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((short description|Australia-related events during the year of 1955))
((More citations needed|date=December 2009))
((Use dmy dates|date=February 2020))
((Use Australian English|date=February 2012))
The following lists events that happened during '''1955 in Australia'''.

((Infobox Australian year
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| governor-general = [[William Slim]]
| pm =[[Robert Menzies]]
| population = 9,199,729
| australian = 
| elections =[[1955 Australian federal election|Federal]], [[1955 Tasmanian state election|TAS]], [[1955 Victorian state election|VIC]]
))
((Year in Australia|1955))

==Incumbents==
[[File:Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|[[Robert Menzies]]]]
*[[Monarchy in Australia|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]
*[[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] – [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|Sir William Slim]]
*[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] – [[Robert Menzies]]
*[[Chief Justice of Australia|Chief Justice]] – [[Sir Owen Dixon]]

===State Premiers===
*[[Premier of New South Wales]] – [[Joseph Cahill]]
*[[Premier of Queensland]] – [[Vince Gair]]
*[[Premier of South Australia]] – [[Thomas Playford IV]]
*[[Premier of Tasmania]] – [[Robert Cosgrove]]
*[[Premier of Victoria]] – [[John Cain (senior)|John Cain I]] (until 7 June), then [[Henry Bolte]]
*[[Premier of Western Australia]] – [[Albert Hawke]]

===State Governors===
*[[Governor of New South Wales]] – [[John Northcott|Sir John Northcott]]
*[[Governor of Queensland]] – [[John Lavarack|Sir John Lavarack]]
*[[Governor of South Australia]] – [[Robert George (RAF officer)|Sir Robert George]]
*[[Governor of Tasmania]] – [[Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet]]
*[[Governor of Victoria]] – [[Dallas Brooks|Sir Dallas Brooks]]
*[[Governor of Western Australia]] – [[Charles Gairdner|Sir Charles Gairdner]]

==Events==
* 19 February – The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] (SEATO) is established at a meeting in [[Bangkok]].<ref name=seato>((cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18451287|title=Casey Signs SEATO Pact|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=10 September 1954|access-date=11 April 2012|page=5|publisher=National Library of Australia))</ref>
* 22–28 February – [[1955 Hunter Valley floods]]: Enormous flooding of the [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] and adjacent areas of the [[Murray–Darling basin]] causes loss of life and set many rainfall and streamflow records.
* 19 April – [[Australian Labor Party split of 1955]]. Expelled members form the [[Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)]], predecessor of the [[Democratic Labor Party (historical)|Democratic Labor Party (DLP)]].
* 28 May – A [[1955 Victorian state election|state election]] is held in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. [[John Cain (senior)|John Cain]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] government is defeated by the [[Liberal and Country Party]], led by [[Henry Bolte]].
* August – Widespread floods and exceedingly persistent rainfall effect the southern fringe of the continent.
* 12 August – The [[aircraft carrier]] [[HMS Vengeance (R71)|HMAS ''Vengeance'']] is returned to the British [[Royal Navy]].<ref name=vengeance>((cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71874876|title=Our new carrier 'Most modern afloat'|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]|location=Melbourne|date=6 April 1955|access-date=11 April 2012|page=5|publisher=National Library of Australia))</ref>
* 21 August – The Consolidated Zinc Corporation announced it has discovered [[bauxite]] at [[Weipa, Queensland]].<ref name=bauxite>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79267851|title=Great Promise in Bauxite Deposits|newspaper=[[The Central Queensland Herald]]|location=Rockhampton|date=23 August 1956|access-date=11 April 2012|page=19|publisher=National Library of Australia))</ref>
* 28 October – The aircraft carrier ((HMAS|Melbourne|1945|6)) is commissioned into the [[Royal Australian Navy]].<ref name=vengeance />
* 6 November – The [[1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship]] is held at [[Southport]].<ref name=Modern_Motor>Alf Cummings, Grand Prix win at 22, Modern Motor (magazine), January 1956, pages 22, 23 & 84</ref>
* 16 November – The Adelaide suburb of [[Elizabeth, South Australia]] is established.
* 23 November – The [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands|Cocos Islands]] in the Indian Ocean are transferred from British to Australian control.
* 10 December – [[1955 Australian federal election|Federal election]]: The incumbent [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] led by Prime Minister [[Robert Menzies]] with [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition]] partner the [[National Country Party|Country Party]] led by [[Arthur Fadden]] defeat the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[H. V. Evatt]]. [[Malcolm Fraser]] first enters Parliament as Liberal member for [[Division of Wannon|Wannon]].

==Science and technology==
* The Guthega power station becomes the first to generate electricity in the [[Snowy Mountains Scheme]]

==Arts and literature==
((main|1955 in Australian literature))
* 28 November – [[Ray Lawler]]'s ''[[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]'' receives its stage premiere by the [[Melbourne Theatre Company|Union Theatre Repertory Company]] in [[Melbourne]] with the playwright in a leading role; this is influential as the first authentically naturalistic modern drama in the [[theatre of Australia]]<ref>((cite book|first=Peter|last=Fitzpatrick|title=After The Doll: Australian Drama Since 1955|publisher=Edward Arnold Australia|location=Melbourne|year=1979|series=Studies in Australian culture|isbn=0726720402|page=vii|url=https://archive.org/details/afterthedollaust0000fitz))</ref>
* 19 December – [[Dame Edna Everage]] makes her first stage appearance, in Melbourne
* [[John Brack]] paints ''[[The Car (Brack)|The Car]]'' and ''[[Collins St., 5 pm]]'' in [[Oakleigh, Victoria]]
* [[Ivor Hele]] wins the [[Archibald Prize]] with his portrait of ''[[Robert Campbell (art gallery director)|Robert Campbell Esq.]]''
* [[Donald Friend]] wins the [[Blake Prize for Religious Art]] with his work ''St John and Scenes from the Apocalypse''
* [[Patrick White]]'s novel ''[[The Tree of Man]]'' is published
* [[Alan Marshall (Australian author)|Alan Marshall]]'s childhood autobiography ''I Can Jump Puddles'' is published

==Film==
* ''[[Jedda]]'', a film by [[Charles Chauvel (filmmaker)|Charles Chauvel]], is released

==Sport and recreation==
<!--* '''Athletics'''-->
* '''Board games'''
* 19 January – Australian debut of [[Scrabble]]
* '''Cricket'''
** [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]] wins the [[Pura Cup|Sheffield Shield]]
** [[English national cricket team|England]] defeats [[Australian national cricket team|Australia]] 3–1 in [[The Ashes]]
* '''Football'''
** [[List of SANFL Premiers|South Australian National Football League premiership]]: won by [[Port Adelaide Magpies|Port Adelaide]]
** [[List of Australian Football League premiers|Victorian Football League premiership]]: [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] defeated [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] 64–36
* '''Rugby'''
** [[Bledisloe Cup]]: won by the [[All Blacks]]
** [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership]]: [[Fortitude Valley Diehards|Valleys]] defeat [[Past Brothers|Brothers]] 17–7
** [[New South Wales Rugby League premiership]]: [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]] defeat [[Newtown Jets|Newtown]] 12–11
* '''Golf'''
** [[Australian Open (golf)|Australian Open]]: won by [[Bobby Locke]]
** [[Australian PGA Championship]]: won by [[Ossie Pickworth]]
* '''Horse racing'''
** ''[[Rising Fast]]'' wins the [[Caulfield Cup]]
** ''Kingster'' wins the [[Cox Plate]]
** ''Toparoa'' wins the [[Melbourne Cup]]
* '''Motor racing'''
** The [[Australian Grand Prix]] is held at [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]] and won by [[Jack Brabham]] driving a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper Bristol]]
* '''Tennis'''
** [[List of Australian Open Men's Singles champions|Australian Open men's singles]]: [[Ken Rosewall]] defeats [[Lew Hoad]] 9–7 6–4 6–4
** [[List of Australian Open Women's Singles champions|Australian Open women's singles]]: [[Beryl Penrose Collier]] defeats [[Thelma Coyne Long]] 6–4 6–3
** [[Davis Cup]]: [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] defeats the [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]] 5–0 in the [[1955 Davis Cup]] final
** [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]: [[Rex Hartwig]] and [[Lew Hoad]] win the [[List of Wimbledon Doubles champions|Gentlemen's Doubles]]
* '''Yachting'''
** ''Even'' takes line honours and ''Moonbi'' wins on handicap in the [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]]

==Births==
* 1 January – [[Mario Andreacchio]], film director
* 6 January – [[Graham Murray]] (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach 
* 13 January – [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], rock musician
* 10 February – [[Greg Norman]], golfer
* 4 March – [[Tim Costello]], Baptist minister and CEO of World Vision
* 6 April - [[Ray Blacklock]] (died 2020), rugby league footballer
* 23 April – [[Judy Davis]], actress
* 3 May – [[David Hookes]] (died 2004), cricketer
* 31 May – [[Tommy Emmanuel]], guitarist
* 23 June – [[Alan J. Gow]], motorsport executive
* 5 July – [[Peter McNamara]], tennis player
* 24 July – [[David Smith (race walker)|David Smith]], race walker
* 26 July – [[Ron Peno]] (died 2023), rock singer/songwriter
* 27 July – [[Allan Border]], cricketer
* 5 August – [[Robert Flower]] (died 2014), footballer
* 19 August – [[Mary-Anne Fahey]], actress and comedian
* 18 September - [[Jim Saleam]], far right activist
* 5 October – [[Wilbur Wilde]], saxophonist
* 8 October – [[Paul Lennon]], Premier of Tasmania
* 24 October – [[Katherine Knight]], murderer
* 30 November – [[Deborra-Lee Furness]], actress and producer
* 11 December – [[David Atkins]], actor and dancer
* 19 December– [[Lincoln Hall (climber)|Lincoln Hall]] (died 2012), mountain climber

==Deaths==
* [[10 May]] – [[John Radecki]], stained-glass artist (born in [[Congress Poland|Poland]]) (b. [[1865]])
* [[6 June]] – [[Max Meldrum]], artist (born in the [[United Kingdom]]) (b. [[1875]])
* [[1 August]] – [[Charles Shaw (writer)|Charles Shaw]], journalist and novelist (b. [[1900]])
* [[26 August]] – [[P.C. Anderson]], golfer and educator (born in the [[United Kingdom]]) (b. [[1871]])
* [[5 September]] – [[Haydn Bunton Sr.]], Australian rules footballer ([[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]) (b. [[1911]])
* [[11 November]] – [[Harry Cobby]], military aviator (b. [[1894]])
* [[19 December]] – [[Keith Macpherson Smith|Sir Keith Smith]], aviator (b. [[1890]])

==See also==
* [[List of Australian films of the 1950s]]

==References==
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