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| 1960, Oct. 17 |
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| The Papua New Guinea Act provided for the election of Papua New Guineans to the territory's legislative council for the first time. | 1 |
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| 1962, July |
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| Thirty military advisers were sent to help train the South Vietnamese army. | 2 |
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| 1963, May 9 |
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| The U.S. and Australia signed an agreement permitting the U.S. to establish a major navy communications center in Western Australia, gaining sole operational rights for at least 25 years. | 3 |
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| 1964, Nov. 10 |
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| Adoption of compulsory military training, with liability to service overseas. In 1964–66, Australia sent supplies and professional troops to southern Malaysia to help resist the operations of Indonesian guerrillas. | 4 |
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| 1965, April |
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| Decision to send troops to South Vietnam, in collaboration with the U.S. The first conscripts in Australia's history to be sent outside Australian territory to fight in war went to Vietnam on April 18, 1966. As in the U.S., the policy of involvement in Southeast Asia met with increasing popular protest. | 5 |
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| Dec |
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| An act was passed, similar to the English one, to limit and control monopolies. | 6 |
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