1958
- Menzies government is returned at the Federal election on 22nd November with 74 seats to 45 in the House of Representatives, the largest majority any government has commanded since Federation; gained with the help of DLP preferences.
- The Queen Mother visits Australia.
- Peak of post war immigration.
- British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is the first serving British Prime Minister to visit Australia.
- The Queen Mother visits Australia.
- The 'black box' flight recorder is invented in Melbourne.
- NSW grants equal pay to men and women for equal work.
- Australia's first nuclear reactor begins operation at Lucas Heights, NSW.
- USA launches Earth satellite; the space race begins.
- Khrushchev becomes Premier of the USSR.
- Computers begin to be used in research, industry and commerce.
- The 'black box' flight recorder is invented in Melbourne.
Menzies government is returned at the Federal election on 22nd November with 74 seats to 45 in the House of Representatives, the largest majority any government has commanded since Federation; gained with the help of DLP preferences.
