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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.

• 1826 – Birth of George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
• 1856 – Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
• 1913 – Joseph Cook becomes the sixth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1953 – British and Australian governments announced Britain was developing atomic weapons and they would be tested in Australia.
• 1978 – The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (pictured) is held to mark International Gay Solidarity Day.
• 1987 – Christopher Skase buys the Seven Network.
• 1992 – Nick Greiner resigns as Premier of New South Wales after corruption finding against him.
• 2010 – Julia Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister of Australia.

International Observances.

• Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela)
• Bannockburn Day (Scotland)
• Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)
• Inti Raymi, a winter solstice festival and a New Year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere (Sacsayhuamán)
• St John’s Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations (although this is not the astronomical summer solstice, see June 20) (Roman Catholic Church, Europe), and its related observances:
  – Enyovden (Bulgaria)
  – Jaanipäev (Estonia)
  – Jāņi (Latvia)
  – Jónsmessa (Iceland)
  – Midsummer Day (England)
  – Saint Jonas’ Festival or Joninės (Lithuania)
  – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
  – Sânziene (western Carpathian Mountains of Romania)
  – Wattah Wattah Festival (Philippines)
• Fors Fortuna, ancient Roman festival to Fortuna

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