23 May in Australian History

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

• 1889 – Louisa Lawson founded the Dawn Club, which became the hub of the women’s suffrage movement in Sydney.
• 1892 – Frederick Deeming hanged at Melbourne Gaol having been unsuccessfully defended by the lawyer Alfred Deakin. Deeming was accused of committing a series of crimes on three continents—theft, perjury, fraud, bigamy and murder; he used at least 20 aliases.
• 1912 – Walter Burley Griffin’s design for Canberra selected as the winner (pictured).
• 1944 – Birth of John Newcombe, Australian tennis player.
• 1994 – Police arrest Belanglo State Forest serial killer Ivan Milat at his New South Wales home. Milat is later sentenced to life imprisonment.

International Observances.

• Aromanian National Day
• Constitution Day (Germany)
• Labour Day (Jamaica)
• Students’ Day (Mexico)
• World Turtle Day