Wales – Sir John Northcott
      Governor of Queensland – Sir John Lavarack
      Governor of South Australia – Sir Robert George
      Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
      Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooks
      Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner


      Events


      19 February – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established at a meeting in Bangkok.
      22–28 February – 1955 Hunter Valley floods: Enormous flooding of the Hunter River and adjacent areas of the Murray–Darling basin causes loss of life and set many rainfall and streamflow records.
      19 April – Australian Labor Party split of 1955. Expelled members form the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), predecessor of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP).
      28 May – A state election is held in Victoria. John Cain's Labor government is defeated by the Liberal and Country Party, led by Henry Bolte.
      August – Widespread floods and exceedingly persistent rainfall effect the southern fringe of the continent.
      12 August – The aircraft carrier HMAS Vengeance is returned to the British Royal Navy.
      21 August – The Consolidated Zinc Corporation announced it has discovered bauxite at Weipa, Queensland.
      28 October – The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne is commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
      6 November – The 1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship is held at Southport.
      16 November – The Adelaide suburb of Elizabeth, South Australia is established.
      23 November – The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean are transferred from British to Australian control.
      10 December – Federal election: The incumbent Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeat the Labor Party led by H. V. Evatt. Malcolm Fraser first enters Parliament as Liberal member for Wannon.


      Science and technology


      The Guthega power station becomes the first to generate electricity in the Snowy Mountains Scheme


      Arts and literature



      28 November – Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll receives its stage premiere by the Union Theatre Repertory Company in Melbourne with the playwright in a leading role; this is influential as the first authentically naturalistic modern drama in the theatre of Australia
      19 December – Dame Edna Everage makes her first stage appearance, in Melbourne
      John Brack paints The Car and Collins St., 5 pm in Oakleigh, Victoria
      Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Robert Campbell Esq.
      Donald Friend wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work St John and Scenes from the Apocalypse
      Patrick White's novel The Tree of Man is published
      Alan Marshall's childhood autobiography I Can Jump Puddles is published


      Film


      Jedda, a film by Charles Chauvel, is released


      Sport and recreation


      Board games
      19 January – Australian debut of Scrabble
      Cricket
      New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
      England defeats Australia 3–1 in The Ashes
      Football
      South Australian National Football League premiership: won by Port Adelaide
      Victorian Football League premiership: Melbourne defeated Collingwood 64–36
      Rugby
      Bledisloe Cup: won by the All Blacks
      Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Valleys defeat Brothers 17–7
      New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeat Newtown 12–11
      Golf
      Australian Open: won by Bobby Locke
      Australian PGA Championship: won by Ossie Pickworth
      Horse racing
      Rising Fast wins the Caulfield Cup
      Kingster wins the Cox Plate
      Toparoa wins the Melbourne Cup
      Motor racing
      The Australian Grand Prix is held at Port Wakefield and won by Jack Brabham driving a Cooper Bristol
      Tennis
      Australian Open men's singles: Ken Rosewall defeats Lew Hoad 9–7 6–4 6–4
      Australian Open women's singles: Beryl Penrose Collier defeats Thelma Coyne Long 6–4 6–3
      Davis Cup: Australia defeats the United States 5–0 in the 1955 Davis Cup final
      Wimbledon: Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad win the Gentlemen's Doubles
      Yachting
      Even takes line honours and Moonbi wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race


      Births


      1 January – Mario Andreacchio, film director
      6 January – Graham Murray (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach
      13 January – Paul Kelly, rock musician
      10 February – Greg Norman, golfer
      4 March – Tim Costello, Baptist minister and CEO of World Vision
      6 April - Ray Blacklock (died 2020), rugby league footballer
      23 April – Judy Davis, actress
      3 May – David Hookes (died 2004), cricketer
      31 May – Tommy Emmanuel, guitarist
      23 June – Alan J. Gow, motorsport executive
      5 July – Peter McNamara, tennis player
      24 July – David Smith, race walker
      26 July – Ron Peno (died 2023), rock singer/songwriter
      27 July – Allan Border, cricketer
      5 August – Robert Flower (died 2014), footballer
      19 August – Mary-Anne Fahey, actress and comedian
      18 September - Jim Saleam, far right activist
      5 October – Wilbur Wilde, saxophonist
      8 October – Paul Lennon, Premier of Tasmania
      24 October – Katherine Knight, murderer
      30 November – Deborra-Lee Furness, actress and producer
      11 December – David Atkins, actor and dancer
      19 December– Lincoln Hall (died 2012), mountain climber


      Deaths


      10 May – John Radecki, stained-glass artist (born in Poland) (b. 1865)
      6 June – Max Meldrum, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1875)
      1 August – Charles Shaw, journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
      26 August – P.C. Anderson, golfer and educator (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1871)
      5 September – Haydn Bunton Sr., Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) (b. 1911)
      11 November – Harry Cobby, military aviator (b. 1894)
      19 December – Sir Keith Smith, aviator (b. 1890)


      See also


      List of Australian films of the 1950s


      References

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