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See also: 1975 in Australia, other events of 1976, 1977 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Queen of Australia - HM Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Sir John Kerr
• Prime Minister - Malcom Fraser
• Premier of New South Wales -Tom Lewis, then Sir Eric Willis, then Neville Wran
• Premier of South Australia - Don Dunstan
• Premier of Queensland - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
• Premier of Tasmania - Bill Neilson
• Premier of Western Australia - Sir Charles Court
• Premier of Victoria - Rupert Hamer

Events

• May 1 - Neville Wran Becomes NSW Premier
• September 30 - Blue Hills, the long running ABC radio serial, comes to an end after 32 years
• December 4 - The Royal Australian Navy's fleet of Grumman Tracker aircraft is destroyed by arson at Nowra, New South Wales
• Edward (Weary) Dunlop is announced as Australian of the Year
• Mining on Fraser Island ends.

Science and technology

Arts and literature

• Brett Whiteley wins the Archibald Prize with Self Portrait in the Studio
• David Ireland's novel The Glass Canoe wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

• Don's Party
• Storm Boy
• The Fourth Wish

Television

Nine Network soap operas The Young Doctors and The Sullivans both begin on air in November.

Sport

• July 31 - Victor Anderson wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:23:28.6 in Sydney.

• Van der Hum wins the Melbourne Cup
• South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
• Ballyhoo takes line honours and Piccolo wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
• Hawthorn were premiers of the Victorian Football League
• Australia defeats the West Indies 5-1 in the cricket test series
• Geoff Hunt wins the men's squash World Open
• Manly defeats Parramatta 13-10 to win the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership

Births

• January 9 — Amy Gillett (d. 2005), cyclist
• January 18 — Damien Leith, singer
• February 17 — Matthew Lappin, Australian rules footballer
• February 19 — Travis Denney, badminton player
• February 24 — Bradley McGee, cyclist
• February 28 — David Bradbury, politician
• May 27 — Bianca Netzler, field hockey player
• June 4 — Kasey Chambers, singer
• June 21 — Nigel Lappin, Australian rules footballer
• August 7 — Megan Gale, model
• August 27 — Mark Webber, Formula 1 driver
• September 1 — Marcos Ambrose, racing driver
• September 7 — Carmel Bakurski, field hockey defender
• September 15 — Brett Kimmorley, Rugby league footballer
• November 7 — Mark Philippoussis, tennis player
• November 8 — Brett Lee, cricketer
• November 18 — Matt Welsh, swimmer
• November 30 — Gail Miller, water polo player
• December 6 — Paul Crake, racing cyclist
• December 31 — Craig Reucassel, comedian

Deaths

• February 8 - Gladys Moncrieff (b. 1892), singer
• May 21 - Harold Blair (b. 1924), singer and activist
• June 17 - Richard Casey (b. 1890), Governor General of Australia
• August 10 - Bert Oldfield (b. 1894), cricketer
• September 21 - Peter Crimmins B. 1943, Australia Rules Footballer

See also

• 1976
• 1970s