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.
- 1825 – Van Diemen’s Land is separated administratively from New South Wales, it becomes fully independent in December.
- 1851 – Gold discovered at the Turon River, New South Wales, the diggings became the richest in New South Wales.
- 1883 – Trains link Sydney and Melbourne.
- 1893 – Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Paddy Hannan and two others (see picture).
- 1943 – Forty American service personnel are killed in Australia’s deadliest aviation disaster at Bakers Creek, Queensland.
- 1968 – Pacifist Simon Townsend (later TV entertainer) was granted exemption from National Service after being detained at Ingleburn Army Camp on bread and water rations.
- 1982 – Arthur Coles, businessman and philanthropist, dies.
International Observances.
- Commemoration of the Soviet Deportation related observances:
– Baltic Freedom Day (United States)
– Commemoration Day for the Victims of Communist Genocide (Latvia)
– Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
– Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania) - Day of Memory for Repressed People (Armenia)
- Flag Day (United States)
- Freedom Day (Malawi)
- Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
- World Blood Donor Day
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