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.
- 1829 – Captain Charles Fremantle claims the entire west coast of Australia in the name of George IV of the United Kingdom, establishing the Swan River Colony.
- 1964 – At the 1964 Tasmanian state election, the incumbent Australian Labor Party under Premier Eric Reece maintains its position, winning 19 out of the 35 seats available.
- 1980 – New Zealand-born cricketer Clarrie Grimmett, an inaugural inductee of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, dies in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 1997 – Neurophysiologist Sir John Eccles (pictured), the winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Medicine, dies at his home in Tenero-Contra, Switzerland.
- 2005 – Construction engineer Douglas Wood is kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq.
International Observances.
- The last day of the Festival of Ridván (Baháʼí Faith) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March equinox, see List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar)
- Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain)
- Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
- Flag Day (Poland)
- Indonesia National Education Day
- Teachers’ Day (Iran) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March Equinox, see List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar)
- International Harry Potter Day
- World Tuna Day
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