10 June 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.

• 1770 – Captain James Cook’s ship HM Bark Endeavour strikes a reef within the Great Barrier Reef.
• 1835 – Australia’s first political party, the Australian Patriotic Party, is founded.
• 1868 – Politician and unionist Harry Holland (pictured) is born near Queanbeyan, New South Wales.
• 1916 – A large majority approves a referendum in New South Wales deciding hotels should close at six o’clock for the duration of the war and six months thereafter; early closing came into force in NSW from 21 July lasting until 1955.
• 1933 – The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine is launched by Robert Clyde Packer and his son Frank.
• 1960 – The Abel Tasman crashes at Mackay, Queensland, killing 29 persons, the largest air disaster in Australian history.