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Indigenous Australian and colonial art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum...

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The Australian Alps are the highest mountain ranges of mainland Australia. They are located in south-eastern Australia, straddling far southern New South...

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first Australian woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament, was born near Geraldton, Western Australia. 1989 – The Australian cricket...

Gallery of South Australia located in Adelaide is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has a collection...

minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy to meet the need for an advanced mine detection platform to secure Australian waters. Originally designed...

a territory of Australia since 1947 and became a World Heritage Site in 1997. It contains the only two active volcanoes in Australian territory, one of...

capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of 1,477,818 in...

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The Australian 11th Battalion was an Australian Army unit in World War I. It was among the first infantry units raised for the First Australian Imperial...

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aircraft developed to meet Australian specifications for an Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft. The Royal Australian Air Force ordered six Wedgetails...

English Wikipedia 1891 – The 1891 Australian shearers' strike begins, which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. 1966 – Construction of...

Benefits Scheme was introduced by the Australian Government to provide subsidised prescription medication. 2004 – Australian Jennifer Hawkins wins the Miss Universe...

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Mobility Vehicle is an Australian built wheeled armoured vehicle designed by Irish company Timoney Technology Ltd. and produced by Australian Defence Industries...

colony. 1932 – The Australian Broadcasting Commission is inaugurated by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons. 1949 – John Farnham, Australian singer is born. 1970...

Australian Labor Party. 1964 – Gladesville Bridge (pictured) opened—the world's longest concrete arch at the time. 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian football...

destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy built just prior to World War I. All six ships of the class were named after famous Australian rivers (one from each...

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December 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous Heidelberg School, one of the most important periods in Australia's visual arts history...

Edinburgh. The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. The Service currently...

Kingsford Smith, early Australian aviator, dies during a flight from Allahabad, India to Singapore, aged 38. 1938 – Australian rules football player Bob...

Western Front involving Australia; the Australian 5th Division suffered 5,533 casualties in one night. 1940 – The Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney takes...

native-born Australian, "celebrates the development of a new Britannia in another world"? More Australian facts 28 May 2026 – Terrorism in Australia The Melbourne...

The first Australian Open golf tournament is held. 1918 – Death of John Forrest, an Australian explorer, the first premier of Western Australia and a cabinet...

(Queensland Mounted Infantry) is a regiment of the Australian Army and part of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. It was formed in 1930 through the amalgamation...

article...) Portal:Australian roads/Selected article/14 The Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth...

The Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), is an Australian version of the Mowag Piranha. It is a highly mobile, eight wheeled amphibious armoured...

Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. Politically, it has formed part of the Australian state of Tasmania since 1900 and became...

1930 – Isaac Isaacs appointed as the third Chief Justice of Australia. 2005 – A Royal Australian Navy Westland Sea King helicopter crashes on the Indonesian...

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Skyshow is an annual fireworks event held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide since 1985. The half-hour fireworks display is synchronised to pop...

Daily Unit pages The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and makes up the majority...

Government prepared place vessels of Australian Navy under control British Admiralty when desired. —Australian Government telegram to the Admiralty on...

Royal Australian Navy fleet collier. Biloela was built in Sydney and was the first ship to be entirely built from Australian materials to an Australian design...

Airforce when creating Daily Unit pages The 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion was a World War II Australian Army unit. It was raised in Brisbane in July...

and the Australian Capital Territory Monaro Highway is a 285-kilometre-long (177 mi) highway in Victoria, New South Wales, and the Australian Capital...

March 1919 when she was transferred to the Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary. Kurumba operated in Australian waters and South-East Asia until being paid off...

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Western Australia and forms part of the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service. The Australian Defence Force consists of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian...

The Australian wine industry is one of the world's largest exporters of wine, with approximately 800 million out of the 1.2 to 1.3 billion litres produced...

of the Australian Open, in 2023 (from Australian Open) Image 64Zhang Shuai was part of the 2026 winning women's doubles team. (from Australian Open) Image...

and the Swan River. The buildings and gardens are listed on the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places and are open to the public from time to time...

in first-class cricket in Australia, is born at Semaphore, South Australia edit Australia 1894 - Hunter Poon, first Australian of Chinese background to...

The Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, eight kilometres from Gundagai in New South...

here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. March 1 1901 –...

Governor of an Australian state. 1982 – The Commonwealth introduced the Freedom of Information Act. 1984 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party is...

mixed regular and reservist commando regiment of the Australian Army. It is part of the Australian Special Operations Command (SOCOMD). The regiment was...

The Leeuwin class are two Australian-built survey vessels, which currently form part of the Royal Australian Navy. Both ships were built by NQEA in Cairns...

an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of the Government of Australia and...

the Anglican Church of Australia for the first time. 2002 – The Australian Labor Party, led by Mike Rann, wins the South Australian state election. Edit...

to Australia in December 1945. HMAS Bendigo paid off in September 1946. The 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division...

Cavalry Commando Regiment was an Australian Army regiment of World War II. The regiment was formed as part of the Australian 6th Division in October 1939...

The 10th Light Horse Regiment is a regiment of the Australian Army. Part of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, the regiment is part of the army reserve...

Western Australia. HMAS Stuart paid off in July 1991. The 6th Battalion was an Australian Army unit which was raised as part of the First Australian Imperial...

John Downer, Premier of South Australia from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of Alexander Downer, a former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs? More...

Carbine, was an Australian submachine gun designed by Evelyn (Evo) Owen in 1939. It was the main submachine gun used by the Australian Army during World...

The Ikara missile was an Australian ship-launched anti-submarine missile similar to the United States RUM-139 ASROC. The Ikara was powered by a two stage...

became the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first female leader of any Australian state or territory. Edit May 11 anniversaries...

most densely populated state in Australia (31.1 per km2). Victoria's economy is the second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified...

"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it...

which are difficult to grow on the Adelaide Plains. Amongst the native Australian flora are cultivated plants from cool climates including Rhododendron...

1874 – Crawford Vaughan, Premier of South Australia from 1915–1917, is born in Adelaide. 1995 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander...

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attrition replacements. The F-111Cs were continuously upgraded and remained operational until December 2010 when they were retired from Australian service....

Australia. The name was derived from its designer Lawrence Wackett. It entered service in March 1941 with 200 being delivered to the Royal Australian...

An Australian meat pie is a hand-sized pie containing largely minced meat and gravy and often consumed as a takeaway food snack. It is considered iconic...

signifera) is a very common, Australian ground-dwelling frog, of the family Myobatrachidae. It ranges from south-eastern Australia, from Adelaide to Melbourne...

in colour for the first time in Australia. 1989 – The Australian Industrial Relations Commission replaces Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission...

contributions to Australian science, he was made the first Australian of the Year in 1960, and in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia. He was recognised...

The M113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) was an Australian variant of the United States M113 armoured personnel carrier fitted with the turret from Alvis Saladin...

Mannlicher AG by Australian Defence Industries (ADI), in Lithgow, New South Wales, and has been sold to the armed forces of Australia and New Zealand among...

Adelaide Festival Centre is a multi-purpose arts centre in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is situated adjacent to Elder Park on the banks...

gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive...

holiday honouring all those who have served in the Australian military. 1915 – World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli 1918 – World...

class of minesweepers produced in Australia during World War II. 56 in total were commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy, and 4 by the Indian Navy. The...

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The Balikpapan class LCH (Landing Craft, Heavy) were a class of Australian designed and built landing craft which first entered service in the early 1970s...

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south, its border is the ocean, the Great Australian Bight. The state comprises less than 6.7% of the Australian population and ranks fifth in population...

April 1 1921 – The First Australian Imperial Force is disbanded. 1955 – The Australian Government announced its decision to send ground troops to the...

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Australia in 2002–03. It is administered nationally by the Australian Racing Board, with the Australian Rules of Racing applying in each state. Photo credit:...

5-kilometre-long (7.1 mi) north–south parkway located in the Majura district of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It links the interchange with Federal Highway...

Vermont, as was likely, he would have been ineligible for a seat in Australian parliament. 1974 – Birth date of Matthew Reilly, Australian thriller writer....

published in the Geelong Advertiser. 1907 – The Australian Navy Cadets is established. 1945 – The Australian 7th Division commences operations in the Battle...

General Henry Gordon Bennett, 26 July 1916. (27 April - 3 August 2006) "Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted...

– American space station Skylab crashes in Western Australia 1987 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party returned to power after a double dissolution...

government and other issues are defeated. 1996 – Australian National Flag Day was proclaimed to commemorate the first flying of the Australian flag....

that John Downer, Premier of South Australia from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of Alexander Downer, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs from...

Carrier, Anti-tank, 2-pdr, (Aust) was a heavily modified and lengthened Australian variant of the British Universal Carrier. The vehicle was armed with a...

transport ships in the Royal Australian Navy. Both ships were originally built as Newport class LSTs and were purchased by Australia in 1994. Following their...

the charter to command the Second Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East. 1971 - 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment presented with its colours...

Armidale class patrol boat is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to replace the Fremantle class patrol boats. Designed and built...

Boomerang, an Australian designed and built fighter aircraft, takes to the air for the first time. 1948 – Federal government announced that Australian rail gauges...

New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia, linking Cann River in Victoria to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...

Australia in 2002–03. It is administered nationally by the Australian Racing Board, with the Australian Rules of Racing applying in each state. Photo credit:...

inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001. More selected pictures • Read more view - edit - history Week 18 The Australian Green Tree Frog...

Indigenous Australian and colonial art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum...

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s as a result of her role in the Australian television soap opera...

National topics: Highways in Australia Freeways in Australia The National Highway Highway 1 (Australia) Lists of highways by state/territory: ACT NSW...

defeat of a German attack in North Africa. 1954 – Korean War: 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment relieved 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment....

record for any Australian capital city. 1904 – Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote is appointed the third Governor General of Australia. 1918 – The Mackay...

here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. October 1 1918 – Australian Light Horsemen...

ANZAC (Australia) Australian war artists Australian military cemeteries Australian military historians Australian military memorials Australian soldier...

Minister of Australia. 1951 – Actor Geoffrey Rush is born in Toowoomba, Queensland. 1964 – Kevin Conway was killed in action, the first Australian battle casualty...

edit  Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The 60,000 m² site includes the prison,...

from HMAS Australia took part in the Zeebrugge Raid. 1951 – Korean War: Battle of Kapyong began during which the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment...

chance of bushfires (pictured). Dec 28: The Australian Greenhouse Office's latest figures show that South Australia has the second lowest greenhouse gas emissions...

1943, a total of 238 cars were built. The Rover entered service with the Australian Army in April 1942. It never saw combat and was used mostly for crews...

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founding of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO). One of the few successful referendums to modify the Australian Constitution took...

...that Len Waters was the first Australian Aboriginal military pilot? ...that the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service has been established four times...

here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. September 1 1900...

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1882 – Percy Grainger, Australian pianist and composer, born in Melbourne. 1936 – The Federal Government announces an increase in military training strength...

colony. 1932 – The Australian Broadcasting Commission is inaugurated by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons. 1949 – John Farnham, Australian singer is born. 1970...

Prime Minister of Australia, born in Sydney. 1950 – Australia announces that it will send troops to the Korean War. 2003 – Australian artist and eight-time...

South Australia and Western Australia, respectively, following Labor Party victories in two state elections. 2003 – The Australian Army's Special Operations...

during the First Battle of Bullecourt. Over 3,000 Australians died. 1965 - 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment presented with its colours at Adelaide...

Wales, is born. 1991 – Greek tanker Kirki spills 17,280 tons of crude oil off the coast of Western Australia, the biggest oil spill in Australian waters....

1877 in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia – September 5, 1945 in Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches...

"My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning." — Major-General Freddie de Guingand, Chief of Staff, Allied Land-force Headquarters...

here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. May 1 1885 – Private...

highest rate of casualties for a non-combatant unit in Australian history? ...that the Office of Australian War Graves is also responsible for the maintenance...

believed to have been the youngest Australian soldier to serve during the First World War? ...that 17 Australian Article XV squadrons were formed during...

were damaged or sunk off the Australian coast by submarines and mines. Japanese submarines also shelled several Australian ports and submarine-based aircraft...

"the Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war - the spearhead of the British Army" — John...

... that the 1862 opening of the second Causeway in Perth, Western Australia, was disrupted by a young man on horseback who raced across after announcing...

member of the South Australian Institute of Architects, the Federal Council of the Australian Institute of Architects, and the Australian Institute of Architects...

067°E / -38.633; 143.067) is part of Port Campbell National Park in the Australian state of Victoria. It is situated beside the Great Ocean Road, west of...

strikes a reef within the Great Barrier Reef. 1835 – Australia's first political party, the Australian Patriotic Association, is founded. 1868 – Politician...

here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. August 1 1871...

Attack-class patrol boat Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq Australian Flying Corps Australian frontier wars Australian home front during World...

Meehni (922 m), Wimlah (918 m), and Gunnedoo (906 m). The Three Sisters feature in stories of the Indigenous Australian Dreamtime. Photo credit: Diliff...

any other Australian state. Born into an old political family, he grew up on the family farm in Norton Summit before enlisting in the Australian Imperial...

histories of many Australian Aboriginal peoples across southern Australia. The Black Swan is the official state emblem of Western Australia, and is depicted...

History of Adelaide • Proclamation Day • Australian Overland Telegraph Line • Timeline of South Australian history Towns and Cities – Adelaide • Coober...

South Australian Government to encourage further investment in renewable energy in the state. The load factor (or capacity factor) for South Australian wind...

the town is situated near Cape Byron at the eastern-most point of the Australian continent. The town is a popular tourist destination and is known for...

officially changed to Tasmania. 1901 – The Australian colonies are officially federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia, with John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th...

conducted by the independent State Electoral Office. The centre-left Australian Labor Party, in government since 2002 under Premier Mike Rann (pictured)...

located at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, in the far eastern sector of the Australian Antarctic Territory. The buildings were built and occupied by the Australasian...

Sturt's Desert Pea is an Australian plant in the genus Swainsona. One of Australia's best-known wildflowers, it is known for its distinctive blood-red...

of the premier, Thomas Price. 1951 – In Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth, the High Court of Australia holds that the Federal Parliament's attempt...

Waterfall Gully, South Australia Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory Cyclone Tracy Eureka Stockade History of the Australian Capital Territory Sydney...

Scotland, but are also known by the name Gariwerd, from one of the local Australian Aboriginal languages. Photo credit: Stevage More selected pictures • Read...

here at the AWM or here at the Australian History unit, or in books, journals or other sources related to Australian military history. July 1 1902 –...

Causeway bridges have been recognised for their heritage value by their entry on the Western Australian Register of Heritage Places. (Full article...)...

1870 – A state flag of South Australia is adopted. 1938 – The Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France is opened. 1983 – Aviator...

1899 – Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation. 1920 – The Australian Country Party is formed at a meeting of farmers...

This page is for proposing a Western Australian Selected article or commenting on current proposals made on this page. Please do not use this page to comment...

class of three air warfare destroyers built for service with the Royal Australian Navy. The Hobart class design is based the Spanish F100 design, and incorporates...

Perth, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The Trans-Australian Railway and the Eyre Highway traverse the Nullarbor Plain in the state's...

The Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham. With a length...

2003 – Two-thousand Australian troops participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 2012 – Irish-born charity worker and former Australian rules footballer Jim...

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...

conducted by the independent State Electoral Office. The centre-left Australian Labor Party, in government since 2002 under Premier Mike Rann (pictured)...

The CAC CA-15, also known unofficially as the CAC Kangaroo, was an Australian propeller-driven fighter plane designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation...

The Anzac-class frigate is the primary fleet unit of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Anzac class is based on the based on a modified German MEKO 200...

The 25 pounder Short Mark I, or Baby 25 pr, was an Australian pack gun version of the British Ordnance QF 25 pounder and was first produced in 1943. This...

West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses, killing 35. 1997 – Cheryl Kernot, leader of the Australian Democrats defected to the Australian Labor Party....

resigns as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate in the aftermath of the Australian Labor Party's election loss. 2005 – The 2005 Bali bombings take place...

The first Australian Open golf tournament is held. 1918 – Death of John Forrest, an Australian explorer, the first premier of Western Australia and a cabinet...

1927 – Anzac Day is uniformly observed in all Australian states for the first time. 1975 – The Australian embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, is closed and...

the last Australian state to grant women's suffrage. 1921 – The Australian Air Force is established, it officially becomes the Royal Australian Air Force...

contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force leaves for Egypt. 1916 – a general coal strike began in eastern Australia. 1926 – General Motors opens...

The Liberal Movement, usually referred to as the LM, was a minor South Australian political party that flourished in the 1970s. Stemming from discontent...

The Australian Green Tree Frog, simply Green Tree Frog in Australia, White's Tree Frog, or Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) is a species of tree frog...

Railway station. 1966 – Australian currency was decimalised, introducing the Australian dollar. 1975 – The Order of Australia was established to recognise...

(21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of South Australia between 1 June 1967 and 17 April 1968, and subsequently...

Australia in 2002–03. It is administered nationally by the Australian Racing Board, with the Australian Rules of Racing applying in each state. Photo credit:...

General of Australia. 1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer, was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne. 1931 – Death of Sir John Monash, Australian military commander...

The CAC Boomerang was an Australian-designed and manufactured fighter aircraft of World War II. Development of the Boomerang began in late 1941 following...

an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of the Government of Australia and...

John Kerr during the Australian constitutional crisis and Malcolm Fraser is appointed the twenty-second Prime Minister of Australia. 1981 – Harry Holgate...

5 September 2008 ...that Australian Bob Marshall won the World Amateur Billiards Championship four times and the Australian championship 21 times in a...

Yarra arrive in Australia, the first ships built for the Australian navy. 1923 – Stanley Bruce becomes the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. 1934 – Qantas...

London. 1945 – Ben Chifley becomes sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia. 1961 – Australian rules footballer, Tim Watson is born. 1997 – A crowd of over...

Australia in 2002–03. It is administered nationally by the Australian Racing Board, with the Australian Rules of Racing applying in each state. Photo credit:...

Nerang–Broadbeach Road on Australia's Gold Coast is also known as Hooker Boulevard? ... that Great Northern Highway is the longest highway in Australia?...

highly-decorated Australian serviceman of the Second World War. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, Edwards joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1935...

1858 – The first game of Australian rules football is played between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College. 1902 – Ninety-six men and boys were killed...

Australian of the Year awards are first granted. 1966 – The Beaumont children disappear, never to be found. 1971 – In the capital city of Australia four...

history of Australia/Selected biography/1 Lieutenant General Sir Carl Herman Jess CB, CMG, CBE, DSO (16 February 1884 – 16 June 1948) was an Australian Army...

1825 – German Australian Sir Ferdinand von Mueller was born, some claim that he was Australia's greatest scientist of the 19th century. 1922 – The Industrial...

John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia, aged 80. 2002 – Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia would begin withdrawing its 150 commandos...

1918 – Australia House opens in London. 1962 – The first members of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam arrive in Vietnam....

three-time winner of the Sandover Medal as the best player in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), dies in Perth, Western Australia, at the age of 87....

Kingsford Smith, early Australian aviator, dies during a flight from Allahabad, India to Singapore, aged 38. 1938 – Australian rules football player Bob...

explorer to reach Western Australia. 1921 – the first group of Barnardo's Boys arrived in Sydney. 1958 – The wreckage of the Australian National Airways Avro...

Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The 60,000 m² site includes the prison, gatehouse...

Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located on a sheltered inlet called Mundoora Arm Inlet on the east coast of Spencer Gulf at the extreme...

The history of the Australian Capital Territory as a Territory of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law...

Maddison Elliott Photograph: John Sherwell, Australian Paralympic Committee Maddison Elliott (b. 1998) is an Australian swimmer. She is S8 classified, having...

1908 – Australia's first coat of arms (pictured) is granted by King Edward VII. 1931 – Members of the Nationalist Party and the Australian Party merge...

Indigenous Australian and colonial art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum...

Indigenous Australian and colonial art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum...

Arthur Sullivan (Australian soldier) Arthur William Murphy Australian Army Reserve Australian Army ship Crusader (AV 2767) Battle of Amiens Battle of Balikpapan...

in the Anglican Church of Australia for the first time. 2002 – The Australian Labor Party, led by Mike Rann, wins the South Australian state election....

Winjeel (Aboriginal for "young eagle") entered service for the Royal Australian Air Force in 1955 as an ab-initio to advanced trainer aircraft. It was...

credit: Sean Mack Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in Fremantle in Western Australia. The 60,000 m² site includes the prison, gatehouse...

April 26 1944 – World War II: exploiting their success around Madang, Australian forces occupy Alexishafen in New Guinea...

Prime Minister of Australia for a third non-consecutive term. 1950 – The first Australian forces land in Korea, during the War. Australian casualties numbered...

conducted at Montebello Islands, Western Australia, at the invitation of the Menzies government. 1957 – Australian National Airways (ANA) is merged with...

1891 – The 1891 Australian shearers' strike begins, which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. 1966 – Construction of Waverley Park in...

history of Australia/Selected picture/19 Photo credit: Senior Sergeant Daniel Wetzel Australian Army soldiers providing security for a Royal Australian Navy...

is made an Australian protectorate. 1912 – The Golden Wattle is declared as Australia's national flower but only declared as Australia's official floral...

sailors. 1991 – Paul Keating made his first leadership challenge for the Australian Labor Party. Bob Hawke won 66–44 and Keating resigned as Treasurer the...

Lord Mayor of Sydney, is born in Ultimo, New South Wales. 1911 – King George V grants the title of Royal Australian Navy to Australia's naval forces....

Navy, Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and a number of 'tri-service' units. During the first decades of the 20th century, the Australian Government...

Adelaide, South Australia, is killed by Aborigines near Lake Alexandrina. 1915 – During the Gallipoli Campaign, HMAS AE2, a Royal Australian Navy submarine...

Minister of Australia. 1966 – The Battle of Long Tan was a decisive Australian victory in the Vietnam War. The date is commemorated in Australia as Long Tan...

Africa. 2003 – Australia defeat Namibia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup by a record 142 points to nil. 2004 – A car bomb explodes near the Australian embassy in...

Australian Magpie Photo: Noodle snacks The Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) is an omnivorous medium-sized passerine bird native to Australia and...

Supreme Court of South Australia is established by Letters Patent, five days after the founding of the colony. 1913 – Australian philately proper begins...

The history of the Australian Capital Territory as a Territory of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law...

back, in Australia's first attempt of political assassination. 1913 – Canberra is named by Lady Denman, an event celebrated in the Australian Capital Territory...

1914 – Australian forces occupy Nauru. 1934 – Racehorse Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup for the second time. 1982 – Elections in South Australia see the...

millimetres of rain is dumped on Sydney, New South Wales in a single day. The resulting floods kill six people. 1996 – Australian census takes place....

John Downer, Premier of South Australia from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of Alexander Downer, a former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs? More...

Johnston, Western Australian politician. 1976 – Nauru and Australia agreed to reinstate the avenue of appeal to the High Court of Australia with the Nauru...

Indigenous Australian artist Albert Namatjira is born near Alice Springs. 1909 – The last sighting of the steamer Waratah sailing from Australia; disappeared...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

near Interlaken in Switzerland. Twenty-one tourists, fourteen of them Australian, are killed. 2005 – After 10 years in power Bob Carr resigns as Premier...

Keneally is the first Australian winner of the Booker Prize for Schindler's Ark. 1988 – The four acts granting the Australian Capital Territory self-government...

April 10 1901 - Second Boer War: The 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry sailed for service in South Africa. 1941 - World War II: Siege of Tobruk begins...

1892 – The Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield. 1903 – Samuel Griffith is appointed...

husband Michael Chamberlain is charged as an accessory. 1997 – Australian economist and first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia H. C. Coombs dies....

1796 – Australia's first theatre opens in Sydney. 1962 – Frank Hurley, the first official Australian Imperial Force photographer, dies. 1998 – The first...

region of South Australia, is home to one of Australia's largest collections of tractors and steam engines? ...that the South Australian Register was the...

April 16 1954 - Korean War: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment arrived in Brisbane after service in Korea. 1967 - Vietnam War: HMAS Hobart begins...

first Australian woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament, was born near Geraldton, Western Australia. 1989 – The Australian cricket...

Clarrie Grimmett, an inaugural inductee of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, dies in Adelaide, South Australia. 1997 – Neurophysiologist Sir John Eccles...

War I: The German Army launches a counter attack at Villers-Bretonneux. Australian troops retook the town suffering heavy casualties. 1918 - World War I:...

Geelong, Victoria. 1946 – An Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 aircraft crashes near Hobart, killing 25. 1959 – The Australian population officially reaches...

of the Australian state of Western Australia. A population of 2.19 million (2016 estimate) makes Perth the largest city in Western Australia and home...

Quentin, a famous Australian action under the leadership of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, begins. 1945 – The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by...

that the 2008 Western Australian gas crisis may cost the state's industries hundreds of millions of dollars? ...that Australian naturalist and botanical...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

company in Victoria. 1914 – Recruiting begins for the First Australian Imperial Force. Australia had offered a force of 20,000 troops. 1920 – The Princes...

Legislative Assembly. It is currently regarded as a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, which has held it consistently since the 1968 election. The...

first time in Melbourne. 1954 – Queen Elizabeth II plants a tree at the Australian War Memorial to mark the beginning of the Remembrance Driveway between...

additional Australian flags, including the Aboriginal flag, the Torres Strait Islander flag and the flags of the Defence Forces. The design of the Australian flag...

south coast via the Great Australian Bight. 1908 – Sir Don Bradman, Australian cricketer is born. 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver is born...

The history of the Australian Capital Territory as a Territory of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law...

Attack-class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and operated between 1967 and 1985. Twenty boats were ordered...

which later became part of the Australian Workers Union. 1902 – The Commonwealth Franchise Act granted most Australian women the right to vote and stand...

Boomerang, an Australian designed and built fighter aircraft, takes to the air for the first time. 1948 – Federal government announced that Australian rail gauges...

centre-right Liberal Party of Australia, led by Rob Kerin, achieved their worst lower house result in any South Australian election, with 31.9% of seats...

1918 – The Australian Corps commences fighting to stop the German offensive Operation Michael, the German advance near Amiens. 1931 – The ANA aircraft...

The history of the Australian Capital Territory as a Territory of Australia began after the Federation of Australia in 1901, when it was created in law...

1920 – The Communist Party of Australia was formed. 1942 – Australian 9th Division reaches sea in Battle of El Alamein. 1965 – Jean Shrimpton bares her...

Minister of Australia. 1939 – Swimming champion Murray Rose is born in Nairn, Scotland. 1980 – Guillermo Vilas defeats John Sadri to win the Australian Open...

Governor of an Australian state. 1982 – The Commonwealth introduced the Freedom of Information Act. 1984 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party is...

– Australian explorer Hamilton Hume born at Parramatta, New South Wales 1946 – Hon. John Dedman introduced legislation to establish the Australian National...

1957 – Nick Cave, Australian rock musician and songwriter, was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria. 1978 – Harry Kewell, Australian football (soccer) player...

Labor Party wins the 1933 Western Australian state election, with Philip Collier becoming Premier of Western Australia for a second time. 1999 – Painter...

explorers Matthew Flinders and George Bass. 1917 – Birth of John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate. 1936 – Tasmania's last remaining Thylacine...

The Australian Corps was a First World War army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front. It was the largest...

1774 – Birth of Matthew Flinders, circumnavigator of Australia. 1826 – The Australian Subscription Library, the forerunner of the State Library of New...

1910 – The Royal Australian Navy is established by the Naval Defence Act. 1985 – A man wearing a chicken suit walks into the Australian House of Representatives...

1922) is a former Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. An opener, Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handed...

Twenty-eight die in Australia's worst aviation disaster when an ANA Skymaster crahes near York, Western Australia. 1988 – The Australian Recording Industry...

recognition as the Young Australian of the Year in 2000. At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia, and his victory in the...

accused is unrepresented. It is an important case in Australian criminal law, and also in Australian constitutional law, since it is one of a number of...

Indonesia into Australia, are arrested in Indonesia. 2005 – Ownership of a replica of HM Bark Endeavour is transferred to the Australian National Maritime...

Leeuwin. 1967 – Australia holds a referendum approving two amendments to the Australian Constitution relating to Indigenous Australians. 2005 – Schapelle...

19th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne. 1919 – Death of Alfred Deakin, leader of the movement for Australian federation and second Prime...

failed, it was a watershed event in Australian politics, and is often described controversially as the "Birth of Australian Democracy". More selected pictures...

(21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of South Australia between 1 June 1967 and 17 April 1968, and subsequently...

The Liberal Movement, usually referred to as the LM, was a minor South Australian political party that flourished in the 1970s. Stemming from discontent...

Gallipoli. The main elements of the Corps were the Australian 1st Division and the New Zealand and Australian Division. The corps was disbanded in 1916 following...

that the Australian Rail Track Corporation provides and maintains the infrastructure for train operators in all Australian states except Australian Capital...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

sank six German U-boats during World War II? ...that during World War I three members of the Australian 1st Battalion were awarded the Victoria Cross?...

any other Australian state. Born into an old political family, he grew up on the family farm in Norton Summit before enlisting in the Australian Imperial...

Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. 1984 – Australian banks are deregulated. Foreign banks were invited to operate in Australia on 10 September....

from Cloncurry to Julia Creek. 1996 – Bob Bellear is appointed to the District Court of New South Wales, becoming the first Indigenous Australian judge....

Indigenous Australian and colonial art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum...

Exhibition was opened at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton. 1918 – Australian troops capture Damascus. 1925 – Greater Brisbane was inaugurated as a...

Henry Cobby Attack on Sydney Harbour Australian Air Corps Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy Australian Defence Force Avenue Range Station...

failed, it was a watershed event in Australian politics, and is often described controversially as the "Birth of Australian Democracy". More selected pictures...

William Joseph O'Reilly OBE (20 December 1905 – 6 October 1992) was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the...

1914 – The First Australian Imperial Force was formed following Britain's declaration of War on Germany. 1945 – VP Day is celebrated. 1969 – Bernard Fanning...

April 18 1941 – World War II: The Australian 2/2nd and 2/3rd Battalions and New Zealand's 21st Battalion stem the German advance in Greece in a rearguard...

The first brewery in Australia begins to produce beer. 1921 – The Mount Mulligan mine disaster kills 76 miners. 1956 – Australian television begins. 1975...

longest serving members of the Australian House of Representatives is born in Darlington, Sydney. 1981 – Modernist Australian architect Roy Grounds dies....

Chief Justice of Australia. 1991 – Roma Mitchell is appointed Governor of South Australia, she was the first female Governor of an Australian state. 1993 –...

The Western Australian Museum is the main museum for the state of Western Australia. Established in 1891, the museum is situated in the heart of Perth's...

Al-Kateb v Godwin was an important Australian court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 6 August 2004. It concerned a stateless man who was...

for A$1.3 million. 1971 – The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is involved in Australia's last major action of the Vietnam War at Nui Dat. 2000...

in colour for the first time in Australia. 1989 – The Australian Industrial Relations Commission replaces Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission...

The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. It was formed from August 15...

coasts of Australia, departs Sydney. 1911 – The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is established. 1919 – Susan Grace Benny becomes the first Australian woman...

their first match. 1905 – Empire Day is first celebrated in Australia. 1917 – Australian boxer Les Darcy dies in the United States. 1960 – The Parliament...

Minister of Australia. 1953 – British and Australian governments announced Britain was developing atomic weapons and they would be tested in Australia. 1978...

Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him? ...that Adelaide was the first city in Australia to introduce horse...

Rosemary Follett became the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory and the first female leader of any Australian state or territory....

Coalition returned to power at federal election. 1983 – The Australian dollar is floated. 2017 – Same-sex couples are now allowed to marry in Australia....

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...

Havilland Australia conducts the first flight of its three-engined DHA-3 Drover transport aircraft at Bankstown Airport. 1999 – Australian missionary...

most popular Australian television personality. 2008 – Painter Edgar Dell, known for his watercolours of wildflowers in Western Australia, dies at the...

1896 – Arthur Calwell, Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1960 to 1967, is born in Melbourne. 1933 – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, first...

Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967) is an Australian Film Institute-nominated and Logie Award-winning Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and...

and King return to their base camp at Cooper Creek, having crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 1883 – George Ernest...

recognition as the Young Australian of the Year in 2000. At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia, and his victory in the...

performance of the Australian Ballet Company in Sydney was of Swan Lake. 2002 – The sixth Gay Games, Under New Skies, kicks off in Sydney, Australia with 12,100...

record-holder of the Australian rugby union team, is born in Lusaka, Zambia. 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and...

to Australia. Hakeas are found in every state of Australia with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia. Photo...

Prime Minister of Australia, in Trawalla, Victoria 1979 – Dr David Tonkin elected Premier of South Australia. 1981 – Dale Buggins Australian motorcycle Stuntman...

tonnes of crude oil in Port Phillip Bay; it was Australia's first recorded major oil spill. 1942 – Australian pilot Ron Middleton earns a posthumous Victoria...

contributions to Australian science, he was made the first Australian of the Year in 1960, and in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia. He was recognised...

Crusader (pictured) was the largest ship commissioned into service with the Australian Army during World War II? ...that HMAS Wyatt Earp made an unsuccessful...

featured on Portal:Western Australia. 3 December 2008 - The Old Perth Fire Station is permanently listed on the Western Australian Heritage register. Read...

ally under heavy fire during the Second Boer War, becoming the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross. 1983 – Golf champion Jack Newton loses...

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. More selected pictures • Read more...

1941 – Australian forces in Lebanon capture Damour, opening the way to Beirut and leading the Vichy French to seek an armistice. 1946 – Bon Scott, lead...

region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions due to the combination of flat plains...

the Soviet embassy in Canberra, is expelled from Australia after allegedly trying to involve Australian Labor Party official David Combe in espionage....

drift and climate change since the Cretaceous. Prominent features of the Australian flora are adaptations to aridity and fire which include scleromorphy and...

Aboriginal doctors. 1993 – Dean Brown and the Liberal Party win the South Australian elections, winning government from Lynn Arnold and the ALP. 2005 – The...

of the Colony of Van Diemens Land dies in Hobart aged 56. 1980 – The Australian Olympic Federation announces it will send an Olympic delegation to Moscow...

starting the first of many Australian gold rushes. 1981 – Harry Gibbs is appointed as the eighth Chief Justice of Australia. 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes...

1842 – Mary MacKillop, the only Australian to be canonised, is born in Fitzroy, Victoria. 1944 – Australian 9th Division capture the town of Sio destroying...

The Sentinel tank was designed in Australia in World War II in response to the war in Europe, and to the threat of Japan expanding the war to the Pacific...

Narrogin. It is a complex of 17 distinct blocks managed by the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation and spread over approximately...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

ceased being Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. 1927 – Country music singer Slim Dusty born. 1933 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

1882 – Australian cricketers win The Ashes for the first time. 1998 – The Liberal Party government of Tony Rundle is voted out in Tasmania and replaced...

Highway is a 590-kilometre-long (370 mi) road that links the Western Australian capital of Perth with the city of Kalgoorlie. A key route for road vehicles...

Al-Kateb v Godwin was an important Australian court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 6 August 2004. It concerned a stateless man who was...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

accused is unrepresented. It is an important case in Australian criminal law, and also in Australian constitutional law, since it is one of a number of...

Russian spy, came to the centre of the affair when she was seized by Australian Security Intelligence Organisation agents from MVD agents who were escorting...

South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers. 1913 – HMAS Australia is commissioned at Portsmouth as flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. 1933...

supermarket opens in the Imperial Arcade in Sydney. 1941 – Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace, shot down five Junkers Ju-87 (Stuka) dive bombers in matter...

– West Australian yachtsman Jon Sanders, completes the first solo triple circumnavigation of the world. 1993 – The Paul Keating-led Australian Labor Party...

The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. The Service currently forms...

first published. 1951 – The Australian Davis Cup Team defeats the United States and retains the trophy. 1957 – Australian rules footballer for the Essendon...

football (soccer) player for the Australia national team and Everton F.C. is born in Sydney. 2002 – The Australian Government announces a hand gun buy-back...

Sydney Roosters, are formed at Paddington Town Hall. 1967 – Members of 1st Australian Task Force in Vietnam make contact with the enemy for the first time in...

professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Hunt primarily plays in the fullback...

are transcluded into the Western Australia portal 11th Battalion (Australia) 108 St Georges Terrace 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash...

1940 – Three members of the Australian Cabinet, Air Minister James Fairbairn, Information Minister Sir Henry Gullett and Army Minister Brigadier Geoffrey...

1939 at RAAF Base Richmond and, as Australia's only fleet co-operation squadron, operated from the Royal Australian Navy's cruisers until their aircraft...

key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to European settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of attacks...

was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the interwar period, Kippax overcame...

1943 – Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney are the first Australian women elected to the Australian House of Representatives and Senate respectively. 1984...

The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) was a small volunteer force, approximately 2,000 men, raised in Australia shortly after...

Assistant Australian Federal Police commissioner Colin Winchester is shot dead in the driveway of his Canberra home. 2006 – Six Australians die when a...

contributions to Australian science, he was made the first Australian of the Year in 1960, and in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia. He was recognised...

contributions to Australian science, he was made the first Australian of the Year in 1960, and in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia. He was recognised...

Benefits Scheme was introduced by the Australian Government to provide subsidised prescription medication. 2004 – Australian Jennifer Hawkins wins the Miss Universe...

The Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASigs) is one of the 'arms' (combat support corps) of the Australian Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining...

opened. 1922 – Major General Alan Stretton, former senior Australian Army officer and Australian of the Year was born. 1951 – Barry Marshall, Professor of...

January 24 1967 – Vietnam War: Members of 1st Australian Task Force make contact with the enemy for the first time in the area of the Bien Hoa....

Skyshow was an annual fireworks event held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide since 1985. The half-hour fireworks display is synchronised to pop...

Queensland. 1917 – The two halves of the Trans-Australian Railway meet. 1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian (later American) novelist, and author of Careful...

Arthur Streeton, an artist and member of the famous Heidelberg School of Australian artists, is born in Mount Duneed, Victoria. 1930 – Brisbane City Hall...

The Royal Australian Survey Corps (RASvy) was a Corps of the Australian Army. The Corps was established on 1 July 1915 and was designated Royal in 1936...

The Australian Defence Force consists of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force. The ADF was established in 1976...

Wentworth and Robert Wardell begin publication of The Australian, the first independent newspaper in Australia. 1879 – Author Miles Franklin born at Talbingo...

Australian Labor Party. 1964 – Gladesville Bridge (pictured) opened—the world's longest concrete arch at the time. 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian football...

expedition to the deserts of Western Australia, resulting in the naming of the Gibson Desert. 1966 – Jim Stynes, an Australian rules footballer and later charity...

Politician Natasha Stott Despoja is born. 2004 – A terrorist attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta kills 10 Indonesians and injures 100. 2005 – John Wayne...

administered by Australia. 1998 – Astronaut Andy Thomas becomes the first Australian to walk in space. 2005 – Death of Kerry Packer, Australia's richest man...

behaviour. 1914 – The Australian submarine AE1 is lost with all 35 men while patrolling New Britain. 1931 – Painter of some of Australias most iconic images...

which are difficult to grow on the Adelaide Plains. Amongst the native Australian flora are cultivated plants from cool climates including Rhododendron...

...that the Royal Australian Air Force Maritime Section operated over 600 powered and 700 unpowered craft, including several sailing ships, at its peak...

(OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"; officially known as the CommBank Matildas...

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1930 – Isaac Isaacs appointed as the third Chief Justice of Australia. 2005 – A Royal Australian Navy Westland Sea King helicopter crashes on the Indonesian...

Federation of the states. 1907 – Chris Watson resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party. 1934 – C.W.A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black cross the finishing...

contributions to Australian science, he was made the first Australian of the Year in 1960, and in 1978 a Knight of the Order of Australia. He was recognised...

The 171st Aviation Squadron is an Australian Army helicopter squadron. The 171st Aviation Squadron was formed in 1971 as a command and liaison squadron...

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s as a result of her role in the Australian television soap opera...

Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" Australian universities that are highly ranked in terms...

Toongabbie. 1909 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. 1965 – Australian cricketing twins Mark and Steve Waugh born. 1993 –...

becoming the last person to be legally executed in Australia. 1983 – Bob Hawke becomes leader of the Australian Labor Party. 2004 – The Ghan arrives in Darwin...

Shortland is the first European to enter the port of Newcastle. 1954 – Australian author Miles Franklin dies. 1981 – The ALP government of Neville Wran...

diesel locomotive was the most numerous class of diesel locomotives in the Australian state of Victoria? ...that excluding Okinawa Monorail (Yui Rail), a monorail...

was a founding member of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen before being elected as the Australian Labor Party candidate for the...

Fitzgerald Inquiry into possible illegal activities and associated police micsonduct in Queensland ends. 1994 – Death of Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player....

The 5th Division of the First Australian Imperial Force was formed in February 1916 during the reorganization of Australian forces following the evacuation...

Act 1901 comes into force, instituting the White Australia Policy. 1916 – In the Sinai desert, Australian and New Zealand mounted troops capture the Turkish...

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations? ...that in preparation for trans-Australian passenger service on The Ghan to Darwin, one of the locomotives was named...

that at its peak in 1937 with 6,600 kilometres (4,100 mi) of track, Western Australian Government Railways had only one tunnel, the Swan View Tunnel?...

an Australian naval officer who served in World War I and World War II, and who eventually rose to become the First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth...

subsequent replacement by the luxurious new Indian Pacific and Trans Australian trains, the Perth to Kalgoorlie Westland service provided drinking water...

Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" Australian universities that are highly ranked in terms...

(J251/M251) was a Bathurst-class Australian minesweeper which was built in Sydney and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in July 1942. Dubbo was...

six Australian colonies operated their own colonial naval force, these amalgamated in 1901 as the Commonwealth Naval Force. The Royal Australian Navy...

of members from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force. Formed in 2000 for Australia's Federation Centenary, it is...

begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin. 1879 – Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia, born in Stanley...

of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in 1912 and has been operating since. It is the first of two Luna Parks still operating in Australia; the other is...

The 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR) was an Australian Army infantry battalion. 5/7 RAR was formed in December 1973 by combining...

capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1.1 million...

1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne and is unusual amongst Australian capital cities as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an...

1828 – Australian postage stamps are issued for the first time. 1925 – Melbourne's first commercial radio station, 3UZ, begins broadcasting. 1973 – The...

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thirteenth Premier of Tasmania. 1983 – The ALP, with Bob Hawke as leader wins with one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in Australian political history....

native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. It is found all along the eastern coast of Australia from near...

the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.7...

Banksia epica Banksia telmatiaea Hamersley, Western Australia Red-winged Fairy-wren Yagan Australian Ringneck Avondale Agricultural Research Station Banksia...

all Australia's inland explorers, died. 1909 – Steam trams begin operation in Rockhampton, Queensland. 1909 – Archibald Peake, South Australian leader...

1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne and is unusual amongst Australian capital cities as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an...

centre-right Liberal Party of Australia, led by Rob Kerin, achieved their worst lower house result in any South Australian election, with 31.9% of seats...

one of the most successful Australian racehorse trainers, and known as the Melbourne Cup King, was born in South Australia. 2005 – Bomb threats are made...

1st and 3rd Battalions were Australian. The Australian battalions were mounted on horses in early 1918 to form the Australian 5th Light Horse Brigade. The...

trace the course of the Macquarie River. 1894 – Jandamarra, an Indigenous Australian of the Bunuba people, leads one of the few armed insurrections against...

Adelaide Festival Centre is a multi-purpose arts centre in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is situated adjacent to Elder Park on the banks...

fertile crescent in the south-eastern corner of the Australian continent, from lower South Australia through all of Victoria, coastal and sub-coastal New...

Cyclone Inigo is tied for the most intense cyclone in the Australian cyclone region on record. It developed from a tropical disturbance that crossed eastern...

1984 – Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment for ordinary crimes (i.e., murder). New South Wales maintained...

The Australian 1st Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War and formed part of the Australian 1st Brigade...

Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovich on August 9, 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy...

reports to the Commander Australian Theatre. Similar arrangements exist with Land Command (Australian Army) and Fleet Headquarters (Royal Australian Navy)....

Cavalry Commando Regiment was an Australian Army regiment of World War II. The regiment was formed as part of the Australian 6th Division in October 1939...

nuclear tests at Maralinga begin with Operation Buffalo. 1975 – Jack Lang, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales, died in Auburn, aged 98....

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The 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery is an Australian Army regiment. As the Australian Defence Force's only ground based air defence unit the...

1980) was a Scottish born Australian rock musician. He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and immigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952...

"Fellow Australians It is my melancholy duty to inform you officially that, in persistence by Germany in her invasion of Poland, Great Britain is at war...

The Yeramba was a self-propelled artillery vehicle built in Australia after the end of the Second World War. They were produced by mounting the 25 pounder...

The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and makes up the majority of the Royal...

was officially named Yarralumla after the local Ngunnawal Indigenous Australian name for the area in 1834. Fredrick Campbell built a large homestead on...

retired from the Australian Army in 1993 to become Governor of Western Australia. On 11 August 2003, Jeffery became the first Australian career soldier...

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HMAS Australia (III) was a County class heavy cruiser operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Australia was laid down on August 26, 1925, launched on March...

Mary Gaudron is the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia. 1994 – Australian government agrees to pay reparations to aborigines that were...

during World War II. A number of Australian light horse units are still in existence today, generally as Royal Australian Armoured Corps cavalry units....

Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. Politically, it has formed part of the Australian state of Tasmania since 1900 and became...

Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovic on August 9, 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy...

The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War II. Prior to the war the Australian Army was split into the small...

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of the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia with the opening of the first Parliament of Australia. Photo credit: Diliff More selected pictures...

The Australian 1st Armoured Car Squadron was an Australian Army unit formed in 1946 as part of Australia's contribution to the occupation of Japan. The...

Bathurst Bay on the Cape York Peninsula killing 410 people. 1989 – The first election are held in the newly independent Australian Capital Territory....

of the Australian Army. 1941 – World War II: All Australian forces in the Darwin area were transferred to the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command...

was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was initially raised in March 1915 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force for service during...

nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. 1964 – Mark Taylor, Australian cricket player and Test captain from 1994–1999, is born...

better without them? ... that part of High Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, was closed in the 1960s in order to reinstate Kings Square as a town...

He remains the only member of the Communist Party of Australia to ever be elected to an Australian Parliament. 1981 – Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock resigns...

Baldwin Spencer, the first person to study Australia anthropology, was born in Britain. 1903 – The first Australian postage stamps are issued, replacing pre-federation...

Photo credit: Sydney Mail and the Australian War Memorial Australian Light Horse troopers from the 1st Light Horse Brigade on Waler horses, 1914...

1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne and is unusual amongst Australian capital cities as an entirely purpose-built, planned city. Following an...

1963 – Robert Menzies returned to power after federal election. 1983 – Australian Secret Intelligence Service agents bungle a training exercise in the Melbourne...

were damaged or sunk off the Australian coast by submarines and mines. Japanese submarines also shelled several Australian ports and submarine-based aircraft...

Kylie Minogue is an Australian singer and actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s as a result of her role in the Australian television soap opera...

federation of the Australian colonies Cerberus was incorporated into the Commonwealth Naval Forces, and then into the Royal Australian Navy when it was...

Scout Car S1 (American), was an armoured car produced in Australia for the US Army during the Second World War.The vehicle was based on a Ford F15 4x2...

captain and he was a driving force behind the professionalisation of Australian cricket in the 1970s. John Arlott called him, “a cricketer of effect rather...

1909 – Australian actor Chips Rafferty was born in Broken Hill. 1984 – The $100 note was put into circulation, Douglas Mawson and John Tebbutt were illustrated...

motorcade from the airport into the city. 1971 – Neville Bonner is sworn into the Australian Senate – he is the first Aboriginal federal parliamentarian....

islands are discussed by the Australian colonies, New Zealand and Fiji. 1942 – The Battle of Brisbane riot between US and Australian servicemen stationed in...

3 in) in length, the Green and Golden Bell Frog is one of the largest Australian frogs. Many populations, particularly in the Sydney region, are in areas...

Expedition who remained on Elephant Island. 1959 – Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor is born. 1992 – The Sydney Harbour Tunnel officially...

of New South Wales and is replaced by Barrie Unsworth. 1991 – Chinese-Australian heart surgeon Victor Chang was murdered in Sydney. 2002 – American Steve...

Western Australia A dogbone roundabout at the Karel Avenue / Roe Highway interchange Dorsett Road, a winding country road in Waroona, Western Australia Entering...

the southern coastline of Australia, approximately between Port Stephens, New South Wales and Geraldton, Western Australia, as well as around Tasmania...

HMAS Bungaree was an Australian auxiliary minelayer of World War II. Bungaree was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in October 1940 and commissioned...

U-Bahn network, with three lines calling at the station? ...that the Australian Standard Garratt design of Garratt steam locomotives was the source of...

was officially named Yarralumla after the local Ngunnawal Indigenous Australian name for the area in 1834. Fredrick Campbell built a large homestead on...

was officially named Yarralumla after the local Ngunnawal Indigenous Australian name for the area in 1834. Fredrick Campbell built a large homestead on...

which symbolically represents Australia's indepdendence from the United Kingdom, becomes law. 1975 – Mark Viduka, Australian and Middlesbrough football (soccer)...

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