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1943 in Australia

Index 1943 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Australia. [1]

130 relations: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards, AHS Centaur, Aila Keto, Alan Ferguson, Alan Jones (radio broadcaster), Albert Dunstan, Albert Robinson (Australian politician), Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, Alice Henry, Alma Moodie, Archibald Prize, Arthur Cocks (politician), Arthur Streeton, Australia, Australian federal election, 1943, Australian House of Representatives, Australian Labor Party, Australian Senate, Barry Hill (Australian writer), Bill Newton, Billy Sing, Bob Debus, Bob Graham (New South Wales politician), Brian James (rugby league), Canberra, Chief Justice of Australia, Christine Gallus, Damien Parer, Desmond Mueller, Dianne Burge, Diplomatic mission, Division of Darwin, Dorothy Tangney, Dyson Heydon, Edward Riley (Australian politician), Enid Lyons, Ernest Clark (governor), Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman), Frank Cooper (politician), Frederick Chapman (palaeontologist), George Fairbairn (politician), George VI, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Queensland, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Victoria, Governor of Western Australia, Governor-General of Australia, ..., Ian Chappell, Ian King (Australian cricketer), Ian Turpie, Jan Andrew, Janet Holmes à Court, Jean Roberts, Jimmy Mackay, Jimmy Matthews, John Bannon, John Bradfield (engineer), John Burgess (host), John Cain (senior), John Curtin, John Evans (Australian politician), John Goss (racing driver), John Latham (judge), John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, John McNeill (Australian politician), John Tranter, John Willcock, Johnny Warren, Joshua Smith (artist), Judith Adams, Judith Durham, Keith Truscott, Kokoda Front Line!, Leslie Wilson (politician), List of Australian films of the 1940s, Louis Esson, Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, Malcolm Donnelly, Mary Gaudron, Melbourne Cup, Molly Meldrum, Monarchy of Australia, Moscow, North Stradbroke Island, Owen Davidson, Parliament of Australia, Paul Jennings (Australian author), Percy Hobson (athlete), Peter Carey (novelist), Peter Cook (Australian politician), Peter Dowding, Philip Ruddock, Pietro Porcelli, Premier of New South Wales, Premier of Queensland, Premier of South Australia, Premier of Tasmania, Premier of Victoria, Premier of Western Australia, Prime Minister of Australia, Queensland, Ray Warren, Reginald Spencer Browne, Richard Carleton, Robert Cosgrove, Robert Drewe, Robyn Woodhouse, Roger Woodward, Soviet Union, The Seekers, Thomas Dodds, Thomas Playford IV, Thomas Ryan (1870–1943), Tom Garrett, Tony Bonner, Vern Schuppan, Victoria (Australia), Victorian state election, 1943, W. Lister Lister, Walter James, Western Australia, Western Australian state election, 1943, William Dobell, William Irvine (Australian politician), William McKell, Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria, 1943. Expand index (80 more) »

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is an award for documentary films.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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AHS Centaur

Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943.

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Aila Keto

Aila Inkeri Keto AO (born 14 March 1943) is founder and President of the Rainforest Conservation Society in Queensland, Australia, now known as the Australia Rainforest Conservation Society.

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Alan Ferguson

Alan Baird Ferguson (born 16 September 1943) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from May 1992 to June 2011.

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Alan Jones (radio broadcaster)

Alan Belford Jones AO (born 13 April 1941, or possibly 1942 or 1943) is an Australian radio broadcaster.

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Albert Dunstan

Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan, KCMG (26 July 1882 – 14 April 1950) was an Australian politician.

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Albert Robinson (Australian politician)

Albert William Robinson (20 May 1877 – 25 May 1943) was an Australian Senator and long serving member of the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie

Brigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie & Bar, PC (6 July 1872 – 2 May 1955) was a British Army officer who served as the tenth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1936 to 1945.

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Alice Henry

Alice Henry (21 March 1857 – 14 February 1943) was an Australian suffragist, journalist and trade unionist who also became prominent in the American trade union movement as a member of the Women's Trade Union League.

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Alma Moodie

Alma Templeton Moodie (12 September 18987 March 1943) was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize was the first major prize for portraiture in Australian art.

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Arthur Cocks (politician)

Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks KBE (27 May 1862 – 25 April 1943) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Arthur Streeton

Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian federal election, 1943

Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Barry Hill (Australian writer)

Barry Hill (born 19 June 1943) is an Australian historian, poet, journalist and academic.

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Bill Newton

William Ellis (Bill) Newton, VC (8 June 1919 – 29 March 1943) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.

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Billy Sing

William Edward "Billy" Sing, DCM (2 March 1886 – 19 May 1943) was an Australian soldier of Chinese and English descent who served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign.

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Bob Debus

Robert John Debus (born 16 September 1943), a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party.

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Bob Graham (New South Wales politician)

Robert Leslie (Bob) Graham (born 19 May 1943) is an Australian politician.

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Brian James (rugby league)

Brian Knight James (born 9 April 1943) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1960s.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Chief Justice of Australia

The Chief Justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Christine Gallus

Christine Ann "Chris" Gallus (born 6 April 1943), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing two different seats in South Australia—the Division of Hawker from 1990 to 1993 and the Division of Hindmarsh from 1993 to 2004.

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Damien Parer

Damien Peter Parer (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1944) was an Australian war photographer.

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Desmond Mueller

Lieutenant General Desmond Maurice "Des" Mueller (born 25 July 1943) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army.

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Dianne Burge

Dianne Burge (née Bowering), (born 9 October 1943) is a former Australian sprinter who competed in two Olympic Games and won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.

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Diplomatic mission

A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from one state or an organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation officially in the receiving state.

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Division of Darwin

The Division of Darwin was an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania.

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Dorothy Tangney

Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE (13 March 19071 June 1985) was an Australian politician and the first woman member of the Australian Senate.

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Dyson Heydon

John Dyson Heydon (born 1 March 1943) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy, who served from 2003 to 2013.

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Edward Riley (Australian politician)

Edward Riley (1859 – 21 July 1943) was an Australian politician.

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Enid Lyons

Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (née Burnell; 9 July 1897 – 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician who was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in federal cabinet.

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Ernest Clark (governor)

Sir Ernest Clark (13 April 1864 – 26 August 1951) was a British civil servant, who was Governor of Tasmania from 1933 to 1945.

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Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman)

Ernest Jones (30 September 1869, Auburn, South Australia23 November 1943, Magill, South Australia) was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football.

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Frank Cooper (politician)

Frank Arthur Cooper (16 July 1872 – 30 November 1949) was Premier of Queensland from 1942 to 1946 for the Australian Labor Party.

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Frederick Chapman (palaeontologist)

Frederick Chapman (13 February 1864 – 10 December 1943) was the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Palaeontologist.

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George Fairbairn (politician)

Sir George Fairbairn (23 March 1855 – 23 October 1943) was a pastoralist and Australian politician. Fairbairn was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Geelong Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He rowed for Jesus College Boat Club in 1875 and 1876, the first two years of an 11-year stretch up to 1885 when it won the Cambridge head of the river races. His younger brother Steve went on to become an influential rowing coach at the club. Fairbairn returned to Australia in 1876 and in the following years managed Peak Downs and Barcaldine stations in Queensland. He married Jessie Kate Prell in November 1880 and they had a son and a daughter. In 1890, he took over the family farm at Lara, Victoria and subsequently acquired other farms in Victoria and New South Wales and developed numerous business interests. He was president of the Employers' Federation of Australia for six years. In 1903 Fairbairn was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Toorak which he held until 1906 when he resigned to contest the newly created seat of Fawkner in the Australian House of Representatives. Fairbairn won Fawkner at the 1906 election. Fairbairn was endorsed by the Anti-Socialists, but campaigned as an independent Protectionist. He did not sit with the Anti-Socialists. In 1909, he helped create the union of the non-Labor parties into the "fusion" He lost Fawkner in the 1913 election, following an adverse electoral redistribution, but he was elected to the Senate from 1917 election, but did not stand for re-election at the 1922 election. Fairbairn's first wife died in 1921 and he married Lorna Bessie in 1924. He was Agent-General for Victoria in London from 1924 to 1927. He was knighted in 1926. He was survived by his second wife and his son, Clive Prell Fairbairn. He was grandfather of David Fairbairn, member for Farrer from 1949 to 1975 and government minister from 1962 to 1972. He was uncle of James Fairbairn, a Minister for Civil Aviation from 1939 until his death in a plane crash in 1940.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Governor of New South Wales

The Governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in the state of New South Wales.

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Governor of Queensland

The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the Queen of Australia.

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Governor of South Australia

The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

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Governor of Tasmania

The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

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Governor of Victoria

The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states.

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Governor of Western Australia

The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II.

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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Ian Chappell

Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia.

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Ian King (Australian cricketer)

Ian Harold King (born 1 June 1943) is a former Australian first-class cricketer, one of only a handful of Indigenous Australians to have played first-class cricket.

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Ian Turpie

Ian Bruce Turpie (6 November 1943 – 11 March 2012) was an Australian performer, a stage, television and film actor, a pop singer, a television presenter and a radio host personality, best known early in his career as the host of the teen pop music show, The Go!! Show, later in the 1980s and 1990s for hosting the Australian versions of the long-running game shows The New Price Is Right, and Supermarket Sweep, as well as playing Keith Warne on Swift and Shift Couriers and Wazza on Housos.

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Jan Andrew

Janice Andrew (born 25 November 1943), also known by her married name Janice Thornett, is an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1950s, who won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly and a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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Janet Holmes à Court

Janet Holmes à Court, AC, HonFAHA, HonFAIB (born Janet Lee Ranford on 29 November 1943 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and one of Australia's wealthiest women.

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Jean Roberts

Jean Evelyn Roberts (born 18 August 1943) is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw events.

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Jimmy Mackay

James Birrell Mackay (19 December 1943, Scotland – 11 December 1998) was an Association football player.

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Jimmy Matthews

Thomas James Matthews (3 April 1884 – 14 October 1943) was an Australian Test cricketer.

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John Bannon

John Charles Bannon (7 May 1943 – 13 December 2015) was an Australian politician.

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John Bradfield (engineer)

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John Burgess (host)

John Richard Burgess (born 4 June 1943) is an Australian television and radio personality and host, often referred to as "Burgo" and from his radio days "Baby John Burgess" or "Baby John", as the youngest presenter at the station.

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John Cain (senior)

John Cain (19 January 1882 – 4 August 1957) was an Australian politician, who became the 34th premier of Victoria, and was the first Australian Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

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John Curtin

John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1941 to his death in 1945.

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John Evans (Australian politician)

Sir John William Evans, CMG (1 December 1855 – 2 October 1943) was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.

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John Goss (racing driver)

John Goss (born 2 May 1943, Glen Iris, Victoria) is an Australian retired motor racing driver who competed in his home country during the 1960s, 1970's and 1980's.

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John Latham (judge)

Sir John Greig Latham GCMG QC (26 August 1877 – 25 July 1964) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1935 to 1952.

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John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst

John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator.

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John McNeill (Australian politician)

John James McNeill (1868 – 14 June 1943) was a 20th-century Australian politician.

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John Tranter

John Ernest Tranter (born 29 April 1943) is an Australian poet, publisher and editor.

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John Willcock

John Collings Willcock (9 August 1879 – 7 June 1956) was the 15th Premier of Western Australia.

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Johnny Warren

John Norman Warren, MBE, OAM (17 May 1943 – 6 November 2004) was an Australian soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster.

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Joshua Smith (artist)

Joshua Smith (12 March 190522 July 1995) was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944 with his portrait of Hon Sol Rosevear, MHR, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, but is better known as the subject of the previous year's controversial Archibald Prize win, by artist William Dobell.

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Judith Adams

Judith Anne Adams (née Bird; 11 April 1943 – 31 March 2012) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer, who served as a member of the Australian Senate between 2005 and 2012, representing the state of Western Australia.

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Judith Durham

Judith Durham (born Judith Mavis Cock; 3 July 1943) is an Australian singer and musician who became the lead singer for the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963.

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Keith Truscott

Keith William "Bluey" Truscott, (17 May 1916 – 28 March 1943) was a World War II ace fighter pilot and Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club.

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Kokoda Front Line!

Kokoda Front Line! was a full-length edition of the Australian newsreel, Cinesound Review, produced by the Australian News & Information Bureau and Cinesound Productions Limited in 1942.

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Leslie Wilson (politician)

Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, (1 August 1876 – 29 September 1955) was a Royal Marines officer, Conservative politician, and colonial governor.

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List of Australian films of the 1940s

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Louis Esson

Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson (10 August 1878 – 27 November 1943) was an Australian poet, journalist, critic and playwright.

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Malcolm Barclay-Harvey

Sir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG (2 March 1890 – 17 November 1969) was a British politician and Governor of South Australia from 12 August 1939 until 26 April 1944.

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Malcolm Donnelly

Malcolm Douglas Donnelly AM (born 8 February 1943 in Sydney).

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Mary Gaudron

Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 5 January 1943), is an Australian lawyer and judge, who was the first female Justice of the High Court of Australia.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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Molly Meldrum

Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur.

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Monarchy of Australia

The monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary king or queen serves as the nation's sovereign.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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North Stradbroke Island

North Stradbroke Island (Indigenous: Minjerribah), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie, is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, southeast of the capital Brisbane.

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Owen Davidson

Owen Keir Davidson (born 4 October 1943) is a former professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Paul Jennings (Australian author)

Paul Jennings AM is an English Australian children's book writer.

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Percy Hobson (athlete)

Percy Francis Hobson is a former Australian high jumper.

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Peter Carey (novelist)

Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist.

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Peter Cook (Australian politician)

Peter Francis Salmon Cook (8 November 19433 December 2005) was an Australian politician.

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Peter Dowding

Peter M'Callum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943 in Melbourne) was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute.

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Philip Ruddock

Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born 12 March 1943 in Canberra) is an Australian politician who is currently mayor of Hornsby Shire.

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Pietro Porcelli

Pietro Giacomo Porcelli (30 January 1872 – 28 June 1943) was an Italian-born sculptor responsible for many statues in Western Australia, including the Explorers' Monument, and those of C. Y. O'Connor and Alexander Forrest.

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Premier of New South Wales

The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Premier of Queensland

The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Premier of South Australia

The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Premier of Tasmania

The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Premier of Victoria

The Premier of Victoria is the Head of government in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive branch of government in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Ray Warren

Ray "Rabbits" Warren OAM (born 11 June 1943) is an Australian sports commentator, known for his coverage of televised professional rugby league matches and to an extent swimming on the Nine Network.

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Reginald Spencer Browne

Major General Reginald Spencer Browne, CB (13 July 1856 – 9 November 1943) was a journalist, newspaper editor, and an Australian Imperial Force general in the First World War.

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Richard Carleton

Richard George Carleton (11 July 19437 May 2006) was a multi-Logie Award winning Australian television journalist.

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Robert Cosgrove

Sir Robert Cosgrove (28 December 1884 – 25 August 1969) was an Australian politician who was the 30th and longest-serving Premier of Tasmania.

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Robert Drewe

Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer.

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Robyn Woodhouse

Robyn Woodhouse (born 26 July 1943) is a former female track and field athlete from Australia, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.

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Roger Woodward

Roger Woodward AC OBE (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical concert pianist.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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The Seekers

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet, originally formed in Melbourne in 1962.

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Thomas Dodds

Major General Thomas Henry Dodds, (11 November 1873 – 15 October 1943) was an Australian Army colonel in the First World War.

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Thomas Playford IV

Sir Thomas Playford (5 July 1896 – 16 June 1981) was a South Australian politician.

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Thomas Ryan (1870–1943)

Thomas Ryan (9 January 1870 – 22 November 1943) was a railway worker, estate agent, trade unionist and politician.

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Tom Garrett

Thomas William Garrett (26 July 1858 – 6 August 1943) was an early Australian Test cricketer and, later, a distinguished public servant.

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Tony Bonner

Anthony Frederick "Tony" Bonner (born 23 November 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor and singer.

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Vern Schuppan

Vernon "Vern" Schuppan (born 19 March 1943 in Booleroo Centre, South Australia) is a retired Australian motor racing driver.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victorian state election, 1943

The 1943 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1943 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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W. Lister Lister

William Lister Lister (27 December 1859 – 6 November 1943) was an Australian painter who won the Wynne Prize seven times.

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Walter James

Sir Walter Hartwell James, (29 March 1863 – 3 January 1943) was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australian state election, 1943

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 November 1943 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly.

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William Dobell

Sir William (Bill) Dobell (24 September 189913 May 1970) was a renowned Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century.

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William Irvine (Australian politician)

Sir William Hill Irvine, GCMG (6 July 1858 – 20 August 1943), Irish born-Australian politician and judge, was the 21st Premier of Victoria.

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William McKell

Sir William John McKell (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985), often known as Bill McKell, was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953.

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Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

Major General Winston Joseph Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria (3 September 187617 August 1951), known as Sir Winston Dugan between 1934 and 1949, was a British administrator and a career British Army officer.

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1943

Below, events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_in_Australia

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