Source: The Age (Melbourne) via Google News Archive
ABV2
7:00 Abbott and Costello
7:29 Dennis the Menace
7:50 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
8:15 Sesame Street
9:15 PGR
9:25 Come and Get It
9:30 Play School
10:00 Channel 1-2-3-4-5
10:20 The Biological Sciences
10:40 Update USA
11:00 Behind the News
11:25 Entree Libre
11:40 Lower Primary Science
12:00 Howards' Way
1:00 Four Corners
1:50 Insight
2:05 Words Fail Me
2:30 Fern Chutney
3:00 Sesame Street
3:58 Jimbo and the Jetset
4:00 Play School
4:30 The New Adventures of Blinky Bill
5:02 Return of the Antelope
5:30 Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
6:00 Countdown Revolution
6:30 Living with the Law
7:00 News
7:30 The 7:30 Report
8:00 The Investigators
8:30 GP: Blind Eye
9:20 Back Chat
9:30 The Big Gig
10:30 News
10:55 Gridiron Football
12:20 sign-off
HSV7
6:00 TV-AM
7:00 The Cartoon Connection
9:00 Bewitched
9:28 Community Service
9:30 Fat Cat and Friends
10:00 Kate and Allie
10:30 Family Medical Centre
11:00 11AM
12:00 Bert Newton Show
1:30 Film: "Boys' Town" (1938)
3:35 Tom and Jerry
4:00 Wombat
4:30 Now You See It
5:00 Hogan Family
5:30 Wheel of Fortune
6:00 News (Jennifer Keyte)
6:30 Home and Away
7:00 Hinch
7:30 A Country Practice
8:30 Beyond 2000
9:30 Minder
10:35 Newsworld (Gina Boon)
11:30 The Power, The Passion
12:00 Today (NBC)
2:00 Shroud for a Nightingale
3:55 Superior Court
4:20 People's Court
4:45 Charles in Charge
5:15 Newsworld
GTV9
6:00 Bravestarr
6:30 World News (was this the ABC's network newscast?)
7:00 Today (Elizabeth Hayes/George Negus)
9:00 Here's Humphrey
9:30 In Melbourne Today
10:30 General Hospital
11:30 Happy Days
12:00 Midday with Ray Martin
1:30 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Young and the Restless
3:30 Diff'rent Strokes
4:00 C'mon Kids
5:00 Happy Days
5:30 Our Place
6:00 News (Brian Naylor)
6:30 A Current Affair (Jana Wendt)
7:00 Sale of the Century
7:30 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Murder, She Wrote
10:30 Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast
11:30 Houston Knights
12:30 Film: "In Possession" (1984)
1:55 Film: "The Seduction of Gina" (1984)
3:45 Film: "Carry On Doctor" (1968)
5:30 The Young Doctors
ATV10
6:00 That Girl
6:30 The Real Ghostbusters
7:00 Good Morning Australia
9:00 'til Ten
10:00 Mulligrubs
10:30 News
11:00 Another World
12:00 Film: "Don't Just Lie There, Say Something" (1974)
2:00 Donahue
3:00 Bold and the Beautiful
3:30 Neighbours
4:00 Double Dare
4:30 Fraggle Rock
5:00 Batman
5:30 Perfect Match
6:00 News (David Johnston/Tracey Curro)
7:00 Neighbours
7:30 Candid Camera on Australia
8:00 Cheers
8:30 Film: "Moscow on the Hudson" (1984)
10:45 News
10:50 Cheers
11:20 Santa Barbara
12:20 The Untouchables
1:20 Superstars of Wrestling
2:20 Wrestling Challenge
3:00 Emergency!
4:00 Men
5:00 Duet
5:30 Lassie
SBS
3:00 TV Ed
4:00 Sport Report
4:30 Vox Populi
5:00 Kaleidoscope
5:30 The Electric Company
6:00 The Fox and the Fool
6:30 News
7:00 Sport Report
7:30 First in Line
8:00 Tonight
8:30 Next Left
9:30 There is No Turning Back
11:10 Hadji Manuel
12:05 Compassion
1:10 sign-off
ABV2
7:00 Abbott and Costello
7:29 Dennis the Menace
7:50 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
8:15 Sesame Street
9:15 PGR
9:25 Come and Get It
9:30 Play School
10:00 Channel 1-2-3-4-5
10:20 The Biological Sciences
10:40 Update USA
11:00 Behind the News
11:25 Entree Libre
11:40 Lower Primary Science
12:00 Howards' Way
1:00 Four Corners
1:50 Insight
2:05 Words Fail Me
2:30 Fern Chutney
3:00 Sesame Street
3:58 Jimbo and the Jetset
4:00 Play School
4:30 The New Adventures of Blinky Bill
5:02 Return of the Antelope
5:30 Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
6:00 Countdown Revolution
6:30 Living with the Law
7:00 News
7:30 The 7:30 Report
8:00 The Investigators
8:30 GP: Blind Eye
9:20 Back Chat
9:30 The Big Gig
10:30 News
10:55 Gridiron Football
12:20 sign-off
HSV7
6:00 TV-AM
7:00 The Cartoon Connection
9:00 Bewitched
9:28 Community Service
9:30 Fat Cat and Friends
10:00 Kate and Allie
10:30 Family Medical Centre
11:00 11AM
12:00 Bert Newton Show
1:30 Film: "Boys' Town" (1938)
3:35 Tom and Jerry
4:00 Wombat
4:30 Now You See It
5:00 Hogan Family
5:30 Wheel of Fortune
6:00 News (Jennifer Keyte)
6:30 Home and Away
7:00 Hinch
7:30 A Country Practice
8:30 Beyond 2000
9:30 Minder
10:35 Newsworld (Gina Boon)
11:30 The Power, The Passion
12:00 Today (NBC)
2:00 Shroud for a Nightingale
3:55 Superior Court
4:20 People's Court
4:45 Charles in Charge
5:15 Newsworld
GTV9
6:00 Bravestarr
6:30 World News (was this the ABC's network newscast?)
7:00 Today (Elizabeth Hayes/George Negus)
9:00 Here's Humphrey
9:30 In Melbourne Today
10:30 General Hospital
11:30 Happy Days
12:00 Midday with Ray Martin
1:30 Days of Our Lives
2:30 Young and the Restless
3:30 Diff'rent Strokes
4:00 C'mon Kids
5:00 Happy Days
5:30 Our Place
6:00 News (Brian Naylor)
6:30 A Current Affair (Jana Wendt)
7:00 Sale of the Century
7:30 Who's the Boss?
8:30 Murder, She Wrote
10:30 Graham Kennedy Coast to Coast
11:30 Houston Knights
12:30 Film: "In Possession" (1984)
1:55 Film: "The Seduction of Gina" (1984)
3:45 Film: "Carry On Doctor" (1968)
5:30 The Young Doctors
ATV10
6:00 That Girl
6:30 The Real Ghostbusters
7:00 Good Morning Australia
9:00 'til Ten
10:00 Mulligrubs
10:30 News
11:00 Another World
12:00 Film: "Don't Just Lie There, Say Something" (1974)
2:00 Donahue
3:00 Bold and the Beautiful
3:30 Neighbours
4:00 Double Dare
4:30 Fraggle Rock
5:00 Batman
5:30 Perfect Match
6:00 News (David Johnston/Tracey Curro)
7:00 Neighbours
7:30 Candid Camera on Australia
8:00 Cheers
8:30 Film: "Moscow on the Hudson" (1984)
10:45 News
10:50 Cheers
11:20 Santa Barbara
12:20 The Untouchables
1:20 Superstars of Wrestling
2:20 Wrestling Challenge
3:00 Emergency!
4:00 Men
5:00 Duet
5:30 Lassie
SBS
3:00 TV Ed
4:00 Sport Report
4:30 Vox Populi
5:00 Kaleidoscope
5:30 The Electric Company
6:00 The Fox and the Fool
6:30 News
7:00 Sport Report
7:30 First in Line
8:00 Tonight
8:30 Next Left
9:30 There is No Turning Back
11:10 Hadji Manuel
12:05 Compassion
1:10 sign-off