Events
- 19 February – The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO) comes into force.
- 22–28 February - Enormous flooding in the Hunter Valley and adjacent areas of the Murray-Darling Basin causes loss of life and set many rainfall and streamflow records.
- 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 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.
- 23 November – The Cocos Islands come under Australian control.
- 19 December – Dame Edna Everage makes her first appearance.
- Malcolm Fraser first enters Federal Parliament.
- The city of Elizabeth, South Australia is established
- The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is formed after the Australian Labor Party split of 1955.
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