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.
- 1788 – The first female convicts arrive at Port Jackson.
- 1794 – John Hunter is appointed the second Governor of New South Wales.
- 1851 – “Black Thursday” as bushfires rage from Mount Gambier to Melbourne.
- 1938 – Black Sunday at Bondi Beach, Sydney. Three hundred swimmers dragged out to sea in three freak waves. Eighty lifesavers save all but five.
- 1984 – A bomb blast wrecks the home of High Court judge Richard Gee in the Sydney suburb of Belrose.
- 1987 – Anthony Mason is appointed as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia.
- 1991 – Roma Mitchell is appointed Governor of South Australia, she was the first female Governor of an Australian state.
- 1993 – In the Western Australia election the ALP government of Carmen Lawrence (pictured) is defeated and the Liberal Party’s Richard Court becomes the new premier.
International Observances.
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (United Nations)
- Ronald Reagan Day (California, United States)
- Sami National Day (Russia, Finland, Norway and Sweden)
- Waitangi Day, celebrates the founding of New Zealand in 1840.
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