Australian Events
Posted in 1957
- A meeting of state anti-Communist Labor breakaway groups (except Queensland) forms the national Democratic Labor Party with Senator Cole as its parliamentary leader.
- Japan signs a trade treaty with Australia.
- Sydney Opera House international design competition is won by Danish architect Joern Utzon.
- The rabbit's ruination of rural Australia is curbed after Lands Department researchers introduce myxomatosis.
- CSIRO develops improved radar and microwave navigation systems for aeroplanes.