YEAR BOOK 1971 – WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

So what did make news in 1971? Firstly compulsory seat belts kept drivers in their place. Billy McMahon took over as PM, when Gorton voted against himself. Gough Whitlam, Opposition Leader, ventured to visit the Red baddies in China. Neville Bonner was the first Aboriginal member of Parliament. Red unionist Jack Mundey conserved heritage buildings. Oz troops left Vietnam in time for late-night shopping in New South Wales and Victoria; they stopped at the first McDonalds in New South Wales Yagoona on the way home. One-day cricket came to Oz.