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XK (1960-62) |
National Service ends. Jack Brabham wins F1 World Championship for second time. D.H. Lawrence's "The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover" banned. |
| XL (1962-63) | Aborigines in Queensland, NT and WA get the vote. Rod Laver wins Grand Slam. "The Twist" dance craze takes off. |
| XM (1964-1965) | Beatlemania hits Australia. Donald Campbell sets a new world land speed record. Voyager sinks, 82 dead. |
| XP (1965-1966) | Government brings back conscription. Decimal currency is introduced. Australia sends 800 troops to Vietnam. |
| XR (1966-68) | Australian involvement in the Vietnam War escalates. Ronald Ryan hanged. Harold Holt disappears, feared drowned. |
| XT (1968-69) | NSW introduces the breathalyser. Australia's first heart transplant. Jo Bjelke-Petersen becomes Queensland Premier. |
| XW (1969-70) | John Gorton re-elected. More than 200,000 march in protest against the Vietnam War. |
| XY (1970-72) | Australian troops ordered home from Vietnam. Neville Bonner becomes first Aboriginal MP. Qantas launches Boeing 747. |
| XA (1972-73) | Gough Whitlam elected. Shane Gould wins three gold medals in Munich. Cleo is launched with male nude centrefold. |
| XB (1973-76) | Women
secure equal pay. Voting age drops from 21 to 18. Opera House opens. Cyclone Tracey hits Darwin. FM radio and colour TV launched. Whitlam sacked. |
| XC (1976-79) | Cigarette ads banned. ABBA arrives. Democrat Party launched. World Series Cricket begins. Queensland bans public protests. Melbourne's West Gate Bridge opens. |
| XD (1979-82) | Australia's first uranium mine opened. Lotto launched. First test-tube Australian born. Azaria Chamberlain goes missing. |
| XE (1982-84) | Random breath-testing introduced in NSW. Chamberlains found guilty of murdering Azaria. Ash Wednesday bushfires. |
| XF (1984-88) | Unleaded petrol launched. BLF deregistered. Crocodile Dundee released. Stock market crashes. |
| EA (1988-91) | Darling Harbour opens. Chamberlains acquitted. Pilots' dispute. Earthquake hits Newcastle. Australian troops to Iraq. |
| EB (1991-1993) | Labor drops Hawke for Keating. Sydney Harbour Tunnel opens. Compass Airlines collapses. |
| ED (1993-1994) | Sydney wins bid to host 2000 Olympic Games. Bushfires wreak havoc in Sydney. Fred Hollows dies. |
| EF (1994-1996) | Backpacker murderer Ivan Milat on trial. Spanish Court refuses to deport Christopher Skase. Allan Border retires. |
| EL (1996-1998) | Port Arthur Massacre. Pat Rafter wins US Open. Dollar sinks to record low. One Nation outpolls Liberal Party in Qld. |
| AU (1998-2002) | INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence dies. Australia votes "No" to a Republic. GST introduced. Cathy Freeman opens Sydney Olympics. |
| BA (2002-2005) | John Howard becomes second longest serving PM. Australian troops take part in Iraqi War. Governor General Peter Hollingsworth resigns. Adelaide-Darwin rail link completed. Lleyton Hewitt wins Wimbledon. |