| January |
*
Purple Hearts
announce their break-up |
| February |
* MPD
Ltd break up
* The Twilights
return from England
|
| July |
*
The Groop release 'Woman You're Breaking Me' and later win first
prize in the Hoadley's National Battle of the Sounds |
| August
|
*
The Easybeats undertake
a homecoming tour of Australia, and tour the USA for the first
time
* Pink Floyd release their first album 'Piper at the Gates of
Dawn' |
| September
|
*
Normie Rowe is
conscripted into the army |
| October
|
*
The Loved Ones break
up
* Perth's Valentines relocate to Melbourne |
| December |
*
John Farnham
scores his first #1 with 'Sadie, the Cleaning Lady' |
|
|
*
Having returned to the UK, The Bee
Gees are joined by Vince Melouney and Colin Petersen
* Billy Thorpe and
The Aztecs break up
* Beatles release Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
* Velvet Underground release Velvet Underground and Nico |