6 July 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.

• 1813 – The first commercial shipment of wool sent to Britain by John and Elizabeth Macarthur.
• 1892 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the man with the donkey at Gallipoli born.
• 1904 – Street lights in Sydney are electrically lit.
• 1925 – Actress Ruth Cracknell born in Maitland, New South Wales.
• 1940 – The Story Bridge (pictured) is opened in Brisbane
• 1942 – Elements of the Australian 9th Division arrive in El Alamein. The Division subsequently takes part in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein.
• 1945 – Frank Forde becomes the fifteenth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1951 – Actor Geoffrey Rush is born in Toowoomba, Queensland.
• 1964 – Kevin Conway was killed in action, the first Australian battle casualty in the Vietnam…