1987 in Australia

1987 in Australia
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Ninian Stephen
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Population	16,263,874
Elections	Federal, NT

See also:

1987 Australian incumbents

Years in Australia:	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Film
5 Television
6 Sport
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 References

Incumbents

Events

23 February - first mobile phone call made in Australia¹
March 7 - Elections in the Northern Territory return CLP government of Stephen Hatton to power.
June 16 – Crazed German tourist Joseph Schwab, known as the "Kimberley killer", is shot dead in a shootout with Western Australia Police at Fitzroy Crossing. Schwab had already killed three people that day, and two others a week previously in the Northern Territory.
July 11 - With a good deal of help from the Joh for Canberra campaign which splits the conservative vote between his National Party & the Liberal Party's John Howard, Prime Minister Bob Hawke's ALP government is re-elected for a 3rd term.
August 9 - 7 people killed and 19 injured when 19 year old Julian Knight goes on a shooting rampage in Melbourne (Hoddle St Massacre)
October 20 - Black Monday: After the largest fall in the Dow Jones's history, stock markets nosedive around the world. Australia is no exception as the All Ordinaries falls 25%, making it the single biggest one day drop in the market's history.
November 24 - Sir Joh sacks three ministers from his cabinet, accusing them of gross disloyalty.
November 26 - The National Party deposes Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen as party leader, but he refuses to resign as Premier. He was not present at the caucus meeting.
December 1 - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years at the top. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, who becomes the only Premier never to contest an election as Premier.
December 8 - Queen Street Massacre: 22 year old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in an Australia Post office building in Queen Street before committing suicide by jumping from the 11th floor.

Arts and literature

Glenda Adams's novel Dancing on Coral wins the Miles Franklin Award

Film

Television

January - Alan Bond, who already owns QTQ-9 & STW-9 purchases TCN-9 & GTV-9 from Kerry Packer for $1.055 billion. The expanded Nine Network becomes the first coast-to-coast network.
February - Fairfax, owners of ATN-7 & BTQ-7 purchase HSV-7 from The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd for $320 million. The move sees the replacement of most Melbourne-produced programming with networked programming from Sydney, including long-running shows such as World of Sport & sees Mal Walden sacked as newsreader. The revamped news service, read by former STW-9 newsreader Greg Pearce plunges to as low as zero in the ratings.
July - Westfield buys Network Ten from Rupert Murdoch's News Limited for $842 million.
July 19 - Long-running ABC music program Countdown broadcasts its final episode.
August - New cross-media ownership rules force the sale of the Seven Network. Fairfax sells its stations to Christopher Skase's Qintex company for $780 million.
December 27 - Rupert Murdoch's ownership of ADS-7, combined with TVW-7's ownership of SAS-10, result in the stations deciding to swap callsigns & affiliations. So, on this day, ADS-7 becomes ADS-10 & SAS-10 becomes SAS-7.

Sport

March 22 – Steve Moneghetti is Australia's best finisher in the men's competition at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, staged in Warsaw, Poland. He finishes in 11th place (37:11.0) in the long-distance race over 11,950 metres. In the women's competition Krishna Stanton ends up in 8th place in the long event (5.050 metres).
March 27 – The Brisbane Bears (now the Brisbane Lions) make their debut in the VFL. At the MCG, the Bears upset North Melbourne 19.23.137 to 15.12.104.
March 29 – The West Coast Eagles make their debut in the Victorian Football League. At Subiaco Oval, they defeat the Richmond Tigers 20.13.133 to 16.12.119.
April 5 – It is announced that Newcastle will join the NSWRL in 1988. They are later joined by Brisbane & the Gold Coast to form a 16-team competition.
June 7 – Daniel Boltz wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:14:36 in Sydney, while Tani Ruckle claims the women's title in 2:37:53.
September 26 – The Carlton Blues (15.14.104) defeat the Hawthorn Hawks (9.17.71) to win the 91st VFL/AFL premiership.
September 27 – Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles defeat the Canberra Raiders 18-8 to win the 80th NSWRL premiership. It is the last grand final ever to be played at the SCG.
Brownlow Medal is shared by John Platten (Hawthorn) & Tony Lockett (St Kilda). Lockett becomes the first full-forward to win the Brownlow Medal.

Births

January 30 — Lance Franklin, Australian Rules footballer
April 30 — Nikki Webster, singer and model
July 17 — Gemma Beadsworth, water polo player

Deaths

July 28 - Jack Renshaw (b. 1909), Premier of New South Wales

References

^ "Mobile phone technology in Australia turns 20", The Sydney Morning Herald (2007-02-23). Retrieved on 22 November 2007.

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