A referendum concerning the closing hour for licensed premises and registered clubs was put to voters in New South Wales on 13 November 1954.

[1] Six o'clock closing was introduced in New South Wales during the First World War following the 1916 referendum.

They raided hotels in Liverpool before travelling by train to Sydney, where one soldier was shot dead in a riot at Central Railway station.

[2] Although it was introduced as a temporary measure, the government brought in extensions and discussed putting the matter to a referendum.

In 1923, however, without testing the matter by a popular vote, the Fuller Nationalist government enacted 6 pm as the closing time.