| 1958 | Orford Golf Club started |
| 1958 | Blue Waters Motel built |
| 1959 | Beach House burnt down |
| 1961 | First Russian and US space flights |
| 1961 | Tasman Highway sealed with “dust seal” |
| 1961 | Esky invented |
| 1963 | Dam built on Prosser River |
| 1963 | President Kennedy assassinated |
| 1964 | Orford Butcher Shop opened |
| 1964 | New Orford Bridge opened |
| 1964 | Alginate Plant began production |
| 1964 | Tokyo Olympics |
| 1965 | Flood that destroyed bridge at Nelson's Creek |
| 1965 | Atkins Shop burnt down |
| 1965 | Australian combat troops sent to Vietnam |
| 1966 | Decimal Currency introduced |
| 1967 | Tasmanian Bushfires |
| 1968 | New shop opened |
| 1969 | Neil Armstrong walked on the moon |
| 1969 | Manual phone changed to automatic |
| 1971 | Woodchip Mill starts at Triabunna |
| 1973 | Orford Bowls Club opened |
