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Completes the final revision of his second book of memoirs The Measure
of the Years. The book is launched by Sir Paul Hasluck in October
1970. Chapters include: * A Retrospective Survey of the Science and Art of Politics * Developments in Education * Canberra - the Making of a City * The Petrov Spy Case * Sir Owen Dixon * Some Legal Memoirs, Mostly Light-hearted * Apartheid and Sport * Cricket and cricketers. |
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May 8th: Vietnam Moratorium Day - thousands march in the streets. "Up to
1970, British migrants still constituted almost half of the total arrivals,
but the aim of an annual population increase of 1% (never fully achieved)
encouraged migrants from a wider selection of countries." The Macquarie Book of Events, 1983 p 71 Pope Paul VI,
the first Pope to visit Australia, arrives in Sydney on November 30. A concrete span
collapses during construction of the West Gate Bridge across the Yarra
River in Melbourne; 35 workmen are killed. Inaugural journey
of the Indian Pacific train from Sydney to Perth. Margaret Court
wins Wimbledon and completes the tennis grand slam, becoming only the
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At
Kent
State University, USA, the Ohio National Guard fires upon students
demonstrating against the Vietnam War, killing 4 and wounding 9 others. Luna 17 lands
an 8-wheeled vehicle on the moon to explore its surface. Divorce is permitted
in Italy. Boeing 747 airliner
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