Television
- 19 January – GTV-9 television station is officially opened in Melbourne.
- 7 May – In Melbourne Tonight, TV-Series 1957–1970 (GTV-9's first major production).
- Pick-A-Box, TV-Series 1957–1971 (first broadcast as a radio program in 1948)
- The Tarax Show, TV-Series 1957–1970 (sponsored by Tarax, a soft drink bottling company from Melbourne.
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—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
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