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.
- 1803 – Lieut-Col David Collins commissioned in England to found a new settlement on Bass Strait, preferably at Port Phillip.
- 1815 – The road over the Blue Mountains is completed to the Macquarie River.
- 1962 – Bushfires ravage Lara and the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, causing 14 deaths.
- 1968 – Poet Dorothea Mackellar (pictured) dies. Her most well known work is My Country.
- 1977 – Actor Peter Finch dies.
- 2002 – Controversial MP Pauline Hanson resigns as leader of the One Nation Party.
- 2002 – CASA grounds 5000 light aircraft that had used contaminated Mobil fuel.
International Observances.
- Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
- Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
- Flag Day (Georgia)
- National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
- Old New Year, and its related observance:
– Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
– Yennayer (Berbers) - Ratification Day (United States)
- Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
- Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
– Magh Bihu (Assam)
– Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
– Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
– Makar Sankranti (India)
– The first day of Pongal (Tamil Nadu)
– Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan) - World Logic Day (UNESCO)
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