Permanent historical records · Updated 2026-11-03

1945 in Australia

Explore 3 historical events and records for Australia in 1945.

Historical records for Australia in 1945

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Nobel Prize

Florey, Howard Walter · Stockholm · Pathologist · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery and therapeutic development of penicillin as an effective treatment for bacterial infection.

Party Leader

Chifley, Joseph Benedict · Party Leader of LP · Politics / Labour Party

Appointed Party Leader of the Labor Party

Prime Minister of Australia

Forde, Francis Michael · Prime Minister of Australia · Government / Government of Australia

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia

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