The following lists events that happened during 1977 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor-General – Sir John Kerr (until 8 December), then Sir Zelman Cowen Prime Minister – Malcolm Fraser Deputy Prime Minister – Doug Anthony Opposition Leader – Gough Whitlam (until 22 December), then Bill Hayden Chief Justice – Sir Garfield Barwick State and Territory Leaders Premier of New South Wales – Neville Wran Opposition Leader – Sir Eric Willis (until 16 December), then Peter Coleman Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen Opposition Leader – Tom Burns Premier of South Australia – Don Dunstan Opposition Leader – David Tonkin Premier of Tasmania – Bill Neilson (until 1 December), then Doug Lowe Opposition Leader – Max Bingham Premier of Victoria – Rupert Hamer Opposition Leader – Clyde Holding (until 29 June), then Frank Wilkes Premier of Western Australia – Sir Charles Court Opposition Leader – Colin Jamieson Majority Leader of the Northern Territory – Goff Letts (until 12 August), then Paul Everingham Opposition Leader – Jon Isaacs (from 21 September) Governors and Administrators Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler Governor of Queensland – Sir Colin Hannah (until 20 March), then Sir James Ramsay (from 22 April) Governor of South Australia – Sir Douglas Nicholls (until 30 April), then Sir Keith Seaman (from 1 September) Governor of Tasmania – Sir Stanley Burbury Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Winneke Governor of Western Australia – Sir Wallace Kyle Administrator of Norfolk Island – Desmond O'Leary Events January 5 January – Australia's only aircraft suicide attack carried out by a disgruntled former employee of Connellan Airways takes place. The Connellan air disaster claims the life of 6 people including the pilot. 10 January – The Easey Street murders take place, an unsolved crime in which two women were brutally stabbed to death in their home in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. 18 January – Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, in which 83 people died. February 1 February – The Federal Court of Australia began to exercise its jurisdiction. 6 February – Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia 7 February - 418 refugees of the Vietnam war arrived in Melbourne. The refugees, from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, left refugee camps around Bangkok for the largest airlift of war victims from Thailand. 28 February - ABBA arrive in Australia for their