1983 Aviator and business bloke Dick Smith puttered over the finishing line of the first solo around the world helicopter flight.
Sunday 21 July 2024
22 July Australian History
1983 Aviator and business bloke Dick Smith puttered over the finishing line of the first solo around the world helicopter flight.
Saturday 20 July 2024
21 July Australian History National Lamington Day
1855 Today saw the Order-In-Council to change the moniker of Tassie to...Tassie. Back in the day it was titled Van Diemen's (pronounced demon's) Land and, whilst we'd all like to refer to Taswegians as demons, some of them are quite nice, civilised humans.
And even house trained.
1898 The then-Sydney Mayor, Mathew Harris, declared that the deliciously gorgeous Queen Victoria Market Building in Sydney was open for the good ladies to sashay their way gloriously through! Party.
1991 Lake Alexander, a man-made lake in Darwin, NT named in honour of a past Lord Mayor of Darwin, Alex Fong Lim, was officially opened on this day.
1979 Sweetheart the 5.1 metre saltie (salt water crocodile) was accidentally killed whilst being transported to a safer non-human area of the Northern Territory.
1991 Today saw the misplacement of the bow from the not-so-good-ship Kirki, just off the Western Australia coast, where they also managed to misplace 7,900 tonnes of oil.
2021 Today saw the trumpeting announcement that Bris-Vegas was chosen to host the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. Party!
23 July Australian History
1773 Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, namesake of Brisbane aka Party Town Bris-Vegas, was found in the cabbage patch. 1888 The South Coast R...
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1770 Today was a shite day for a random kangaroo ; a crew person on Cook's ship became the first European (that we know of) to eyebal...
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1791 The Mary Ann , a ship operating independently of the Third Fleet, rocked up in New South Wales, bringing with her 141 female convicts a...
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1888 The Star of Greece, a three masted clipper ship, was wrecked on a reef only 200 metres from Port Willunga and within sight of shore bu...