• The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Australia. Monarch – George VI Governor-General – William McKell Prime Minister – Robert Menzies...
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    1950 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1950. 1950 (MCML) was...
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  • presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1950. James Aldridge – The Hunter Jon Cleary – Just Let Me Be Miles...
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  • The 1950 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia from 21...
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  • The 1950 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Nuriootpa Road Circuit in South Australia on 2 January 1950. It was organised by the Sporting...
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  • The year 1950 in film involved some significant events. The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: January 13...
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     Australia Singapore  v  Australia Malaysia  v  Australia Australia  v  Japan Australia  v  Japan Australia  v  Japan Australia  v  Greece Australia ...
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  • A referendum was held on 9 December 1950 in the Australian state of Western Australia on the topic of prohibition. It was the fourth referendum on the...
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  • The 1950 British Empire Games were the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 4 and...
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  • The 1950 Western Australian state election was held on 25 March 1950. Frederick Smith (MLA) (Brown Hill-Ivanhoe) Ross McDonald (MLA) (West Perth) Sitting...
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  • The 1950 rainfall records for the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland reported probably the most remarkable record high rainfall totals...
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    Communist Party Dissolution Act of 1950. It was not carried. After World War II, membership of the Communist Party of Australia had peaked at around 20,000 and...
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    State elections were held in South Australia on 4 March 1950. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent...
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  • The 1950-51 Australians defeated the touring England team 4-1 in the 1950-51 Ashes series, Australia's last Ashes success until 1958-59. The series was...
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    in Australia is very rare at sea level, but is common on the highlands of the southeast, in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and in the...
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    Club tour of Australia in 1950–51 under the captaincy of Freddie Brown was its tenth since it took official control of overseas tours in 1903–1904. The...
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  • reported tropical cyclones within the Australian region between 90°E and 160°E in the 1950s. December 10–11, 1950 – A tropical cyclone passed overland...
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    especially in Australian use, is "Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and the neighbouring islands of the Pacific". The other, especially in New Zealand...
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    Royal Australian Regiment (1950–54) Logistics: Australian Forces in Korea Maintenance Area (AUSTFIKMA) (1950–56) No. 91 (Composite) Wing RAAF (1950–55)...
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    Australia competed at the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition...
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    second-largest religion in Australia. According to the 2021 Census in Australia, the combined number of people who self-identified as Australian Muslims, from all...
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    Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary...
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  • defeated Ken McGregor 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1950 Australian Championships. The seeded players are...
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    Paul Murphy (born 31 May 1950) is an Australian former politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives...
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  • 1950 in Sports describes the year's events in world sport. Popular sports during the 1950s were badminton and soccer. Also, 1950 was a huge year for horse...
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  • in supplements to the London Gazette of 2 June 1950 for the British Empire, Australia, Ceylon and New Zealand. At this time honours for Australians were...
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    in Australia is diverse. In the 2021 national census, 43.9% of Australians identified with Christianity and 38.9% declared "no religion". Australia has...
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    1949 Ford (redirect from 1950 Ford)
    developed specifically for sale in Australia. By 1950, locally produced models of Ford Australia had adopted a level of 80% Australian-sourced content. 1949 Ford...
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  • The Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 is an act of the Western Australian Parliament that provides the statute relating to conservation and legal protection...
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    Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 25 March 1950 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition...
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