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.
- 1810 – A town plan of Sydney was published, on which the streets were given new and permanent names, including Market, George, Park and Barrack Streets.
- 1862 – The Melbourne Zoo is opened.
- 1903 – The High Court of Australia opens in Melbourne.
- 1911 – Compulsory voting is introduced (pictured) (read the full story here).
- 1920 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster is appointed the seventh Governor-General of Australia, his appointment the first in consultation with the Australian Government.
- 1930 – Richie Benaud, one of the greatest leg-spinners to have played Test cricket, was born in Penrith, New South Wales.
- 1972 – A school teacher and her six pupils are kidnapped for A$1 million ransom in the Faraday School kidnapping.
- 1978 – Rock and roll singer Johnny O’Keefe dies.
- 1992 – Jeff Kennett becomes Premier of Victoria, after defeating Joan Kirner in the 1992 Victorian state election.
- 1992 – Death of Bill O’Reilly, cricketer, and well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster, in Sydney aged 87.
International Observances.
- World Space Week (October 4–10)
- Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)
- Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)
- German-American Day (United States)
- Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)
- Teachers’ Day (Sri Lanka)
- Yom Kippur War commemorations:
– Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
– Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria)
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