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1978 in Australia
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
Population 14,192,234
Elections NSW

See also: 1977 in Australia, other events of 1978, 1979 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

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Incumbents

Events

  • February 13 - Sydney Hilton bombing killing 3 people and injuring 11 others.
  • March 14 - Stephen Matthews, aged 20, swept from the Natural Bridge off Albany, Western Australia, by a King Wave. Rescued by whale ship, the Cheynes II. First recorded survival of someone swept into the sea at The Gap and Natural Bridge.
  • April 4 - Cyclone Alby kills 5 people in Western Australia
  • October 7 - The ALP government of Neville Wran is re-elected with a massively increased majority, leading to his win being dubbed as a "Wranslide".
  • October 8 - Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 510 km/h (317.60 mph) at Blowering Dam, New South Wales.
  • November 21 - Last day of commercial whaling in Australia. No sperm whales caught that day by the chaser ships (Cheynes II, III and IV) operated by the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company at Albany, Western Australia. The last whale caught by an Australian whaling company was the day before, November 20.

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