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Australia in 1960

Historical records for Australia in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

2Records
2Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

1960GovernorRichard Casey Casey, 1st

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

Appointed Governor General of Australia

1960Nobel PrizeFrank MacFarlane Burnet

Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, discovers acquired immune tolerance

Names involved

Frank MacFarlane BurnetRichard Casey Casey, 1st

Places involved

Canberra

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.