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Traveling back in time and down under to see what was notable about 1948 in Australia:Events
- January 23 - De Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its 3 engined Drover transport aircraft at Bankstown Airport
- May 8 - Margaret McIntyre becomes the first woman elected to the Parliament of Tasmania. She is killed in a plane crash later in the year
- September 2 - Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 VH-ANK Lutana crashes near Quirindi, New South Wales, killing 13
- November 29 - The first Holden car, the model 48-215, popularly known as the FX, rolls off the assembly line. The on road cost was approximately £760
- December 16 - HMAS Sydney is commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as its first Aircraft carrier
- Rear Admiral John Collins becomes the first Australian to hold the position of Chief of Naval Staff in the Royal Australian Navy
- H.V. Evatt becomes President of the United Nations General Assembly
Arts and literature
- William Dobell wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Margaret Olley
Sport
- Morna takes line honours and Westward wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- Rimfire wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
- March 2 - Jeff Kennett, Premier of Victoria
- June 21 - Lionel Rose, boxer
- September 22 - Denis Burke, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- December 5 - Cheryl Kernot, politician
- December 12 - Kim Beazley, politician
Deaths
- February 12 - Isaac Isaacs (b. 1855), Governor General of Australia
- September 2 - Margaret McIntyre (b. 1886), politician
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