The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Australia.
Incumbents
*
Monarch –
Elizabeth II
*
Governor-General
Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...
–
Sir Ninian Stephen
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen (15 June 1923 – 29 October 2017) was an Australian judge who served as the 20th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1982 to 1989. He was previously a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972 to 19 ...
*
Prime Minister –
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
**
Deputy Prime Minister –
Lionel Bowen
**
Opposition Leader –
Andrew Peacock (until 5 September), then
John Howard
*
Chief Justice –
Sir Harry Gibbs
State and Territory Leaders
*
Premier of New South Wales –
Neville Wran
**
Opposition Leader –
Nick Greiner
Nicholas Frank Hugo Greiner (;) (born 27 April 1947) is an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. Greiner was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 an ...
*
Premier of Queensland –
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
**
Opposition Leader –
Nev Warburton
Neville George Warburton (23 February 1932 – 5 August 2018) was an Australian politician from Queensland, who served as leader of the opposition from 1984 to 1988, and as a minister in the Goss Ministry from 1989 to 1992.
Career Early career ...
*
Premier of South Australia –
John Bannon
**
Opposition Leader –
John Olsen
*
Premier of Tasmania –
Robin Gray
**
Opposition Leader –
Ken Wriedt
*
Premier of Victoria –
John Cain Jr.
John Cain (26 April 1931 – 23 December 2019) was an Australian politician who was the 41st Premier of Victoria, in office from 1982 to 1990 as leader of the Labor Party. During his time as premier, reforms were introduced such as liberalis ...
**
Opposition Leader –
Jeff Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 2 March 1948) is a former Australian politician who was the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, and currently a media commentator. He was previously the president of the Hawthorn Football Club, serving ...
*
Premier of Western Australia –
Brian Burke
**
Opposition Leader –
Bill Hassell
*
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory –
Ian Tuxworth
**
Opposition Leader –
Bob Collins
*
Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
This article lists the heads of government of Norfolk Island.
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office, irrespective of continuation of status of that office)
See also
*History of Norfolk Island
*List of administrative ...
–
David Buffett
Governors and Administrators
*
Governor of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...
–
Sir James Rowland
*
Governor of Queensland –
Sir James Ramsay
Sir James Ramsay (1589 – 11 March 1638), known as "Black Ramsay", was a Scottish soldier in the Swedish service.
Biography
Ramsay a native of Scotland, born about 1589, was the eighth of nine children of Robert Ramsay of Wyliecleuch. James was ...
(until 21 July), then
Sir Walter Campbell
*
Governor of South Australia
The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gene ...
–
Sir Donald Dunstan
*
Governor of Tasmania –
Sir James Plimsoll
*
Governor of Victoria –
Sir Brian Murray (until 3 October)
*
Governor of Western Australia –
Gordon Reid
*
Administrator of Norfolk Island – Raymond Trebilco (until 28 April), then John Matthew
*
Administrator of the Northern Territory –
Eric Johnston
Eric Allen Johnston (December 21, 1896 – August 22, 1963) was a business owner, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, a Republican Party activist, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and a U.S. governme ...
Events
January
*
1 January
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. ...
– Australia commences a two-year term as a member of the
United Nations Security Council.
*
19 January
Events Pre-1600
* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
* 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– A hailstorm accompanied by severe winds sweeps through Brisbane and surrounding areas, causing an estimated $110 million of property damage. Subsequently, around 95,000 insurance claims are lodged.
*
28 January
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.
* 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of ...
– Victorian Premier
John Cain John Cain may refer to:
*John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria) (1882–1957), Australian politician
*John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) (1931–2019), Australian politician, son of the above
*John Cain (lawyer), Victorian Government Solicitor (200 ...
's support for reforms to the Upper House rather than its abolition defuse this as an election issue.
*
29 January
Events
Pre-1600
* 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
* 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler o ...
– Federal Cabinet endorses an earlier decision to provide refuelling facilities to United States aircraft monitoring MX missile tests in the Pacific. Strong anti-American and anti-nuclear reaction soon forces Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
to withdraw the offer.
February
*
1 February
Events Pre-1600
*1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
*1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (ToruÅ„), Monas ...
–
AM stereo broadcasting starts in Australia.
*
5 February
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– The
United States of America withdraws from a planned
ANZUS naval exercise because
New Zealand refused to permit nuclear-capable warships to call at its ports. Australia cancels its involvement in U.S.-led
MX missile tests.
March
* March – The
Bondi beast rapist commits his first assault in
Clovelly, New South Wales.
*
1 March
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian and ...
– Uniform credit legislation is introduced in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.
*
2 March
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut of ...
– The
ALP government of
John Cain John Cain may refer to:
*John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria) (1882–1957), Australian politician
*John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) (1931–2019), Australian politician, son of the above
*John Cain (lawyer), Victorian Government Solicitor (200 ...
reelected in
Victoria for a second consecutive term with 47 seats and over 50% of the primary vote. A tied result in Nunawading, decided in Labor's favour, is later declared void by Justice Starke.
*
4 March
Events Pre-1600
*AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title ''princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, ...
– At the request of the United States, the Federal Government cancels the annual meeting of the
ANZUS Council.
*
21 March
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and ...
– The Queensland Government enacts harsh anti-strike legislation.
*
23 March
Events Pre-1600
*1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
*1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...
– Two electric trains collide head on just north of
Trinder Park railway station
Trinder Park railway station is located on the Beenleigh line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Logan suburb of Woodridge.
1985 Trinder Park collision
On 23 March 1985, two EMUs collided head-on near Trinder Park. A train driver and a p ...
in
Woodridge,
Queensland at 6.47 a.m. Two people including a train driver, are killed in the smash, and another 28 people are injured.
*
30 March
Events Pre-1600
* 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
*1282 – ...
– Alderman
Sallyanne Atkinson
Sallyanne Atkinson AO (born 23 July 1942) was Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council ...
is elected as Brisbane's first female Lord Mayor.
*
31 March
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the nec ...
– In excess of 300,000 people throughout Australia march in the
Palm Sunday anti-nuclear rallies.
April
*
20 April
Events Pre-1600
*1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
* 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
* 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys ...
– The
Duke of Kent officially opens the
Queensland Performing Arts Complex at a gala Royal Festival Performance. The opening celebrations – which include a parade, the launching of masses of balloons, fireworks and a fly-over by
RAAF aircraft – are scheduled to continue for almost a month.
*
26 April
Events Pre-1600
* 1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
*1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe.
* 1 ...
– Mr. Justice
Lionel Murphy is committed for trial on two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
*
28 April
Events Pre-1600
* 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
* 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
– The
Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) splits.
May
*
14 May
Events Pre-1600
*1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
* 1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
*1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and force ...
– Federal Treasurer
Paul Keating releases a mini-Budget aimed at reducing Government spending, with cuts falling mainly on defence and the unemployed.
*
20 May
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne (empress), Ariadne marries Anastasius I Dicorus, Anastasius I. The widow ...
–
Queensland police raid the
Greenslopes
Greenslopes is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Greenslopes had a population of 8,936 people.
It is by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO and is mostly residential with some commercial and light industrial ...
Fertility Clinic,
Brisbane and seize the patient files of 20,000 women. The search warrant is later ruled invalid and the files returned. Other raids are carried out on clinics in
Brisbane and
Townsville.
*
30 May
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– At the Premiers' Conference, the Grants Commission makes cuts, especially to the Northern Territory and Queensland. Business and conservative interests praise Federal Treasurer
Paul Keating as a result.
June
*
2 June
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
*1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601– ...
- The vehicular ferry
''Empress of Australia'' makes its last trip between the mainland and
Tasmania.
*
4 June
Events Pre-1600
*1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
*1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedra ...
**
Victoria celebrates its 150th anniversary.
**A Government White Paper presents three options for taxation.
*
24 June
Events Pre-1600
* 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
* 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome.
* ...
- Up to 40,000 farmers march on
Parliament House, Melbourne protesting Labor's rural policies.
July
*
1 July
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
–
4 July
Events Pre-1600
*362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
* 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaime ...
– A Tax Summit is held. Federal Treasurer
Paul Keating abandons his preferred Option C (a 12.5% retail sales tax) after a public outcry.
*
11 July
Events Pre-1600
* 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
* 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...
Minister of Transport, Hon. D.F. Lane, M.L.A opened Albion Station.
August
*
6 August
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
– The merging of two retail chain operations creates
Coles Myer
Coles Group Limited is an Australian public company operating several retail chains. Its chief operations are primarily concerned with the sale of food and groceries through its flagship supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets, and the sale of li ...
Limited.
*
17 August
Events Pre-1600
* 309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of ...
– The
1985 Nunawading Province state by-election
The Nunawading Province by-election of 1985 was a by-election in the Nunawading Province for the Victorian Legislative Council held on 17 August 1985. It was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns after the 1985 Victorian state election had resul ...
is held for the
Victorian Legislative Council seat of
Nunawading Province
Nunawading Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.
It was created in 1976, based in the outer eastern Melbourne suburbs including Nunawading. It was finally abolished 29 March 1996. Much of its area was replaced by Ko ...
. which Labor loses with a swing of around 4.5% against it, returning minority status to the
Legislative Council.
*
22 August
Events Pre-1600
* 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
* 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
*1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland ...
– The Royal Commission on the use and effects of chemical agents on Australian personnel in Vietnam finds no link between the chemical defoliant
Agent Orange
Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the "tactical use" Rainbow Herbicides. It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. It ...
and the health problems of the
Vietnam War veterans.
September
*
5 September
Events Pre-1600
* 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
*1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
*1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henr ...
–
John Howard replaces
Andrew Peacock as federal
Liberal leader and thus federal
Leader of the Opposition
The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...
.
Neil Brown beats 11 others to become Deputy Leader.
*
10 September
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
*1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
*1509 – An eart ...
–
Simon Crean becomes President of the
Australian Council of Trade Unions.
*
20 September
Events Pre-1600
* 1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
*1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
* 1187 – Saladin ...
–
Capital gains tax is introduced. The rules allow the cost of assets held for 1 year or more to be indexed by the
consumer price index
A consumer price index (CPI) is a price index, the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Changes in measured CPI track changes in prices over time.
Overview
A CPI is a statistica ...
(CPI) before calculating a gain.
*
21 September
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lea ...
– At the inaugural "Light on the Hill" dinner at
Bathurst, Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
describes privatisation as the "height of irrationality" and a "recipe for disaster".
October
*
3 October
Events Pre-1600
*2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
*52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Cae ...
– Victorian Premier
John Cain John Cain may refer to:
*John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria) (1882–1957), Australian politician
*John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria) (1931–2019), Australian politician, son of the above
*John Cain (lawyer), Victorian Government Solicitor (200 ...
announces the resignation of Victorian Governor Sir
Brian Murray over his acceptance of discounted air fares from Continental Airlines. The issue dragged on for several years, causing much embarrassment and recrimination.
*
9 October
Events Pre-1600
* 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
*1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
*1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
* 1446 – T ...
– Victorian Police investigate complaints from the
Nuclear Disarmament Party on bogus how-to-vote cards issued during the
1985 Nunawading Province state by-election
The Nunawading Province by-election of 1985 was a by-election in the Nunawading Province for the Victorian Legislative Council held on 17 August 1985. It was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns after the 1985 Victorian state election had resul ...
, authorised by
Australian Labor Party state secretary
Peter Batchelor.
*
12 October
Events Pre-1600
*539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
* 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance und ...
– Canon Arthur Malcolm becomes the first Aboriginal Bishop in Australia.
*
24 October
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
*1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
*1360 – The Treaty o ...
– South Australian Ombudsman
Mary Beasley resigns over much publicity over travel concessions for her partner Susan Mitchell. Her successor Grant Edwards resigns on the same day, subject to an inquiry, with Eugene Biganovsky thus becoming the third to hold the office within the one day.
*
26 October
Events Pre-1600
*1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
* 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally beg ...
– The
Mutijulu
Mutitjulu is an Aboriginal Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia located at the eastern end of Uluṟu (also known as Ayers Rock). It is named after a knee-shaped water-filled rock hole at the base of Uluṟu, and is loca ...
Aboriginal community is given freehold title to
Ayers Rock and the
Uluru National Park
Uluru (; pjt, Uluṟu ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially Gazette#Gazette as a verb, gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone geological formation, formation in the centre of Australia. It is in the southern part of the ...
.
November
*
13 November
Events Pre-1600
*1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes (ancient people), Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
*1093 – Battle of Alnwick (1093), Battle of Alnwick: in an English ...
– Mr. Justice
Paul Brereton
Major General Paul Le Gay Brereton, (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and a senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve. He commanded the 5th Brigade from 2008 to 2010 and Head of the Cadet, Reserve and ...
introduces amendments to the Darling Harbour Bill, stating that the intransigence of the SSC had forced the New South Wales Government to exempt the controversial
Sydney Monorail
The Sydney Monorail (originally TNT Harbourlink and later Metro Monorail) was a single-loop monorail in Sydney, Australia, that connected Darling Harbour, Chinatown and the Sydney central business and shopping districts. It opened in July 1988 ...
from normal planning controls and claiming that the casino planned for the site would spell the end to illegal gambling.
*
25 November
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethà ...
– A man, later to be revealed as
Bruce Goodluck
Bruce John Goodluck (14 May 1933 – 24 October 2016) was an Australian politician in both the federal and Tasmanian state parliaments.
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was a company director before serving on Clarence Municipal Council from 197 ...
, wears a
chicken suit and walks into the
House of Representatives and sits on the government front bench but is removed by officers at the request of the deputy speaker,
Allan Rocher.
December
*
2 December
Events Pre-1600
*1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
*1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900
*1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following ...
– Federal Parliament passes the ''
Australia Act
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. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by a ...
'', cutting the nation's last legal and constitutional ties with Britain.
*
4 December
Events Pre-1600
* 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
* 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 ...
– Retiring New South Wales Local Government Minister
Kevin Stewart Kevin Stewart may refer to:
* Kevin Stewart (Australian politician) (1928–2006), former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Kevin Stewart (Scottish politician) (born 1968), member of the Scottish Parliament, 2011–
* Kevin Stewa ...
sacks Warringah Shire Council for negligence and granting favours to a developer.
*
5 December
Events Pre-1600
*63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
* 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
* 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...
– The
Royal Commission into British atomic tests in Australia (
McClelland Royal Commission) severely criticises Britain for violating safety standards and recommends that Britain clean up contaminated areas and pay compensation.
*
7 December – The
Labor government of John Bannon is re-elected for a second term in
South Australia.
*
16 December
Events Pre-1600
* 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
* 75 ...
– New South Wales Premier
Neville Wran is charged with contempt of court by the Federal Department of Public Prosecutions in relation to remarks he had made on 28 November when the Appeal Court had ordered a new trial for Mr. Justice
Lionel Murphy.
*
22 December
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69 – Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
* 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his ...
– The new Victorian Governor is announced as academic and Uniting Church minister, Rev.
Davis McCaughey, to be sworn in on 18 February 1986.
*
30 December
Events
Pre-1600
*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
*999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushin ...
– Rural discontent at soaring interest rates and falling commodity prices is symbolised by a
Canowindra farmer when he dumps 23 tonnes of wheat outside Parliament House in Canberra. His subsequent prosecution prompts a mass rally of up to 8,000 famers in Canberra on 14 February 1986.
Unknown dates
*
New South Wales abolishes
capital punishment for
treason and piracy with violence, thereby abolishing capital punishment from Australia.
*The
McClelland Royal Commission into the nuclear tests at
Maralinga in the 1950s reports its findings.
Arts and literature
*18 February – Australia wins the 26th
Viña del Mar International Song Festival with the song ''I can no longer'' (sung in Spanish as ''Ya no puedo más''), created by
K. C. Porter
Karl Cameron Porter, known as ''K.C'' (born June 27, 1962), is an American record producer, singer-songwriter, arranger and composer, winner of six Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammy Awards. Porter has worked on more than 40 albums with sales in ...
, Turner y Toppano, and sung by
Lorenzo Toppano
Lorenzo may refer to:
People
* Lorenzo (name)
Places Peru
* San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo
United States
* Lorenzo, Illinois
* Lorenzo, Texas
* San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo
* Lorenzo Stat ...
.
*9 March – The
National Gallery of Australia purchases the painting ''
L'Après-midi à Naples
''L'Après-midi à Naples'' (Afternoon in Naples) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed c. 1875 by the French artist Paul Cézanne. The work is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
The art dealer Ambro ...
'' (''Afternoon in Naples'') by
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...
for
A$1 million.
*
Christopher Koch's novel ''
The Doubleman
''The Doubleman'' (1985) is a novel by Australian author Christopher Koch. It won the Miles Franklin Award in 1985.
References
1985 Australian novels
Miles Franklin Award-winning works
Novels set in Tasmania
Novels set in Sydney
Chatto ...
'' wins the
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
Film
*
Bliss
*
Burke & Wills
*
The Coca-Cola Kid
*
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Television
*11 February –
Ray Martin takes over
Mike Walsh's old daytime slot, replacing ''The Mike Walsh Show'' with ''
Midday with Ray Martin''.
*18 February – Network 0/28 becomes known as
SBS.
*18 March – ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
'' premieres on the
Seven Network. Six months later ''Neighbours'' is axed by
HSV-7 with the final episode going to air on 8 November 1985.
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...
subsequently buys the rights and begins screening it from 20 January 1986 where it becomes a hit.
[
*8 June – '']Hey Hey It's Saturday
''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 28 years on the Nine Network from 9 October 1971 to 20 November 1999, with a recess in 1978. Its host throughout its entire ...
'' moves to 6:30 pm Saturdays.
Sport
*18 January – First day of the 1985 World Indoor Games
The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships and gained official st ...
in Paris, France, where six Australian athletes are competing: Michael Hillardt
Michael Howard Hillardt (born 22 January 1961) is an Australian former middle distance runner who reached the semi-finals of the 1500m at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also ...
(1500 metres), Clayton Kearney
Clayton Kearney (born 11 April 1964) is a former Australian sprinter and professional fitness coach.
Sprinting career
During his career Kearney won the world beach sprint title among other Australian titles. In 1986 he won the 200m National ...
(60 and 200 metres), Dave Smith (5000m Walk), Nicole Boegman
Nicole Jane Boegman-Stewart, formerly married Staines (born 5 March 1967 in Sydney) is a retired Australian long jumper.
Her personal best jump was 6.87 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Gateshead. Wind aided best 7.12 metres (+4.3) achieve ...
(Long Jump), Gael Martin
Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin (born 27 August 1956) is a former Australian athlete who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw at the Olympic level and also had a career in powerlifting.
Athletics
Born in Melbourne, Mulhall-Martin is ...
(Shot Put), and Deann Mayfield (High Jump). Hillardt wins the gold in the 1500 metres, while Smith claims bronze.
*24 March – Robert de Castella
Francois Robert "Rob" de Castella (born 27 February 1957) is an Australian former world champion marathon runner.
De Castella is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs an ...
is once again Australia's best finisher at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, this time staged in Lisbon, Portugal. He finishes in 20th place (34:17.0) in the race over 12,190 metres.
*9 June – Grenville Wood wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:13:37 in Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, while Elizabeth Patmore
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
claims the women's title in 2:45:47.
*11 June – New South Wales win their first Rugby League State of Origin series.
*17 August – North Melbourne play their last game at the Arden Street Oval
Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...
. North Melbourne defeat Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
, 16.20.116 to 9.12.66.
*28 September – Glenelg defeat North Adelaide for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) flag.
*28 September – The Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
(26.14.170) defeat the Hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
* '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae
* ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...
(14.8.92) to win the 89th VFL
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
premiership. It is the second consecutive premiership for Essendon.
*29 September – The Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...
defeat minor premiers the St. George Dragons 7–6 to win the 78th NSWRL premiership. It is also the second consecutive premiership for Canterbury. Illawarra Steelers finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon.
*3 November – The first Formula One Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venu ...
takes place on the streets of Adelaide.
*5 November – What A Nuisance wins the Melbourne Cup.
*4 December – Australia are unable to undo a 2–0 deficit from the first leg and draw 0–0 with Scotland in the World Cup qualifying playoff at Olympic Park, failing to qualify for the 1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...
.
*10 December – 120 members are inducted into the new Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Births
*2 January – Damien Bodie, actor
*7 January – Jessica Michalik, teenage girl (died 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
)
*12 January – Brad Robbins
Bradley Robbins (born 12 January 1985) is an Australian basketball coach and former player who is most known for his time spent in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Perth Wildcats. He currently serves as an assistant coach with the ...
, basketball player
*21 January – Matt Unicomb, basketball player
*28 January – Libby Trickett
Lisbeth Constance Trickett, OAM (; born 28 January 1985) is a retired Australian swimmer. She was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the world record holder in the shor ...
, swimmer
*29 January – Isabel Lucas, actress
*30 January – Richie Porte, cyclist
*12 February – Saskia Burmeister, actor
*13 February – Bridget Neval
Bridget Neval (born 13 February 1985) also known as Bridget Phillips is a retired Indian-born Australian actress. She has been in various television programs including ''Wicked Science'' and but is most famous for her portrayal of Lana Crawford i ...
, actress
*17 February – Anne Curtis, actress
*18 February – Brad Newley, basketball player
*6 March – Yael Stone, actress
*7 March
** Cameron Prosser
Cameron Colin Prosser (born 7 March 1985) is an Australian freestyle swimmer.
Career
Prosser was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and first competed for Australia at the 2006 Oceania Swimming Championships in Cairns where he won gold medals in th ...
, swimmer
** Daniel Munday, basketball player
*12 March – Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Nikolai David Topor-Stanley (born 11 March 1985) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a centre back. He has played for A-League clubs Sydney FC, Perth Glory, Newcastle Jets and Western Sydney Wanderers. He has also played i ...
, soccer player
*13 March – Sean Carlow
Sean Carlow (born 13 March 1985) is an Australian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Australian national champion, from the 2005–06 season to 2007–08.
Personal life
Sean Carlow was born on 13 March 1985 in Sydney, Austral ...
, figure skater
*14 March – Steven Marković, basketball player
*19 March – Sean Wroe, track and field sprinter
*22 March – Kelli Waite
Kelli Waite (born 22 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer.
Career
Waite first competed for Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where she won bronze in the 200 metre breaststroke in 2:28.58 finishing behind fellow Australia ...
, swimmer
*27 March – Danny Vuković, soccer player
*8 April – Adrian Bauk, basketball player
*13 April – Anna Jennings-Edquist
Anna Jennings-Edquist (born 13 April 1985) is an Australian lawyer, journalist, actress, playwright and director in both theatre and television. Jennings-Edquist has written and directed several Australian university and festival productions and ...
, actress
*16 April – Rhiana Griffith
Rhiana Jade Griffith (born 1985) is an Australian former actress and artist.
Life and career
Griffith was born in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. She began modeling as a child, doing runway work and catalogue ads, and progr ...
, model and actress
*17 April – Luke Mitchell, actor
*3 May – David Reynolds, racing driver
*11 May
**Beau Ryan
Beau Ryan (born 11 May 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, television presenter, actor and singer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. Ryan is also well ...
, rugby league player and sportscaster
**Jaime Robbie Reyne
Jaime Robbie "JR" Reyne is an Australian singer/songwriter and actor.
Personal life
Reyne's parents are the rock singer James Reyne and English-born model/stylist Kim Ellmer. He was educated in Melbourne, Australia at Scotch College. He has ...
, actor
*22 May – Stephanie Zhang, figure skater
*31 May – Matthew Knight
Matthew Knight (born 1993/1994) is a former Canadian actor known for his roles in '' Queer as Folk'', as Ethan Morgan in ''My Babysitter's a Vampire'', and as Jake Kimble in ''The Grudge'' film series. Since then he has appeared in over a d ...
, basketball player
*5 June – Tim Coenraad
Tim Coenraad (born 5 June 1985) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nova Southeastern Sharks before playing 14 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Illawarra Hawks. He ...
, basketball player
*10 June – Dane Nielsen
Dane Nielsen (born 10 June 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A Queensland State of Origin representative, he played as a and . He previously played in the NRL for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Melbourne S ...
, rugby league player
*12 June – Sam Thaiday, rugby league player
*21 June – Sharna Burgess
Sharna May Burgess (born 21 June 1985) is an Australian ballroom dancer who is best known for being a professional partner and troupe member on the ABC series ''Dancing with the Stars''. She is the winner of season 27 of American television sh ...
, ballroom dancer
*30 June
** Hugh Sheridan, actor, musician and television presenter
** Lasarus Ratuere
Lasarus Ratuere (born 30 June 1985) is an Australian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Ishikawa, a member of Section 9, in the DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures feature film adaptation ''Ghost in the Shell''.
Biography
Ratuere was born ...
, actor
*5 July – Stephanie McIntosh
Stephanie McIntosh (born 5 July 1985) is an Australian actress and singer. She played the role of Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 2003 to 2007. She made a brief appearance for one episode in 2015 as part of the show ...
, actress
*27 July – Aljin Abella, actor
*3 August
** Georgina Haig
Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the Australian children's television series ''The Elephant Princess'', as well as the American television series ''Fringe'', '' Limitless'' ...
, actress
** Tim Slade, racing driver
*18 August – Brooke Harman
Brooke Harman-Walker is an American-born Australian actress.
Biography
Born in Orange County, California and moving to Brisbane, Queensland as a young child, her first television role was at age eleven on the children's television series '' ...
, American-born actress
*19 August – Gavin Cooper
Gavin Cooper (born 19 August 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the North Queensland Cowboys, Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers in the NRL.
He started in the second row in the Cowboys' ...
, rugby league player
*29 August – Joshua Jefferis, gymnast
*30 August – Leisel Jones, swimmer
*13 September – Scott Arnold, golfer
*29 September – Michelle Payne, jockey
*10 October – Ricki-Lee Coulter, singer
*14 October – Nicholas Colla
Nicholas Colla (born 14 October 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Joel Peterson in ''Holly's Heroes'' and Adam Stevens in ''Neighbours''.
Career
Colla began acting at an ea ...
, actor
*16 October – Casey Stoner, motorcycle racer
*23 October – Lachlan Gillespie
Lachlan Gillespie (born 23 October 1985) is an Australian singer, musician, and actor. He is a member of the Wiggles and wears the purple skivvy.
Early life
Gillespie began playing the piano at the age of four, and started formal singing traini ...
, singer and actor
*24 October – Tim Pocock
Tim Pocock (born 24 October 1985) is an Australian actor and pianist best known for his role as a teenage Scott Summers in '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', as well as Ethan Karamakov in the ABC television series ''Dance Academy'' and NBC's '' Cam ...
, actor
*5 November – Kate DeAraugo
Katherine Jenna DeAraugo (born 5 November 1985) is an Australian singer-songwriter who in 2005 was the third winner of '' Australian Idol''. After ''Idol'', DeAraugo signed to Sony BMG and released her debut single, "Maybe Tonight", in November ...
, singer
*9 November – Timothy Lang
Timothy John Lang (born 9 November 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Kilsyth Cobras of the NBL1 South. He played three years of college basketball in the United States for the Stetson Hatters before playing the maj ...
, basketball player
*23 December – Luke O'Loughlin, actor
Full Date Unknown
* Neil Erikson
Neil Erikson is an Australian far-right extremist and self-proclaimed neo-Nazi.
Erikson gained attention after posting a video of himself verbally abusing Iranian peoples, Iranian-born former Australian Labor Party, Labor senator Sam Dasty ...
, Far Right activist
Deaths
* 11 January
Events Pre-1600
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
* 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad ...
– William McKell, 12th Governor General of Australia and 27th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
)
* 29 January
Events
Pre-1600
* 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
* 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler o ...
– Billy Cook, jockey (b. 1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
)
* 2 April
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. J ...
– Doris Fitton
Dame Doris Alice Lucy Walkden Fitton, (3 November 18972 April 1985) was an Australian actress of stage and film and theatrical director and producer who founded and for 35 years headed The Independent Theatre Ltd. in Sydney, New South Wales.
...
, actress and theatrical director (born in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
) (b. 1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
)
* 3 May
Events Pre-1600
* 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
*1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
...
– Percy Spender
Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 18973 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge. He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. He was ...
, New South Wales politician and diplomat (b. 1897
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City.
* January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...
)
* 18 June
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...
– John England, New South Wales politician and Administrator of the Northern Territory (b. 1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
)
* 9 August
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
* 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens i ...
– Clive Churchill, rugby league player (b. 1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
)
* 20 August
Events Pre-1600
*AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control ...
– Ken Kennedy, ice speed skater (b. 1913
Events January
* January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...
)
* 16 December
Events Pre-1600
* 714 – Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
* 75 ...
– Mervyn Waite
Mervyn George Waite (7 January 1911 – 16 December 1985) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches during the 1938 Ashes Tour. During that tour he developed a reputation as something of a playboy, revealing in a 1985 interview ...
, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (b. 1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
)
* 28 December
Events Pre-1600
* 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
* 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman Empire, Western Roman emperor.
* 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and beco ...
– Sir Henry Winneke, 21st Governor of Victoria and Chief Justice of Victoria
The Chief Justice of Victoria is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Victoria. The Chief Justice is both the judicial head of the Supreme Court as well as the admin ...
(b. 1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
)
See also
* 1985 in Australian television
Events
Television
*13 January – Australian children's live-action and puppet series '' The Maestro's Company'' begins on Network 0/28.
*11 February – Ray Martin takes over Mike Walsh's old daytime slot, replacing ''The Mike Walsh Show'' w ...
* List of Australian films of 1985
1985
See also
* 1985 in Australia
* 1985 in Australian television
References
External links
Australian film
at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Australian Films of 1985
Lists of Australian films by year, 1985
Lists of 198 ...
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:1985 in Australia
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
Years of the 20th century in Australia