Prime Minister – Robert Menzies
Governor General – William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
Premier of New South Wales – Robert Heffron (til 30 April), then Jack Renshaw
Premier of South Australia – Sir Thomas Playford
Premier of Queensland – Frank Nicklin
Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece
Premier of Western Australia – David Brand
Premier of Victoria – Henry Bolte
29 January – The Royal Australian Air Force takes delivery of its first two Mirage fighter jets
3 February – The first double-decker carriages begin trial runs on the Sydney rail network
4 February – Cyclone Dora strikes north west Queensland
10 February – Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager collide, with the loss of 82 lives
March – There is a split in the Communist Party of Australia and the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) is formed
April – The Menzies government refuses to ratify the International Labor Organisation convention on equal pay for women.
April – The editors of Sydney satirical Oz magazine – Richard Neville, Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp – are charged with printing an obscene publication
8 April – The Jackson-Moonie-Brisbane oil pipeline opens
24 April – Melbourne woman Judy Hanrahan becomes the first female teller appointed by the Bank of NSW since WWII
27 April Sir Garfield Barwick resigns as Minister for External Affairs to take up his appointment as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
June – Macquarie University is founded.
12–30 June - The Beatles tour Australia and New Zealand.
6 July – Warrant Officer Class 2, Kevin Conway of the Australian Army Training Team died; he was Australia's first Vietnam War battle casualty.
15 July – The first edition of The Australian is published in Canberra. It is Australia's first national daily newspaper, published by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited.
17 July – Donald Campbell sets new land speed record of 429 miles per hour in his jet-propelled car "Bluebird" at Lake Eyre, South Australia
August – The Tasman Bridge across the Derwent River opens in Hobart.
26 October – Notorious Perth serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke is executed at Fremantle Prison; he is the last person to be hanged in Western Australia
10 November – Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of National Service
10 December – The Queensland government declares a state of emergency in an attempt to end the Mount Isa Mines dispute
16 December – Melbourne's La Trobe University is founded
31 December – Donald Campbell sets new water speed record of 276 miles per hour at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia
The Beatles tour Australia
Sir Percy Spender is appointed President of the International Court of Justice
Swimmer Dawn Fraser is named Australian of the Year
Science and technology
2 October – Gladesville Bridge opened – the world's longest concrete arch at the time.
Arts and literature
Donald Horne's The Lucky Country published.
Kath Walker's We Are Going published.
My Brother Jack by George Johnston is awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
The launch of ATV-0 marks the birth of the third commercial television network, now known as Network Ten
Singer Johnny Chester hosts a new ABC TV show called Teen Scene, which also features his backing group The Chessmen as the house band.
20 October – Police drama Homicide begins a 12-year run and sets the pace for Australian television drama.
11 November – The Mavis Bramston Show premieres on HSV 7 in Melbourne.
17 May Bernard "Midget" Farrelly wins the first World Surfboard Championship at Manly Beach
18 July – Robert Vagg wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:24:06.2 in Sydney.
Polo Prince wins the Melbourne Cup
South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
Freya wins the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Australia places 8th in the 1964 Olympic Games with 6 gold medals
St. George Dragons win the Australian Rugby League Grand Final
Melbourne Football Club wins the Victorian Football League Grand Final
17 June - James Ellis, Goalkeeper, Gosnells City
16 January – Chris Dittmar, squash player
23 January - Nick Breyder, junior cross country runner
4 March – Karen Knowles, entertainer
7 April – Douglas Humphrey, philosopher/statesman
15 April – Lee Kernaghan, country singer/songwriter
19 April – Peter Jackson (died 1997), Australian rugby league footballer
30 April – Ian Healy, cricket player and commentator
28 May – Jeff Fenech, boxer and trainer
3 June – Matthew Ryan, equestrian
7 June – Gia Carides, actress
9 June – Jane Kennedy, actress and comedian
4 August – Andrew Bartlett, politician
10 August – Andy Caldecott, motorcycle racer (died 2006)
14 August – Jason Dunstall, Australian Rules football player
19 August – Dermott Brereton, Australian Rules football player
5 September – Frank Farina, soccer player and manager
11 September – Kathy Watt, cyclist
27 October – Mark Taylor, cricket player and commentator
29 October – Eddie McGuire, businessman and television presenter
29 October – Jackie Pereira, field hockey striker
9 November – Mark Dalton, basketball player
9 December – Larry Emdur, television presenter
16 December – Georgie Parker, actress
23 January – Claude Hulbert, British actor (born 1900)
12 February – Arthur Upfield, author (born 1890)
18 April – Wilfred Mibus, Victorian politician (born 1900)
19 October – Nettie Palmer, author (born 1885)
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