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• 1825 – German Australian Sir Ferdinand von Mueller (pictured) was born, some claim that he was Australia’s greatest scientist of the 19th century.
• 1922 – The Industrial Court of Appeal rejected the concept of equal pay for women.
• 1934 – The Commonwealth rejects Western Australia’s case for secession.
• 1941 – HMAS Waterhen sinks off Libya, the first Australian naval vessel lost in World War II.
• 1972 – The Ord River Irrigation Scheme in Western Australia is officially opened by Prime Minister William McMahon.
• 1999 – Tim Fischer retires as federal leader of the National Party; he is replaced by John Anderson the next day.

International Observances.

• Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)
• Asteroid Day (International observance)
• General Prayer Day (Central African Republic)
• Independence Day…

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• 1888 – Birth date of Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.
• 1939 – Birth date of cricketer Alan Connolly.
• 1942 – General Thomas Blamey (pictured) reorganises the army for the defence of Australia.

International Observances.

• Engineer’s Day (Ecuador)
• Independence Day (Seychelles), celebrates the independence of Seychelles from the United Kingdom in 1976.
• Veterans’ Day (Netherlands)
• National Statistics Day (India)

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• 1880 – Ned Kelly (pictured) is captured at Glenrowan, Victoria; Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne are killed.
• 1894 – A Colonial Conference held in Ottawa, Canada, resolved to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
• 1919 – Prime minister Billy Hughes signs the Treaty of Versailles on Australia’s behalf. Australia gained mandate over German New Guinea.
• 1981 – Painter Russell Drysdale dies.

International Observances.

• Constitution Day (Ukraine)
• Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland)
• Vidovdan, celebrating St. Vitus and an important day in Serbian history. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

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• 1863 – James McCulloch, the fifth Premier of Victoria, takes office.
• 1911 – The Royal Military College, Duntroon (pictured) opened.
• 1949 – A coal strike involving 23,000 miners began. It lasted for seven weeks until Australian military forces were used to break the strike; the first time such a thing had happened in peace-time Australia.
• 1987 – Former federal Liberal Party leader Billy Snedden is found dead from a heart attack in a motel room.
• 2001 – The Intelligence Services Act 2001 introduced into Parliament, providing a legislative basis for the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) and the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), both of which had been previously established by executive order.

International Observances.

• Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
• Commemoration Day for the…

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• 1797 – HMS Reliance arrives in Sydney from the Cape of Good Hope, carrying stores ordered by Governor Hunter and merino sheep imported by John Macarthur.
• 1916 – William Jackson awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in a raid near Armentières, France.
• 1918 – SS Wimmera struck a mine off Gabo Island laid by the German raider Wolf and sank.
• 1949 – A seven week coal strike involving 23,000 miners began.
• 1950 – Twenty-eight die in Australia’s worst aviation disaster when an ANA Skymaster crahes near York, Western Australia.
• 1988 – The Australian Recording Industry Association compiles the first ARIA Charts.
• 1998 – The Marree Man geoglyph (pictured) appears in the desert near Marree, South Australia.
• 2006 – The world’s first…

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• 1852 – The Murrumbidgee River flooded Gundagai, New South Wales killing 89 of the population of 250. The town was moved to higher ground.
• 1867 – Bushrangers the Clarke brothers executed in Sydney.
• 1908 – Art Gallery of Western Australia (pictured) opens.
• 1912 – Landscape gardener and botanist William Guilfoyle died.

International Observances.

• Arbor Day (Philippines)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
• National Catfish Day (United States)
• Statehood Day (Slovenia)
• Statehood Day (Virginia)
• Teacher’s Day (Guatemala)
• World Vitiligo Day

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• 1826 – Birth of George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
• 1856 – Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
• 1913 – Joseph Cook becomes the sixth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1953 – British and Australian governments announced Britain was developing atomic weapons and they would be tested in Australia.
• 1978 – The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (pictured) is held to mark International Gay Solidarity Day.
• 1987 – Christopher Skase buys the Seven Network.
• 1992 – Nick Greiner resigns as Premier of New South Wales after corruption finding against him.
• 2010 – Julia Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister of Australia.

International Observances.

• Army Day or…

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• 1860 – Sir Baldwin Spencer, the first person to study Australia anthropology, was born in Britain.
• 1903 – The first Australian postage stamps are issued, replacing pre-federation colonial stamps.
• 1979 – The Eastern Suburbs railway line is opened.
• 2000 – A fire at a backpacker hostel at Childers, Queensland (pictured) kills 15.

International Observances.

• Father’s Day (Nicaragua, Poland)
• Grand Duke’s Official Birthday (Luxembourg)
• International Widows Day (international)
• National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)
• Okinawa Memorial Day (Okinawa Prefecture)
• Saint John’s Eve and the first day of the Midsummer celebrations [although this is not the real summer solstice; see June 20] (Roman Catholic Church, Europe):
  – Bonfires of Saint John (Spain)
  – First night of Festa de São João do…

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• 1896 – The second Victoria Bridge is opened in Brisbane by the Governor of Queensland, Lord Lamington. The previous bridge was destroyed by floodwaters.
• 1903 – Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia is born in Sydney.
• 1926 – The Council for Scientific Research (CSIR) formed; later became the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
• 1938 – Poet C. J. Dennis (pictured) died.
• 1957 – Garry Gary Beers, bassist for INXS is born.
• 1977 – The Uniting Church of Australia is formed from the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian Churches.

International Observances.

• Anti-Fascist Struggle Day (Croatia)
• Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)
• Father’s Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey)
• Teachers’ Day (El Salvador)

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• 1845 – News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers.
• 1913 – HMAS Australia (pictured) is commissioned at Portsmouth as flagship of the Royal Australian Navy.
• 1933 – Maude Bonney becomes the first woman to fly from Australia to England.
• 1954 – John Landy is the second man in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes, setting a world record time of 3 mins 58 secs at Turku, Finland.

International Observations.

• Day of the Martyrs (Togo)
• Father’s Day (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Uganda, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates)
• Go Skateboarding Day
• International Yoga Day (international)
• National Aboriginal Day (Canada)
• Solstice-related observances (see also June 20):
  – Day of…

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• 1790 – The Second Fleet arrives at Port Jackson.
• 1866 – Adelaide’s Town Hall (pictured) opens.
• 1927 – Film premiere of For the Term of his Natural Life.
• 1949 – Lance Sharkey, chairman of the Communist Party, is convicted for sedition.
• 1999 – Australia wins the 1999 Cricket World Cup, defeating Pakistan in the final.
• 2002 – Australia decided to ratify the International Criminal Court.

International Observations.

• Day of the National Flag (Argentina)
• Earliest possible date for the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere, and its related observance:
  – Earliest day on which Day of the Finnish Flag can fall, while June 26 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday of Midsummer’s Day (Finland)
  –…

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• 1797 – Australian explorer Hamilton Hume born at Parramatta, New South Wales
• 1946 – Hon. John Dedman introduced legislation to establish the Australian National University (pictured).
• 1969 – Equal pay for women granted by the Arbitration Commission.

International Observances.

• Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
• Feast of Forest (Palawan)
• Juneteenth (United States)
• Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Laguna Day (Laguna)
• Birthday of Jose Gervasio Artigas (Uruguay)
• World Sickle Cell Day (International)

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• 1827 – James Stirling establishes a settlement at Raffles Bay.
• 1829 – Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony.
• 1881 – The Art Gallery of South Australia opened by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence.
• 1938 – Birth date of footballer Kevin Murray.

International Observances.

• Autistic Pride Day (International)
• Foundation Day (Benguet)
• Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
• National Day (Seychelles)
• Queen Mother’s Birthday (Cambodia)
• Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)

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• 1867 – Birth date of Henry Lawson (pictured).
• 1891 – The Labor party first entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly with 35 members elected.
• 1893 – Prospector Paddy Hannan files a Reward Claim, announcing the discovery of gold at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
• 1932 – Politician, lawyer and author John Quick dies.

International Observances.

• Father’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
• Icelandic National Day, celebrates the independence of Iceland from Kingdom of Denmark in 1944.
• National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Forest Fires (Portugal)
• Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (international)
• Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

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• 1792 – Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell, surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born.
• 1869 – Explorer Charles Sturt died.
• 1884 – The South Australian government of John Bray lost a no confidence motion over the introduction of a new tax and Bray was replaced as premier by the opposition leader John Colton.
• 1906 – The town of Roma, Queensland becomes the first town in Australia to be lit and powered by natural gas, however the gas reserve only lasts ten days.
• 1936 – Charles Perkins (pictured), Aboriginal activist, is born.
• 1950 – Butter rationing ends.
• 1993 – Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer dies.

International Observances.

• Birthday of Leonard P. Howell (Rastafari)
• Bloomsday (Dublin, Ireland)
• Engineer’s Day (Argentina)
• Father’s Day (Seychelles)
• International…

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• 1862 – Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert bailed up the Lachlan Gold Escort in Eugowra Rocks near Forbes, New South Wales. This hold up is still considered to be the largest ever gold robbery in Australia’s history.
• 1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• 1924 – Yallourn Power Station began operating.
• 1952 – Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is born.
• 1992 – Painter Brett Whiteley (pictured) dies from heroin overdose.
• 1997 – Jaidyn Leskie murder – toddler murdered and found dumped in a dam near Moe, Victoria.

International Observances.

• Arbor Day (Costa Rica)
• Day of Valdemar and Reunion Day (Flag Day) (Denmark)
• Engineer’s Day (Italy)
• Global…

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• 1825 – Van Diemen’s Land is separated administratively from New South Wales, it becomes fully independent in December.
• 1851 – Gold discovered at the Turon River, New South Wales, the diggings became the richest in New South Wales.
• 1883 – Trains link Sydney and Melbourne.
• 1893 – Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Paddy Hannan and two others (see picture).
• 1943 – Forty American service personnel are killed in Australia’s deadliest aviation disaster at Bakers Creek, Queensland.
• 1968 – Pacifist Simon Townsend (later TV entertainer) was granted exemption from National Service after being detained at Ingleburn Army Camp on bread and water rations.
• 1982 – Arthur Coles, businessman and philanthropist, dies.

International Observances.

• Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
  –…

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• 1917 – Charles McDonald ceased being Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.
• 1927 – Country music singer Slim Dusty (pictured) born.
• 1933 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
• 1951 – Former prime minister Ben Chifley died.
• 1959 – Politician Steve Georganas born.
• 1998 – The ruling National Party government of Rob Borbidge is defeated and a minority ALP government, led by Peter Beattie is elected in Queensland.

International Observances.

• Inventors’ Day (Hungary)
• Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
• International Albinism Awareness Day (international) Inventors’ Day (Hungary)

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• 1789 – The Hawkesbury River is discovered by Governor Arthur Phillip (pictured).
• 1883 – The first Australasian headquarters of the Salvation Army opened in Melbourne.
• 1886 – William Spence chaired a meeting of shearers in Ballarat, Victoria at which the unanimous decision was to form the Amalgamated Shearers’ Union which later became part of the Australian Workers Union.
• 1902 – The Commonwealth Franchise Act granted most Australian women the right to vote and stand in federal elections.
• 1956 – A free mass vaccination program with Salk polio vaccine commences.
• 1996 – Two Australian Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collide near Townsville killing 18 soldiers.

International Observances.

• Chaco Armistice Day (Paraguay)
• Dia dos Namorados (Brazil)
• Helsinki Day (Finland)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence…

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• 1932 – Food relief reached its peak in New South Wales with 413,171 food orders processed in the preceding four weeks.
• 1937 – Robin Warren, Nobel Prize winner, is born.
• 1964 – The Beatles (pictured) began their three week tour of Australia; in Adelaide 300,000 fans turned out to see the band drive in a motorcade from the airport into the city.
• 1971 – Neville Bonner is sworn into the Australian Senate – he is the first Aboriginal federal parliamentarian.

International Observances.

• American Evacuation Day (Libya)
• Brazilian Navy commemorative day (Brazil)
• Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii, United States)
• Student Day (Honduras)

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• 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.

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• 1803 – HMS Investigator arrives in Port Jackson after circumnavigating Australia. On the voyage Matthew Flinders charted the coast and Robert Brown made an extensive collection of the flora of Australia.
• 1838 – 28 Indigenous Australians were killed at the Myall Creek massacre.
• 1925 – Ten people killed in a train derailment at Traveston, Queensland
• 1979 – Seven people die in a fire on the ghost train at Luna Park Sydney.

International Observances.

• Anniversary of the Accession of King Abdullah II (Jordan)
• Autonomy Day (Åland)
• Coral Triangle Day
• La Rioja Day (La Rioja)
• Murcia Day (Murcia)
• National Heroes’ Day (Uganda)

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• 1805 – John Macarthur returns to New South Wales as a civilian settler; the British Government accepts his resignation from the New South Wales Corps and approves his return.
• 1856 – Bounty Day is celebrated each year in Norfolk Island, in memory of the arrival of the Pitcairn Islanders.
• 1919 – Sir Henry Briggs, President of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 13 years, dies.
• 1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith (pictured) completes the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia in the Southern Cross.
• 1942 – Japanese submarines shell Sydney and Newcastle.
• 1951 – The School of the Air officially opens.
• 1983 – The first triplets resulting from in-vitro fertilization were born at the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide.
• 1983…

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• 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas signed, dividing the world outside of Europe in an exclusive duopoly between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire. The longitudes in the treaty coincide with the Western Australia border.
• 1813 – Birth date of Sir Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Ned Kelly.
• 1841 – Darlinghurst Gaol took in its first prisoners.
• 1980 – Paul Everingham’s Country Liberal Party government is re-elected in the Northern Territory.
• 1998 – Susie Maroney swims from Mexico to Cuba, covering the longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea.

International Observances.

• Battle of Arica Day (Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile)
• Flag Day (Peru)
• Journalist Day (Argentina)
• Anniversary of the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
• Birthday of Prince Joachim…