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*[[1824 in Australia|1824]] - [[W. C. Wentworth]] and [[Robert Wardell]] begin publication of ''[[The Australian]]'', the first independent newspaper in Australia. |
*[[1824 in Australia|1824]] - [[W. C. Wentworth]] and [[Robert Wardell]] begin publication of ''[[The Australian]]'', the first independent newspaper in Australia. |
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*[[1879 in Australia|1879]] - Author [[Miles Franklin]] born at [[Talbingo, New South Wales]]. |
*[[1879 in Australia|1879]] - Author [[Miles Franklin]] born at [[Talbingo, New South Wales]]. |
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- 1824 - W. C. Wentworth and Robert Wardell begin publication of The Australian, the first independent newspaper in Australia.
- 1879 - Author Miles Franklin born at Talbingo, New South Wales.
- 1923 - Severe floods in Melbourne, two people drown.
- 1935 - The Hornibrook Bridge opens, connecting Brisbane and Redcliffe, the 2.8 km bridge is one of the longest timber and girder bridges in Australia.
- 1958 - Death of Douglas Mawson OBE F.R.S., Antarctic explorer and geologist, aged 76.
- 1959 - Radio comedian and quiz show host Jack Davey dies.
- 1959 - Death of Errol Flynn, flamboyant film actor, in Vancouver British Columbia, aged 50. He shares coffin space with six bottles of whiskey, a parting gift from his drinking buddies.
- 1968 - The town of Meckering, Western Australia, is badly damaged by an earthquake.