Safe anchorage at Shute Harbour displaced Cannonvale Beach as the gateway to the Whitsundays.
Bowen High School opens.
Drive-in cinema opened in Cairns.
Myalla performing theatre and a new civic centre in Clermont.
St John Fishers primary school opens in Gulliver.
Railway line from Cloncurry to Selwyn closed.
Striking A frame Presbyterian church opened in Innisfail.