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.
- 1838 – John Pascoe Fawkner founds the Melbourne Advertiser, the first newspaper to be established in what is now Victoria.
- 1856 – Van Diemen’s Land is granted self-government, with the name of the island and colony officially changed to Tasmania.
- 1901 – The Australian colonies are officially federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia, with John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (pictured) appointed as the first Governor-General of Australia.
- 1915 – Six people are shot and killed and another seven wounded in an attack at a picnic near Broken Hill, New South Wales.
- 1983 – The Closer Economic Relations free trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand comes into force.
- 2005 – The Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement, a preferential trade agreement between Australia and the United States, comes into force.
International Observances.
- Earliest day on which Handsel Monday can fall, while January 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of the year (Scotland)
- Second day of Hogmanay (Scotland) December 31-January 1, in some cases until January 2.
- The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
- The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
- Constitution Day (Italy)
- Dissolution of Czechoslovakia-related observances:
– Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
– Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic) - Emancipation Day (United States)
- Euro Day (European Union)
- Flag Day (Lithuania) commemorates raising of the Lithuanian flag on Gediminas’ Tower in 1919
- Founding Day (Taiwan) commemorates the establishment of the Provisional Government in Nanjing
- Global Family Day
- Independence Day (Brunei, Cameroon, Haiti, Sudan)
- International Nepali Dhoti and Nepali Topi Day
- Jump-up Day (Montserrat)
- Kalpataru Day (Ramakrishna Movement)
- Kamakura Ebisu, January 1–3 (Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan)
- National Bloody Mary Day (United States)
- National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)
- New Year’s Day (Gregorian calendar)
– Japanese New Year
– Novy God Day (Russia) - Sjoogwachi (Okinawa Islands)
- Polar Bear Swim Day (Canada and United States)
- Public Domain Day (multiple countries)
- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)
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