1950 in Australia - Events

Events

  • 25 January – The Tank Landing Ship HMAS Tarakan explodes at Garden Island in Sydney, killing 8 people.
  • 8 February – Petrol rationing ends, nearly ten years after it was introduced during World War II.
  • 6 May – A state election is held in Tasmania. The result is a hung parliament, but Robert Cosgrove's Labor Party remains in power with independent support.
  • 13 May – A state election is held in Victoria.
  • 23 June – The Parliament of Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, effectively banning the operation of the Communist Party of Australia.
  • 26 June – Douglas DC-4 Amana crashes near Perth, Western Australia, killing 28. One passenger survived the crash.
  • 26 July – The government announces that Australia will send troops to fight in the Korean War. The first Australian forces land in Korea on 17 September.
  • 28 October – The Smith's Weekly newspaper, founded in 1919, is published for the last time.
  • New South Wales and Queensland receive extraordinary annual rainfall.

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