Australian Events

Posted in 1958

  • Sir Robert Menzies opens the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, 27 March, 1958Peak 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.