• Source: 1984 in Australia

      • The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Australia.


      Incumbents



      Monarch – Elizabeth II
      Governor-General – Sir Ninian Stephen
      Prime Minister – Bob Hawke
      Deputy Prime Minister – Lionel Bowen
      Opposition Leader – Andrew Peacock
      Chief Justice – Sir Harry Gibbs


      = State and territory leaders

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      Premier of New South Wales – Neville Wran
      Opposition Leader – Nick Greiner
      Premier of Queensland – (Sir) Joh Bjelke-Petersen
      Opposition Leader – Keith Wright (until 29 August), then Nev Warburton
      Premier of South Australia – John Bannon
      Opposition Leader – John Olsen
      Premier of Tasmania – Robin Gray
      Opposition Leader – Ken Wriedt
      Premier of Victoria – John Cain Jr.
      Opposition Leader – Jeff Kennett
      Premier of Western Australia – Brian Burke
      Opposition Leader – Ray O'Connor (until 15 February), then Bill Hassell
      Chief Minister of the Northern Territory – Paul Everingham (until 15 October), then Ian Tuxworth
      Opposition Leader – Bob Collins
      Chief Minister of Norfolk Island – David Buffett


      = Governors and administrators

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      Governor of New South Wales – Sir James Rowland
      Governor of Queensland – Sir James Ramsay
      Governor of South Australia – Sir Donald Dunstan
      Governor of Tasmania – Sir James Plimsoll
      Governor of Victoria – Sir Brian Murray
      Governor of Western Australia – Gordon Reid (from 2 July)
      Administrator of Norfolk Island – Raymond Trebilco
      Administrator of the Northern Territory – Eric Johnston


      Events




      = January

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      17 January – Ian Sinclair is elected leader of the National Party of Australia following Doug Anthony's retirement.
      26 January – Aboriginal leader Lowitja (Lois) O'Donoghue becomes Australian of the Year.
      27 to 30 January – The final Narara Music Festival on the Central Coast of New South Wales features INXS, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, Talking Heads, Eurythmics and Def Leppard.


      = February

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      1 February – Medicare comes into effect in Australia.
      2 February – Melbourne newspaper The Age publishes phone taps incriminating an unknown judge.
      14 February – Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney.


      = March

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      6 March –
      A bomb blast wrecks the home of Judge Richard Gee in the Sydney suburb of Belrose.
      High Court Judge, Justice Lionel Murphy is named in Parliament as the judge referred to in The Age tapes published on 2 February.
      24 March – Wran Government re-elected in NSW for a 4th term.
      26 March – The $100 note is introduced.


      = April

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      April – A 915g jar of Vegemite is the first product in Australia to be electronically scanned at a checkout.
      19 April – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.


      = May

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      14 May – The one dollar coin is introduced in Australia.
      18 May – In New South Wales gay sex between consenting adult males is decriminalised.


      = July

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      4 July – Pearl, wife of Justice Ray Watson killed when their home is bombed. It is believed Judge Watson was the target.
      16 July – Letters Patent issued for the Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia
      18 July – National Crime Authority is established.


      = August

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      August – Brenda Hodge becomes the last person to be sentenced to death by Western Australia, and in the country as a whole, before the complete abolition of capital punishment. Her sentence is later commuted to life imprisonment.
      1 August – Australian banks are deregulated.
      7 August – Margaret, 35, and Seana Tapp, 9 are attacked and murdered by an unknown man in their suburban Melbourne home. Seana is also sexually assaulted.
      21 August – The Federal budget is televised for the first time.


      = September

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      2 September – 7 people shot dead and 12 wounded in a bikie shootout between rival bikie gangs the Bandidos and Comancheros in the Sydney suburb of Milperra.
      5 September – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment for ordinary crimes (i.e. murder). New South Wales maintained it as a punishment for treason and piracy with violence until 1985†, when capital punishment was finally abolished in Australia.


      = October

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      1 October – National Film and Sound Archive (Screensound Australia) opens in Canberra.


      = November

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      6 November – In a crime that shocks the city, Melbourne schoolgirl Kylie Maybury is kidnapped, raped and murdered after being sent on an errand to buy a bag of sugar.
      26 November –
      Former NSW Corrective Services Minister Rex Jackson appears in Court on conspiracy charges for the early release of prisoners.
      A good performance by Andrew Peacock in the leaders' televised debate boosts his poll ratings.


      = December

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      2 December – Hawke Government re-elected with a reduced majority.
      7 December – Andrew Peacock and John Howard retain their respective positions in the Opposition.


      Arts and literature



      Tim Winton's novel Shallows wins the Miles Franklin Award


      Film


      Annie's Coming Out
      Razorback


      Television


      30 January – Perfect Match is launched in the 5:30 pm timeslot, bringing in record ratings for that timeslot & ensuring Ten's Eyewitness News won the 6–7 p.m. timeslot.
      3 February – Australia's first nationally televised telethon screens on Network Ten. It is a 26-hour effort to raise money for Australia's Olympic athletes.
      11 February – The Nine Network's Hey Hey It's Saturday moves from Saturday mornings to the 9:30 pm timeslot and renamed Hey Hey It's Saturday Night.
      26 July – French-American-Canadian animated television series Inspector Gadget begins on ABC.
      Christopher Skase purchases TVQ-0.
      Network Ten televises the 1984 Summer Olympics from Los Angeles. Also, all stations adopt a uniform on-air look for the first time.
      The first televised federal election debate takes place.


      Sport




      = VFL

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      29 September – Essendon (14.21.105) defeat Hawthorn (12.9.81) to win the 88th VFL premiership
      Brownlow Medal awarded to Peter Moore (Melbourne)


      = Rugby league

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      23 September – Minor premiers Canterbury Bulldogs defeat Parramatta Eels 6–4 to win the 77th NSWRL premiership. Western Suburbs Magpies finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon.


      = Other

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      25 March – Robert de Castella is Australia's only competitor at the twelfth IAAF World Cross Country Championships, staged in New York, USA. He finishes in 21st place (34:08.0) in the race over 12,086 metres.
      10 June – Andrew Lloyd wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:14:36 in Sydney, while Mora Main claims the women's title in 2:46:00.
      6 November – Black Knight wins the Melbourne Cup.


      Births


      1 January – Michael Witt, rugby league player
      10 January – Trent Cutler, rugby league player
      26 January – Ryan Hoffman, rugby league player
      7 March – Jacob Lillyman, rugby league player
      22 March – Tara Simmons, musician (died 2019)
      30 March – Samantha Stosur, tennis player
      3 April – Allana Slater, gymnast
      10 April – Peter Veness, journalist (d. 2012)
      13 April – Kris Britt, cricketer
      26 April – Petrina Price, high jumper
      3 May – Jacqui Dunn, artistic gymnast
      4 May – Kiel Brown, field hockey midfielder
      10 May – Alana Boyd, pole vaulter
      15 May
      Samantha Noble, actress
      Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
      31 May – Jason Smith, actor
      3 June – Todd Reid, tennis player (died 2018)
      June 14 – Jay Lyon, actor, musician and model
      9 July – Alexandra Croak, gymnast & diver
      20 July – James Mackay, actor
      24 July – Patrick Harvey, actor
      30 July – Trudy McIntosh, artistic gymnast
      4 September – Adam Marshall, politician
      20 September – Jason Chatfield, artist, comedian
      3 October – Jarrod Bannister, athlete (d. 2018)
      8 October — Laura Wells, International Plus Sized Model and Environmentalist.
      17 October – Michelle Ang, actress
      30 October – Cameron Ciraldo, rugby league player and coach
      9 November – Delta Goodrem, singer and actress
      13 November – Jamie Soward, rugby league player
      14 November – Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
      25 November – Peter Siddle, cricketer
      28 November – Andrew Bogut, basketball player
      8 December – Tim Paine, cricketer
      12 December
      Sophie Edington, swimmer
      Daniel Merrett, Australian footballer
      25 December – Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, singer/songwriters


      Deaths


      9 January – Bob Dyer, television host (born in the United States) (b. 1909)
      21 January – Alan Marshall, writer (b. 1902)
      17 May – Nigel Drury, Queensland politician (b. 1911)
      26 May – Hilda Abbott, Red Cross leader and wife of the administrator of the Northern Territory (b. 1890)
      19 June – Sir Phillip Lynch, Victorian politician (b. 1933)
      21 June – Denis Murphy, Queensland politician (b. 1936)
      6 July – Mina Wylie, swimmer (b. 1891)
      13 August – Clyde Cook, actor (b. 1891)
      29 September – Hal Porter, author and playwright (b. 1911)
      6 November – Kylie Maybury, murder victim (b. 1978)
      20 December – Grace Cossington Smith, artist (b. 1892)


      See also


      1984 in Australian television
      List of Australian films of 1984


      References

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