The following lists events that happened during 1981 in Australia.
1981 in Australia | |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Sir Zelman Cowen |
Prime minister | Malcolm Fraser |
Population | 14,923,260 |
Australian of the Year | John Crawford |
Elections | NSW |
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†=Scored under outdated scoring system.
On 10 February, Townsville's new international airport terminal was officially functional when it welcomed the arrival of a Qantas Boeing 747 flight direct from Honolulu. Townsville was the first regional, non-capital city in the country to operate its own international airport.