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Australian Events of 1968
John Gorton becomes Prime Minister of
Australia
Minerals boom begins in Australian stock
market
Flouridation of Sydney's water supply begins
Australia's population passes 12,000,000
Australia's first heart transplant operation at
St Vincent's
Hospital
The Warringah Expressway opens in Sydney
NSW introduces the the use of the Breathalizer to
combat
drink-driving.
Conscientious objector Simon Townsend is granted
exemption
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World Events of 1968
Student & worker revolts almost topple the
French government
of Charles de Gaulle
Viet Cong launch the Tet Offensive
US troops massacre civilians in Vietnamese My
Lai
Warsaw Pact forces send "friendly help" to
Czechoslovakia
to stop the Prague Spring of liberalism
Martin Luther King Jr assassinated
Robert Kennedy assassinated
Pierre Trudeau becomes Prime Minister of
Canada
Apollo 7 sends first TV from a manned
spacecraft
Apollo 8 reaches lunar orbit
Jacqui Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis |
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Sport 1968
South Sydney defeats Many-Warringah in the Grand
Final
Carlton defeats Essendon before a record crowd of
116,828
in the VFL Grand Final
Rain Lover wins the Melbourne Cup
"Rocket" Rod Laver wins the men's singles title
in the
first Wimbledon Open
Lionel Rose defeats Fighting Harada to become
World Bantamweight
Champion
Swimmer Michael Wenden wins the 200m freestyle at
Mexico
Olympics
This takes the Australian gold medal tally at the
Mexico
Olympics to five
Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland win Bathurst
500 in
Holden Monaro GTS327
Controversy marks the Olympic with US athletes
giving
the 'black power salute' on winner's podium |
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Movies 1968
Bullitt (Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughan Jacqueline
Bisset
Robert Duvall)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Dick van Dyke, Saly Ann
Homes,
Lionel Jeffries, Gert Frobe)
Funny Girl (Barbra Striesand, Omar Sharif, Kay
Medford,
Anne Francis)
The Lion in Winter (Peter O'Toole, Katherine
Hepburn,
Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton)
The Odd Couple (Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau)
Oliver! (Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis,
Mark Lester)
Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston, Roddy
McDowall)
Romeo & Juliet (Leonard Whiting, Olivia
Hussey)
Rosemary's Baby (Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes,
Ruth Gordon)
The Thomas Crown Affair (Steve McQueen, Faye
Dunaway)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood)
Yellow Submarine (John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes)
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Music 1968
(must have been an impressionable year...so many
songs
which I just had to include)
International Hits
Hey Jude ( The Beatles)
Young Girl (Gary Puckett & Union
Gap)
Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
All Along the Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix)
Love is Blue (Paul Mauriat)
Those Were the Days (Mary Hopkin)
MacArthur Park (Richard Harris)
This Guy's in Love With You (Herb Alpert)
Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf )
Love Child (Diana Ross and the Supremes)
Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers)
Judy in Disguise (John Fred & Playboy
Band)
Lady Willpower (Gary Puckett & Union
Gap)
Harper Valley P.T.A. (Jeannie C. Riley)
Lady Madonna (The Beatles)
Hello I Love You (The Doors)
Light My Fire (Jose Feliciano)
Valleri (The Monkees)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)
Hurdy Gurdy Man (Donovan)
Little Green Apples (O. C. Smith)
Midnight Confessions (The Grass Roots)
Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay (Otis
Redding)
Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
Yummy Yummy Yummy (The Ohio Express)
Hush (Deep Purple)
You Keep Me Hangin' On (Vanilla Fudge)
Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
1-2-3 Red Light (The 1910 Fruitgum Company)
..gotta Get a Message to You (The Bee Gees)
Fire (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown)
Good, Bad and the Ugly (Hugo Montenegro)
Classical Gas (Mason Williams)
Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
The Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann)
Elenore (The Turtles)
White Room (Cream)
Dance to the Music (Sly and the Family
Stone)
The Unicorn (The Irish Rovers)
The Look of Love (Sergio Mendes &
Brasil 66)
Grazing in the Grass (Hugh Masekela)
Abraham, Martin and John (Dion)
Dream a Little Dream of Me (Mama Cass)
Different Drum (The Stone Poneys)
..the Way to San Jose (Dionne Warwick)
Delilah (Tom Jones)
Indian Lake (The Cowsills)
Pictures of Matchstick Men (The Status Quo)
Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Wild Honey (The Beach Boys)
The White Album (The Beatles)
Cheap Thrills (Janis Joplin) |
Australian Hits
Sadie (Johnny Farnham)
I've Got To Get A Message to You (Bee Gees)
If I Only Had Time (John Rowles)
Jamie (Johnny Farnham)
My Prayer (Vibrants)
Cinderella Rockerfella (Ann & Jonny
Hawker)
Soothe Me (Groove)
Cathy Come Home (Twilights)
World (Bee Gees)
Underneath the Arches (Johnny Farnham)
Love Machine (Pastoral Symphony)
Rose Coloured Glasses (Johnny Farnham)
Everlasting Love (Town Criers)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Love Machine)
Hush..Not A Word to Mary (John Rowles)
Jumbo/Singer Sang the Song (Bee Gees)
Elevator Driver (Masters Apprentices)
Words (Bee Gees)
Land of Make Believe (Easybeats)
Temptation 'Bout To Get Me (Virgil Brothers)
When I Was 6 Years Old (Ronnie Burns)
It's A Happening World (The Executives )
Windy Day (The Executives)
Advice (Doug Parkinson In Focus )
What Is Soul (The Groove)
You'd Better Get Going Now (Zoot )
You Are The One I Love (The Groove)
Age Of Consent (Ronnie Burns)
Christopher Robin (The Executives )
Doug Parkinson perfoming at
Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds
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The Zoot
Masters
Apprentices
The Bee Gees
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Television 1968
Lassie
Gunsmoke
Pick-a-Box
(Australian) Bandstand
The Black & White Minstrel Show
Bonanza
The Andy Griffiths Show
Z Cars
My Three Sons
Four Corners
The Avengers
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Saint
Petticoat Junction
Dr Who
Peyton Place
Gilligan's Island
Daniel Boone
Mavis Bramston Show
Gomer Pyle,USMC |
Bewitched
Till Death Us Do Part
Homicide
I Dream of Jeannie
Hogan's Heroes
Get Smart
The Monkees
Star Trek
Mission Impossible
Hunter
Mannix
Bellbird
This Day Tonight
Riptide
Land of the Giants
Mod Squad
Dad's Army
It's Academic
Hawaii Five-O
Sesame Street |
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