1847 The forced exile of Tasmanian Aboriginal People to Wybalenna on Flinders Island paved the way for the unimpeded ongoing invasion of Tasmanian Aboriginal Lands, but the so-called 'friendly mission' came to an end today when the settlement was closed and the remaining 14 men, 23 women and 10 children were removed and taken to the former convict station at putalina/Oyster Cove.
1924 - From the sheep farm in Shag Valley, NZ, Frank Bell sent the first radio transmission to zip smartly around the globe to London, where it was received and replied to by Cecil Goyder.
1973 - Patrick White, author, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1973 - 'The Art of Aboriginal Australia', the first major international exhibition of contemporary Australian Indigenous art, was first exhibited in the new purpose-built gallery at the Art Gallery of NSW before it was exhibited in Canada.
1854 – Billy Murdoch, regarded as the finest cricket batsman of his day, was hatched in Sandhurst, Victoria.
1869 – The Lithgow Zig Zag Railway was opened.
1907 - Several of the already-formed new Surf Lifesavings Clubs created the Surf Bathing Association of NSW. Surf Lifesaving clubs soon spread all around the Isle of Oz, with estimations that more than 800,000 people have been saved over the decades.
1909 - NSW agreed to peacefully surrender the spare 2,400 sq. kms it had kicking around in the backyard behind the shed to become the seat what the Federal Govt could shine it's trousers on... the A.C.T Australian Capital Territory, whose own capital is Canberra.
1919 – Adrian Knox was appointed as the second Chief Justice of Australia.
1934 – Charles Prince of Morphettville was found guilty of fraud for the "ring in" of Redlock at the Murray Bridge Racing Club on July 28.
1934 - Having popped in for a spot of tennis, the Duke of Gloucester sang for his supper by officially opening the Centenary celebrations for Victoria.
1944 - HMAS Geelong was one of four corvettes lost during the Second World War. It collided with an American merchant ship off New Guinea.
1967 - HMAS Perth struck by return fire near Cape Lai, Vietnam, while on the United States 7th Fleet 'gunline'. This was the only occasion on which an Australian warship suffered casualties from enemy fire during the Vietnam War.
1973 - Patrick White, author, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1973 - 'The Art of Aboriginal Australia', the first major international exhibition of contemporary Australian Indigenous art, was first exhibited in the new purpose-built gallery at the Art Gallery of NSW before it was exhibited in Canada.
2021 - Following the destruction of Indigenous Heritage sites at Juukan Gorge, the Australian Senate referred an inquiry to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia for a report by 30 September 2020. The inquiry had to be extended, and it published its final report on 18 October 2021. The final report of the inquiry found that Rio Tinto's actions were “inexcusable and an affront, not only to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) but to all Australians”. Further, the report found that the disaster could happen again because legislation designed to protect cultural heritage has often “directly contributed to damage and destruction”.
