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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.
  

Prime Minister Menzies and Dame Pattie meet the Queen Mother on her arrival in Canberra
Prime Minister Menzies and Dame Pattie meet the Queen Mother on her arrival in Canberra 7

 
 
The Queen Mother with Prime Minister Menzies at a State Ball, Parliament House, Canberra
The Queen Mother with Prime Minister Menzies at a State Ball, Parliament House, Canberra 7
 
 
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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.
  

Sir Robert Menzies opens the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, 27 March, 1958 23
 
 
 
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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.
  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration